topic Re: mesh - making it invisible in plan view in Visualization

mesh - making it invisible in plan view

KeesW — Thu, 11 May 2023 13:03:24 GMT

Is it possible to make the regular mesh grid invisible in plan views, and in 3D top views? The only way I can think of is by using the same colour for background and grid.

Re: mesh - making it invisible in plan view

__archiben — Fri, 13 May 2005 03:19:24 GMT

KeesW wrote:
Is it possible to make the regular mesh grid invisible in plan views, and in 3D top views? The only way I can think of is by using the same colour for background and grid.

i take it that another (hidden) layer doesn't suit your purposes?

you could always put a huge wipe-out fill over the whole thing and send them both to the back of the display queue? what are you trying to achieve exactly?

cheers
~/archiben

Re: mesh - making it invisible in plan view

KeesW — Fri, 13 May 2005 07:27:31 GMT

Archiben
We do lots of shadow diagrams. Seeing a grid on the ground in plan view is very untidy and distracting. About layers - can the grid be on a different layer from the main background?

Re: mesh - making it invisible in plan view

__archiben — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:20:39 GMT

KeesW wrote:
We do lots of shadow diagrams. Seeing a grid on the ground in plan view is very untidy and distracting. About layers - can the grid be on a different layer from the main background?

huh? you've got me confused . . . are you talking about the triangulation/ridge lines on the mesh or the grid display lines configurable under 'Options>Grids & Backgrounds...' and 'Options>Grid Display'?

if you're talking about the ridges on the mesh (as i hope you are judging from your first post), have you set them to display only 'user defined ridges' rather than all of the triangulation lines? and what if you use a cover fill on the mesh as well? does this help clean it up any?

can you not use othogonal top-projection in the 3D window and publish the result as a 2D line drawing for your shadow studies?? i must admit i haven't tried this, but it seems like it should be done more efficiently this way?

~/archiben