[Vzome-users] vZome colors

Scott Vorthmann scott at vorthmann.org
Sat Oct 13 08:51:54 PDT 2007 

Stephen,

I cannot make this happen on my Mac.  It may be a problem unique to  
Windows, if you're on that platform.

What exactly do you mean by "if I don't use it"?  On my Mac, I cannot  
click on the main window until I dismiss the dialog somehow.

Scott

On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Stephen Wilson wrote:

> One thing I notice with my vZome is that the area covered by the  
> palatte is whited out if I don't use it each time I bring it up.  
> Sometimes I find that I need to look at the model before I can make  
> the color selection, and I can't do that. What causes that, and is  
> there anything you can do about it? it can really become an  
> aggravation at times, when I have to save the model and close it,  
> then reopen it to do anything.
>
> maqtoH
>
>
> From: scott at vorthmann.org
> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:32:50 -0700
> To: vZome-users at vorthmann.org
> Subject: Re: [Vzome-users] vZome colors
>
> Hi, Brendo,
>
> Yes, there are several missing features, including "memory" between  
> one instance of the color picker and the next.  This was definitely  
> a quick-and-dirty, least-effort implementation;  I'll improve the  
> feature in the future.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Brendo wrote:
>
> Hi Scott,
>
>
> About the only improvement that I can think of regarding the colors  
> is that it would be nice if the selected items' color were  
> highlighted on the color palette, for ease in matching an existing  
> color.  The good news is that perfect matches for all of the  
> existing vZome strut & panel colors are available, although they’re  
> sometimes in surprising places on the palette.
>
>
> Brendo
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:26:34 -0400
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> From: bhall at nd.edu
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> Subject: Re: [Vzome-users] vZome 2.1.1 prerelease
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> To: "news for users of vZome, the Zome modelling software"
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> Hi Scott,
>
>
> I tried the new version and it seems to work. I modified the  
> preferences file
>
> and the new conversion system seems to be working. I personally  
> think even the
>
> current warning is unnecessary; if someone opens an old file with a  
> newer
>
> version of a program, modifies it, and then saves it, does that  
> person really
>
> expect the resulting file to be openable by the old version? Is  
> there really
>
> any vZome user out there who will use both this latest 2.1 version  
> and 2.0?
>
>
> But this is a quibble; it's easy enough to ignore the warning.  
> Having the file
>
> name stay the same is a big time-saver.
>
>
> I tried the coloring, quit, and restarted and yes that node I  
> modified is still
>
> a funny brownish-green!
>
>
> I didn't test VRML export.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Brian
>
>
> Quoting Scott Vorthmann <scott at vorthmann.org>:
>
>
> > Whups... the link got removed somehow:
>
> >
>
> > http://www.vorthmann.org/zome/jnlp/v2.1.1/vZome-v2.1.1.jnlp
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> >
>
> >
>
> > On Oct 9, 2007, at 11:07 PM, Scott Vorthmann wrote:
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> > > Hi, vZome users,
>
> > >
>
> > > I'm pre-releasing vZome 2.1.1 for user testing.  It has three  
> simple
>
> > > additional features:
>
> > >
>
> > > 1. You can use "Set Color..." (in the "Edit" menu, now!) to adjust
>
> > > the color of the selected objects.  Unlike the similar behavior in
>
> > > vZome 2.0, these colors are saved in the vZome file!  They should
>
> > > also appear in the POV-ray exports.
>
> > >
>
> > > 2. If you want vZome to automatically convert old 2.0 files to 2.1
>
> > > files with the same name, you can add  
> "autoFormatConversion=true" to
>
> > > your vZome.preferences file.  You'll still see an alert warning  
> you
>
> > > about the overwrite, but you won't get an unnamed document now.
>
> > >
>
> > > 3. The VRML export now uses the actual size of real Zome parts for
>
> > > its data values.
>
> > >
>
> > > If nobody finds any bugs, I'll update the "v21latest" link to  
> point
>
> > > to 2.1.1.
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> > >
>
> > > Scott
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> > >
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