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linkreincarnate

Wed, Apr 8, 2015 1:11 PM

Why when you create a shape to be subtracted from another shape does that
shape not appear in the Thrown Together View unless it intersects with
something?

The Devs should add a mode to show every shape no matter what. If the
shape I am trying to manipulate is not currently intersecting with anything
it is a royal PITA to find it because it is literally invisible.

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Why when you create a shape to be subtracted from another shape does that shape not appear in the Thrown Together View unless it intersects with something? The Devs should add a mode to show every shape no matter what. If the shape I am trying to manipulate is not currently intersecting with anything it is a royal PITA to find it because it is literally invisible. -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/Disappearing-shapes-tp12329.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Torsten Paul

Wed, Apr 8, 2015 1:19 PM

Von: linkreincarnate linkreincarnate@gmail.com

The Devs should add a mode to show every shape no matter what. If the
shape I am trying to manipulate is not currently intersecting with anything
it is a royal PITA to find it because it is literally invisible.

Have a look at:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Modifier_Characters

Specifically the debug modifier (#) is intended to help with that.

ciao,
Torsten.

Von: linkreincarnate <linkreincarnate@gmail.com> > The Devs should add a mode to show every shape no matter what. If the > shape I am trying to manipulate is not currently intersecting with anything > it is a royal PITA to find it because it is literally invisible. > Have a look at: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Modifier_Characters Specifically the debug modifier (#) is intended to help with that. ciao, Torsten.

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Ed Nisley

Wed, Apr 8, 2015 1:31 PM

On 04/08/2015 09:11 AM, linkreincarnate wrote:

it is a royal PITA to find it because it is literally invisible.

I generally prefix a "new shape" with % or #, which makes my obvious
mistakes more obvious... [sigh]

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Ed
softsolder.com

On 04/08/2015 09:11 AM, linkreincarnate wrote: > it is a royal PITA to find it because it is literally invisible. I generally prefix a "new shape" with % or #, which makes my obvious mistakes more obvious... [sigh] -- Ed softsolder.com

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linkreincarnate

Wed, Apr 8, 2015 1:50 PM

Oh now THAT is very useful! Thanks for the heads up.

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Oh now THAT is very useful! Thanks for the heads up. -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/Disappearing-shapes-tp12329p12332.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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arnholm@arnholm.org

Wed, Apr 8, 2015 2:48 PM

On 2015-04-08 15:50, linkreincarnate wrote:

Oh now THAT is very useful! Thanks for the heads up.

I found this series of 4 blog posts very useful when I started with
OpenSCAD, I learned that feature there :-)
http://www.tridimake.com/2014/09/how-to-use-openscad-tricks-and-tips-to.html

On 2015-04-08 15:50, linkreincarnate wrote: > Oh now THAT is very useful! Thanks for the heads up. I found this series of 4 blog posts very useful when I started with OpenSCAD, I learned that feature there :-) http://www.tridimake.com/2014/09/how-to-use-openscad-tricks-and-tips-to.html

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