Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SnugWuls  | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Suggestions, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
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You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
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Oops, sorry. I resubmitted all my suggestions in the Studio forum. Thanks.
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: Brick "Resize" Button | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | I would love to see a "resize" button that I can use to easily lengthen or shorten
bricks in-place. For example, if I used a 1x4x1 brick in my model but decided
to swap it out for a longer 1x6x1 brick, I would love to be able to just click
the "resize" button, which would make arrows appear in 6 different directions)
and elongate or shorten an existing brick in any of the three axes to obtain
the longer brick instead of having to delete the old brick, hunt down the new
brick in the menu, and place the new brick. Same goes to plates, tiles, liftarms,
etc. that are each just essentially the same "families" of elements that come
in many different sizes. Resizing the "height" might be a little tricker but
being able to resize in-place in the lateral axes would be great.
|
You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: "Any Color" Option in Studio | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | I think it would be great to have an "any color" (or "unspecified" or "undecided")
option. For many elements that eventually become hidden inside your model (e.g.,
skeletal structures), it doesn't matter what color they are. However, depending
on what color you choose, the cost of ordering bricks from Bricklink later on
can fluctuate drastically. I don't want to worry about "what is the cheapest
color for this particular brick" in the middle of designing my model every time
I'm picking out a brick that will not be visible. One thing I do right now
is just pick out a random color (some obscure color you're not going to use
anywhere else) and designate that color to all your hidden colors, so I can worry
about picking colors later, but this doesn't give me a realistic cost estimate
while I'm building a model. I want an "any color" option (essentially meaning
"I don't care what color this is as long as it's the cheapest color)
for your bricks and the cost estimate to reflect the cheapest price regardless
of color. The "any color" brick can show up as hashed or checkered in your screen
to indicate its unspecified status. This will also help when I share my .io file
with someone, and they will be able to make a better and more up-to-date purchasing
decision by knowing which bricks will end up being hidden from view and can be
thus purchased in any color. Ideally, this feature would be implemented both
on Studio and Bricklink.
|
You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
|
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
|
You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
|
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| Author: | DPB | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:55 | | Subject: | Re: "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
|
Love your enthusiasm!
You will surely get more views and possible responses if you were to ask these
questions in the dedicated Designer Forum.
Thanks for speaking up!
dpb
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:51 | | Subject: | "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
|
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:36 | | Subject: | "Any Color" Option in Studio | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| I think it would be great to have an "any color" (or "unspecified" or "undecided")
option. For many elements that eventually become hidden inside your model (e.g.,
skeletal structures), it doesn't matter what color they are. However, depending
on what color you choose, the cost of ordering bricks from Bricklink later on
can fluctuate drastically. I don't want to worry about "what is the cheapest
color for this particular brick" in the middle of designing my model every time
I'm picking out a brick that will not be visible. One thing I do right now
is just pick out a random color (some obscure color you're not going to use
anywhere else) and designate that color to all your hidden colors, so I can worry
about picking colors later, but this doesn't give me a realistic cost estimate
while I'm building a model. I want an "any color" option (essentially meaning
"I don't care what color this is as long as it's the cheapest color)
for your bricks and the cost estimate to reflect the cheapest price regardless
of color. The "any color" brick can show up as hashed or checkered in your screen
to indicate its unspecified status. This will also help when I share my .io file
with someone, and they will be able to make a better and more up-to-date purchasing
decision by knowing which bricks will end up being hidden from view and can be
thus purchased in any color. Ideally, this feature would be implemented both
on Studio and Bricklink.
|
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Brick "Resize" Button | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | I would love to see a "resize" button that I can use to easily lengthen or shorten
bricks in-place. For example, if I used a 1x4x1 brick in my model but decided
to swap it out for a longer 1x6x1 brick, I would love to be able to just click
the "resize" button, which would make arrows appear in 6 different directions)
and elongate or shorten an existing brick in any of the three axes to obtain
the longer brick instead of having to delete the old brick, hunt down the new
brick in the menu, and place the new brick. Same goes to plates, tiles, liftarms,
etc. that are each just essentially the same "families" of elements that come
in many different sizes. Resizing the "height" might be a little tricker but
being able to resize in-place in the lateral axes would be great.
|
To be clear, this suggestion is meant for Lego Studio, not for Bricklink in general.
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:30 | | Subject: | Brick "Resize" Button | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| I would love to see a "resize" button that I can use to easily lengthen or shorten
bricks in-place. For example, if I used a 1x4x1 brick in my model but decided
to swap it out for a longer 1x6x1 brick, I would love to be able to just click
the "resize" button, which would make arrows appear in 6 different directions)
and elongate or shorten an existing brick in any of the three axes to obtain
the longer brick instead of having to delete the old brick, hunt down the new
brick in the menu, and place the new brick. Same goes to plates, tiles, liftarms,
etc. that are each just essentially the same "families" of elements that come
in many different sizes. Resizing the "height" might be a little tricker but
being able to resize in-place in the lateral axes would be great.
|
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| Author: | NoIdeaForAName | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2022 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Related Software, NoIdeaForAName writes:
Never mind i managed to fix it
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