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Just got Dcad 11.
In Plus I was able to see exactly the shape and angle of the hip or valley where two roof planes meet - a joint visible only in shaded view -and stretch the roughed-in planes to that exact junction. I would snap the view to one plane, shade the view, then draw a 3-d line tracing that joint. Then when the shading was off I would stretch the plane to that 3-d line. I did that to each plane in turn.

PROBLEM: 11 freezes the workspace when it shows a shaded view. Expecting apparently that this is some big wonderful view that you want to make into a bitmap, apparently . The problem with the frozen workspace is that you have to right click and tell it to go away before you can draw the required 3-d line. But at that point you have no shaded view to trace.
QUESTION: Is there any way to turn off the freezup. And / or to draw upon a shaded view?

[Mark F. Madura]

Hello Tom:

Select Settings from the Shader menu to access the Shader Settings dialog. In the lower right corner you'll see an option, Right-click to Exit. Check this option so you can Right-click to dismiss the shader window.

You can also access the scan line shader you're familiar with in DataCAD Plus. Enter the extended character code [Alt] + 0239 to access the Quick Shader menu.

I think this is what you are looking for.

MFM

Mark
Thanks for the quick reply.
Not being unresourceful, I had already discovered the Right-Click to Exit feature. That is a relief from much labor.

However, when I exit: the Shading .... goes away. The problem is that in the ye olde Plus version of Quick-Shader the shading stuck around until I changed the view or hit esc / refresh. Thus I could trace certain alignment features before it went away. By just exiting it I cannot do that most critical operation. That is my main question.

As for the extended character code you suggested: that may do the trick. But I must confess ignorance here. I have never done any actual "programming" (except back in the pre-p.c. days of Fortran and Algol - but no, hey seriously, could I really be that olde?) so am not familiar with how to do what you suggested.

I opened a virgin file, created a cube, and to view it via Quick-Shader tried every combination of typing in those characters. Result: nothing. Only misdirected settings windows, including giving me the big crosshair cursor.

So: please tell me how to input that code.
1: While in a drawing file? In editing the .INI file??
2: Hit "Alt", then release, then punch in the numbers? Or add the "plus" sign in between? That of course means to hit Shift plus "+". Ha Ha. I don't believe your symbols meant that.

Thus 3: How do I input that code?

Thanks again.
Tom

Hi Tom,

If you hold down the Alt key, and type the 0239 on the number pad, and then release the Alt key, that will open Ye Olde Quick Shader Menu!