[Vzome-users] vZome colors

Mon Oct 15 12:07:13 PDT 2007

Scott,

I can't always get to my trackball either, in this situation, but I will try the resizing idea. I am glad you are there, because I would not have thought of that. Thanks for the idea, and I will report on the success of that idea. I can't just now, but I will make the attempt a bit later, and let you know what happens. I am not sure what to do if that doesn't work, but perhaps we can think of something else.Steve

From: scott at vorthmann.orgDate: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:25:47 -0700To: vzome-users at vorthmann.orgSubject: Re: [Vzome-users] vZome colorsSteve, 

Unfortunately, that is a bug in Windows redrawing code, or perhaps in java.awt as implemented on Windows... not much I can do about it.

Workarounds should include just about anything that triggers a repaint of the main view, including moving the trackball or resizing the window slightly.

Scott

On Oct 14, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Stephen Wilson wrote:
Scott, That's what I do. I am referring to a situation in which I click to bring up the color palatte, and then need to look at the model, so I click on "Cancel", and the window itself containing the palatte goes away, but the space it took up is whited out. And yes, I am using a Windows platform for my modes. Steve

From: scott at vorthmann.orgDate: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:51:54 -0700To: vzome-users at vorthmann.orgSubject: Re: [Vzome-users] vZome colorsStephen, 

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.orgDate: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:32:50 -0700To: vZome-users at vorthmann.orgSubject: Re: [Vzome-users] vZome colorsHi, 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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Subject: Re: [Vzome-users] vZome 2.1.1 prerelease
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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
> 
> 
> 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.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
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