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Re: Building in Layers
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 00:58:29 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Will Chapman writes:
> I am building sculptural instructions in MLCad, and I create them
> topographically (layer by layer with each layer as a step).
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> I use Top & Side views predominantly, and as move from layer to layer, I'd
> like to see the previous layers ghosted or grayed out. This is so that in
> the top view, I can differentiate between the current layer's bricks & the
> ones below.
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> Note: The color of the previous layers' bricks should still be identifiable,
> but the saturation greatly reduced (ie. high brightness, low contrast)
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> Is this possible in MLCad?
Not possible in MLCad but you can do this using LPub. It will create
building instrcution images with the previous steps in a different color
and/or faded.
-Ahui
LDraw Help Desk
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| I think Will means during building. Thus Edit mode in MLCad. MLCad can generate grayed out step pictures though. Settings > General > Change >> Tab Viewing: Edit parts view type - Off - Highlight - Grayed old - Transparant old Jaco "Ahui Herrera" (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| I am building sculptural instructions in MLCad, and I create them topographically (layer by layer with each layer as a step). I use Top & Side views predominantly, and as move from layer to layer, I'd like to see the previous layers ghosted or (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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