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3D Constructor Studio Menu Screen
Overview
This menu is where you can edit up
to eight 3D wire frame objects. It is a
mid-screen between the Main Menu and
the 3D Viewing Studio ie. you enter the
Viewing Studio via this screen.
Basically, all 3D objects are built up
of separate lines on an Orthographic
system (Above, Side and End views). For
more detailed descriptions see the 3D
tutorial later in this manual. To enter
this screen click on the 3D Obj button
on the Main Menu.
Item: Above x/z
Type: Special Selector
Desc: This selector is where you can
edit the x and z co-ordinates of one
end of the current line (See Line
Infobar). The end of the line which is
being edited is determined by the 'S/E'
Selector at the bottom left of the
screen. S=Start, E=End of line. Use the
mouse button to drag the line to the
co-ordinates you want. These
co-ordinates are shown along the bottom
of the screen (the first 3 are the
Start of the Line (x,y,z), the next 3
are the End). Co-ordinates are based on
a grid ranging from -41 to 41 (1
co-ordinate is the size of a lo-res.
screen pixel). The x co-ordinates are
across and z are down.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Add Line
Type: Action Bar
Desc: To create a new line or to add
another one to the current object,
press this option. If the line
(selected by the Line Infobar) does not
already exist, then a new one will be
created with co-ords 0,0,0 0,0,0. To
determine whether the line exists or
not, look at the bottom right of the
screen. If there is a cross in the
corner then it does not exist, or if
it's a tick then it does exist.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Add Poly
Type: Action Bar
Desc: By pressing this option, a
polygon will appear on the appropriate
Edit window according to the current
Axis. The number of sides the polygon
has depends upon the the value in the
PSides Infobar. Move the mouse until
you have the desired sized polygon and
press the left mouse button. The lines
which make up the polygon will then be
added to the Line list. If all 256
lines have been used, only some or none
of the lines will be added (however
much space is left in the 256 line
buffer). Use the right mouse button to
Cancel this option.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Add Obj
Type: Action Bar/Infobar
Desc: You will see that there are 2
options with this title. The Infobar
selects which object you wish to add to
the current one (1 to 8) and the action
bar performs the copy. Before the copy
is done though, an Alert box is brought
up to check whether you really want to
copy it. This option does not delete
the old object but actually merges 2
objects together. Note that the index
values of the lines (see Line Infobar)
will not be the same.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Axis
Type: Icon Selector
Desc: This option decides which axis
various functions on the menu they act
upon. The functions affected are: Add
Poly, Spin, Flip, Stretch, Shrink and
Shift.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Clear Obj
Type: Action Bar
Desc: After you have confirmed this
option choice through an Alert box, all
of the 256 lines (0 to 255) are deleted
and no longer exist (except in the Undo
buffer).
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Co-ordinate Display
Type: Special Selector
Desc: These displays along the bottom
of the screen show what the Start and
End co-ordinates of the current line
(see Line Infobar) are. The first 3
numbers are the x,y and z values of the
start of the line, the next 3 are the
x,y and z of the end of the line.
Co-ordinate values range from -41 to
41. NOTE :- you can't actually change
those values from here - you must do
that from the Edit windows above.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Del Line
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This option deletes the current
line (see Line Infobar) from
existance.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: End z/y
Type: Special Selector
Desc: Same as 'Above x/z' Edit window
except that the co-cordinates edited
from this option are z and y (z is
across and y down).
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Exit
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This option returns you to the
Main Menu.
Opts: None
Item: Fix
Type: Toggle Bar
Desc: To aid you when editing objects,
this option, when activated, chooses
the nearest point to the cursor on the
editing windows. Basically, it finds
the nearest point to the cursor that
already exists and puts the Start or
End (see S/E Icon Selector) of the
current line at that point. This saves
a lot of messing about with getting
accurate co-ordinates.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Flip
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This flips the whole of the
current object across the axis selected
by the Axis option on this screen.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Line
Type: Infobar
Desc: This selects which of the
possible 256 lines (0 to 255) you are
currently editing. The co-ordinates of
the Start and End of this line are
displayed at the bottom of the screen.
The value on the right at the bottom of
the screen shows how many lines
actually exist in the current object.
The cross or tick in the right-hand
corner indicates whether the current
line exists or not.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Line on Display
Type: Special Selector
Desc: This is simply the cross or tick
in the very bottom right corner of the
screen. A cross indicates that the
current line (see Line Infobar) does
not exist and therefore cannot be
edited, and a tick shows that it does
exist.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Number of Lines Display
Type: Special Selector
Desc: This value is the right-hand one
at the bottom of the screen to the
right of the Fix option. It displays
the number of lines in existance on the
current object.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Object
Type: Icon Selector
Desc: Choose which one of the 8 objects
you wish to edit. This item is located
near the bottom right of the screen and
consists of a bar with the numbers 1 to
8 on it.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: PSides
Type: Infobar
Desc: This value determines the number
of sides a polygon should have when it
is added using the Add Poly option.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: S/E
Type: Icon Selector
Desc: This determines whether you move
the Start or the End of the current
line when you click on the edit windows
above.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: SAngle
Type: Infobar
Desc: The Spin option on this screen
spins the object by the number of
degrees shown by this Infobar.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: <Shift<
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This subtracts 1 from every point
along the current Axis (see Axis) of
the current object.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: >Shift>
Type: Action Bar
Desc: Same as above but +1.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Shrink
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This option shrinks the object in
the Axis selected by the Axis option.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Side x/y
Type: Special Selector
Desc: This edit window is the same as
the others except that you edit the x
(across) and y (down) values.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Spin
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This performs a spin operation on
all the points of the object around 0,0
on the Axis selected by the Axis
option, spinning it by the angle chosen
in the SAngle Infobar.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Stretch
Type: Action Bar
Desc: Opposite of Shrink.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: Undo
Type: Action Bar
Desc: If you have accidentally
performed a function on the object and
wish to return it to the state it was
before you had done so, then select
this option.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)
Item: View Obj
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This enters the 3D Viewing Studio
Menu Screen.
Opts: All 3D Options (3CM,3VM)