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nextdoorscat · DeleD PRO user Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 187

Yeah I have this feeling that I'm going to be really embarrassed by the end of this thread Very Happy

After fiddling around with my imported models I'm now trying to learn how to do modelling in DeleD. So far I have been able to click on an elipse, text, cylinder or sphere, and then click on any of the 2D frames and the primitive appears. But - it wont work for grid, polyline, cube, rectangle or pyramid. I click on any of those, and click on the 2D frame, nothing happens. And I know that nothing happens, because it isn't even appearing in the undo history.

Obviously it must be me being completely stupid as everyone else is creating some fantastic 3D scenes... can someone enlighten me as to what I'm doing wrong? Embarassed

granada · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

Hi there
I'me not sure what you mean here,But if you click on cube in the create item window all you have to do is drag out the size of the cube you want in any of the 2D views.
Dose this help !!

Dave
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Jeroen · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:52 am Post subject:

Yes, dragging should be the key to success here. Smile

nextdoorscat · DeleD PRO user Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 187

Ah! Mwahaha!

Lo and behold, I now have a cube. Thanks for enlightening me, and watch this space for the next dumb question, sure to be coming soon!

Very Happy

Jeroen · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject:

Hmmmmm.... this brings up a question: how did you create cylinders etc? They are created by dragging also.

Do you see a rectangle while dragging when creating a cube?

nextdoorscat · DeleD PRO user Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 187

If I dont drag, but simply click in the 2D view, the elipse, sphere or cylinder just appear as miniscule primitives that you have to really zoom in close to see. However the pyramid, cube, grid, polyline and rectangle dont appear at all. They only appear if you drag. (yes I see a rectangle when I do that)

Now I know that I have to drag the mouse, Embarassed

I see that I can drag also to change the initial size of the elipse/sphere/cylinder too. These appear as circles.

Hope this helps... Very Happy

Daaark · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject:

Jeroen · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject:

Yes, that's intended behaviour. To be exact: the pyramid,cube,grid etc objects are created after you've released the mouse (i.e after the drag Wink

) because DeleD needs a begin+end coordinate to create those kind of objects (so click+drag+release=create). Ellipse, sphere etc are created right when you first click on the 2D view. Then, if you drag, they are immediately scaled.

Both these methods make sure that whatever kind of object you make, you can make it in the exact dimensions you want it to be. At least, that goes for the coordinates of the 2D view you're working in. Smile