Flexpainter Beta v0.42e Update
... or
'complex line types on steroids' 
.. but just a minor update.
.and long overdue! (Riverbanks
).
CE bug: Not functional.
FlexPainter relies vastly on splines and other PRO resources.
Without PROTOOLS present it should be disabled to load. Not tested.
I'll have to see how lean it can be made.
Fixed some minor issues, typos and so on.
The scope mystery isn't tackled, the script is functional 'as is'.
Not verbose, a lot more of the details are spit out on the command history.
A vast amount of info is textual included in the script file itself.
Enhanced the painter definitions types:
Local & Global Poly, now both with bulging.
Castings can be done on a sublayer of the base entity.
Know issue: This can interfere with casting in group.
It will take some more 'Undo's' to undo.
Revised the painter sets and added some.
+ Riverbanks 1:1 & 2:3, 3 types each.
+ Revision Clouds, 7 types.
Renewed & added all preview icons of these painter sets.
(The hardest part)
Revision Clouds bulging relies on the actual casted distance between points.
On non uniform base lines this looks rather 'at random' with a theme.
Most Painters now have a Begin and End -Apex.
- Artistics.
- Pointing V-shape extrusions for Revision Clouds.
Drag the top node to point where you want it to point.
- Voids, in general 1/2 of what makes more sense: the length or the step-size.
An apex is considered as something intentional.
A void as Apex doesn't merge with any exposed void of the chain for global alignment or only an extra painter .
This feature isn't yet tested in full.
Remark that apexes are not applicable on <geometric closed & near continuous forms>.
for Revision Clouds with V-pointers use:
- a non-continuous form (V @ begin), preferable geometric closed.
- both apexes
- dynamically scale
This zip package with version 0.42e is intended to be extracted to:
... QCAD\scripts\Misc\Examples\MathExamples\FlexPainter\
Included is a subfolder with the icons.
Included is a subfolder 'FlexPainterTemplates' with 2 dxf drawings.
- One is a tutorial on how the painter is constructed, and one with a bunch of test cases.
- On a win system it might be better to move these dxf files out of the protected OS portion as Admin.
Andrew may include this in a newer release or snaptshot.
Immediate short update:
- Copy over the .js and the .ui file.
- Replace the Icon folder.
- Boot or Reboot QCAD
Regards,
CVH
