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Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:52 am
by John Hyslop
Hi Andrew
Is there a way to change the Colour of the QCADCAM Background in 3DView from Black to Another Colour?
I'm not using the view as intended I want to quickly get a perspective view of work on my screen...
I hope this makes sense..
Cheers
John
PS Sorry almost forgot.
QCAD/CAM Version:
3.27.6.0 (3.27.6)
Build Date:
May 17 2022
Revision:
39d0e9f
Qt Version:
5.14.2
Architecture:
x86_64
Compiler:
gcc 5.4.0
OS Linux Mint 20.3 una
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Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:14 am
by Husky
Hi John,
John Hyslop wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:52 am
Is there a way to change the Colour of the QCADCAM Background in 3DView from Black to Another Colour?
Sorry, not that I know of ...
John Hyslop wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:52 am
I'm not using the view as intended I want to quickly get a perspective view of work on my screen...
What's about to use the Projection Tool instead? The Background would be your normal background color ...
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P.s.: Why is your example so much nicer than mine ....
Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:22 am
by John Hyslop
Hi Husky
Thanks for the prompt reply... yes I looked at that but I would prefer it to be perspective
rather than Isometric.. I know I'm being fussy but I have my reasons for doing this
Cheers
John
Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:54 am
by Husky
John Hyslop wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:22 am
I know I'm being fussy but I have my reasons for doing this
I don't know exactly what you need ...
But it comes down to "Where is a will there's a way"
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Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:23 am
by John Hyslop
Okay.. How did you do that
Cheers
John
Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:32 am
by Husky
The part is designed in QCAD, saved as 2D dxf, imported into a 3D CAD ... and then I changed the background.
Extruding would be the next step but ...
Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:27 am
by John Hyslop
You had me fooled ... lol
I'll just do as I always do.. screenshot then Irfanview - Adobe Perspective Plugin..
Cheers
John
Re: Change Colour of CAM 3D View Background
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:55 am
by CVH
John,
There are more options beside 'Isometric' projections.
And even a solution for projecting inclined/rotated planes:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=5987
I'm not sure if the CAM 3D view is a vanishing point perspective, if that's what you're looking for.
That is also not the case for Perspective.gif in the example of Husky.
I know that my CNC driver CAM preview has such an option.
For illustration, one can always change the colors of the image itself. :Wink:
One can even set 'black' as transparent color so that the background is the page or paper background.
Regards,
CVH