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Re: Solution concerning MLCAD colors (was Re: Question about MLCAD colors)
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:19:18 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Tim David writes:
> In addition to this I personally feel that the grey edge colour for black
> elements is too dark, it works for one black element but when you have a
> black model the joins become nearly invisible. Is it posible to create user
> defined custom colours (with user defined edge colours) or does this invovle
> a change in the software.
>
> Tim
Tim,
Color 24 in MLCAD was purposely made to be different that Dark Gray (8),
the same way Color 16 is to be different from Light Gray (7). The problem is
that it tends to make it them darker than both colors [7 & 8], leaving the Edge
Color at the darker end of the color stick. Because of this precaution, I'm
afraid that it may involve a difference in programs. Please note however, that
as you decrease the display size of any model, The true color will always get
harder to see. Incidentally, Black and White both use the same edge color (8)
and would otherwise be completely invisible if it were removed. (A black
background is used in LDraw/LEdit, a white one in MLCAD.)
James J.
jejackso@memphis.edu
"Don't just 'play well', play better!"
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> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, James Jackson writes:
> > Good Evening.
> > I am writing to give my own suggestion about colors in MLCAD, based on
> > pre-existing colors in LDraw. While some of the colors [when converting LDraw
> > usage to MLCAD usage] turned out pretty well, others appeared so shockingly
> > different, that I was forced to rethink about the final outcome. Most of these
> > colors use a hex-based system of 33,66,99,CC,FF that doesn't quite work as well
> > as others might.
> >
> > Here is a list of some of the non-dithered colors in MLCAD that I suggest that
> > we change:
> > 6 - Brown - change to 112,72 (or 80),0. It is sometimes too dark to make out.
> > 10 - Cyan - change to 0,255,255. While the color used looks good, it confuses
> > some into mistaking it for Light Blue. The color I have given is the authentic
> > color cyan -- the most intense values of both green and blue.
> > 25 - Orange - change to 255,128,0. "255,102,0" makes it look too red to compare
> > with the authentic TLG color. Also change from "Orange-Solid" to Orange.
> > 57 - Trans. Orange - may actually be right. "255,96,0" looks better, but it
> > still doesn't demand a surface change.
> > Both oranges could use a change in edge color to either #6 - Brown, or #14 -
> > Yellow.
> > 19 and 28 - Tan - Do we really need 2 of the exact same color?
> > 5 and 26 - Magenta/Dark Pink - #26 has the best name for what has become of
> > both colors. 5 was meant to be a darker version of true magenta (255,0,255). So
> > my suggestion is to change #5 to a color that will suit both LDraw and LDLite
> > users - 192,0,192 (or 176,0,176). Those wanting Dark Pink may turn to #26.
> > 23 - Purple-Blue - change to 128,0,204. The previous version makes it look too
> > blue to be purple-ish. "Indigo" is also easier to write.
> > If I might be so bold as to ask, when a revision is made, could the following
> > colors be added to the remaining unused spaces:
> > Sky Blue - 31,202,255; with #1 or #9 as an edge color.
> > Trans. Sky Blue - (same as above); with #1 as an edge color.
> > Trans. Purple - 128,0,176; with #9 or #13 as an edge color.
> >
> > The only colors affected by my request are:
> > 5 (and 37 in tandem) - Magenta
> > 6 (and 38 in tandem) - Brown
> > 10 (and possibly 43 in tandem) - Cyan
> > 19 & 28 - Tan & Tan-Solid
> > 23 - Indigo (as opposed to Purple-Blue)
> > 25 - Orange (as opposed to Orange-Solid)
> > 26 - Dark Pink
> > 57 - Trans-Orange
> >
> > Allow me to close by saying that I don't expect all, nor any of these changes
> > to be made, but would at the very least like to lay my opinions on the table.
> >
> > James J.
> > jejackso@memphis.edu
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> >
> > P.S.: Does MLCAD support changing the edge colors on any non-original colors?
> > (Original colors being 0-15, 16, 24, 32-47, & 256-511.) If so, please look into
> > it.
> >
> >
> > In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Michael Lachmann writes:
> > > Good question - currently MLCad does not support changing the edge color -
> > > but it should do ...
> > >
> > > I've got the color definitions from the LDLite source code. I must admit,
> > > that I never asked about the edge colors. I have no idea from where they are
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > --
> > > ================================
> > > Ing Michael Lachmann
> > > Individual software development
> > > Tel.: +43 676 406 86 95
> > > e-mail: michael.lachmann@lm-software.com
> > > http: www.lm-software.com
> > >
> > > Joseph Cardana <jcardanas@home.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
> > > G6tDJ9.CyJ@lugnet.com...
> > > > Michael,
> > > >
> > > > In reference to the Main and Edge colors... If I color a part red the
> > > > edges are bright red. Is there a way to have the edge colors black or dark
> > > > gray? Is there a reason for the odd edge colors?
> > > >
> > > > Joe
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