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Background color controls for constr and part list images
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Date:
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 14:21:45 GMT
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Hi,
I'm wanting to add support for different background colors for sub-models
(also fonts/styles/colors used in PLI and BOMs).
LEGO's building instructions use a different background color for each
level of sub-model used, and it uses the same color for both part list
images and construction images.
I can add this support to LPub, but it will *force* everyone to use the
same scheme (but not the same colors), and I envision that it will be part
of LPub's GUI
Jake, in http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=8606 you said this:
> Ability to modify settings per sub-model: It would be terrific to be able
> to change preferences per submodel in a model. Reason: I sometimes need to
> have different view angles on certain sub-models and not on others. Or
> perhaps I want to change the background color on one submodel to be a
> different color than another submodel (for use with assembly submodels). Or
> I want to be able to select an option to include a submodel's parts in the
> main BOM or not (for times when an instruction has alternative models). Or
> if you wanted to have a sub-BOM for a submodel (still calculated in the main
> BOM, but broken out by submodel, not by step/submodel)
From this I extracted these requests:
1 sub-model specific view angles. You already have this with ROTSTEP, right?
2 background color controls on a sub-model by sub-model basis, independent
of the sub-model level. IMHO this means that you want meta-commands to set
these parameters.
3 Alternative model BOM controls - Wouldn't alternative models be
implemented as different top level model files?
4 submodel BOMs - I just implemented this as an option for either all
sub-models or none.
OK, back to the topic at hand. Number 2 is the one of interest. Does
submodel depth specific controls for colors/styles (background colors, font
styles and colors) satisfy your desire for 2?
Kevin
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