Hi Oxbown,
Thanks for your comment.
The point is, being one of the most accessible multi-robot brand offline programming software in terms of price comes with some trad off. We prefer investing resources to have a strong software on the robot and API side then on the graphical side.
That being said, some of the requests you are asking for are already available or have an easy work around:
"-Better texture and color handle ... including when importing files (in the most cases colors lost when importing)"
First, if you want to keep the colors when importing, you need to use the STEP AP214, not the STEP AP203 file format.
Second, if you still don't see the colors, it's often because they were not apply on the right body of your CAD model. To reveal them, go in "Tools -> Change color tool". Select your object and look for the color that is over the other colors and bring the "Alpha" value to Zero. See picture.
"-Show / Hide ground plane (THIS IS ESSENTIAL !!)"
For that, I create myself a floor in STEP file, pretty much a big square a few centimeter tick. Then I put the centre of it at the station [0,0,0]. I can then show or hide this object.
"- Transparent Objects"
You can modify the transparency of your object by modifying the "Alpha" value in "Tools -> Change color tool".
"-Better performance"
This thread quickly talk about that situation.
//www.sinclairbody.com/forum/Thread-Simplify-object
Some options to improve performance are available in "Tools -> Options" and in the tab "Display" and "CAD".
"-Center the view: Two middle clicks on the mouse (like solidworks etc ...)
Those 2 buttons in the Toolbar do pretty much that.
You can also right click the Toolbar and select "View (Extended)" for more options.
你的余生请求,我邀请你,如果你own a professional license, to contact us via "RoboDK software -> Help -> Request support".
Have a good day.
Jeremy
Thanks for your comment.
The point is, being one of the most accessible multi-robot brand offline programming software in terms of price comes with some trad off. We prefer investing resources to have a strong software on the robot and API side then on the graphical side.
That being said, some of the requests you are asking for are already available or have an easy work around:
"-Better texture and color handle ... including when importing files (in the most cases colors lost when importing)"
First, if you want to keep the colors when importing, you need to use the STEP AP214, not the STEP AP203 file format.
Second, if you still don't see the colors, it's often because they were not apply on the right body of your CAD model. To reveal them, go in "Tools -> Change color tool". Select your object and look for the color that is over the other colors and bring the "Alpha" value to Zero. See picture.
"-Show / Hide ground plane (THIS IS ESSENTIAL !!)"
For that, I create myself a floor in STEP file, pretty much a big square a few centimeter tick. Then I put the centre of it at the station [0,0,0]. I can then show or hide this object.
"- Transparent Objects"
You can modify the transparency of your object by modifying the "Alpha" value in "Tools -> Change color tool".
"-Better performance"
This thread quickly talk about that situation.
//www.sinclairbody.com/forum/Thread-Simplify-object
Some options to improve performance are available in "Tools -> Options" and in the tab "Display" and "CAD".
"-Center the view: Two middle clicks on the mouse (like solidworks etc ...)
Those 2 buttons in the Toolbar do pretty much that.
You can also right click the Toolbar and select "View (Extended)" for more options.
你的余生请求,我邀请你,如果你own a professional license, to contact us via "RoboDK software -> Help -> Request support".
Have a good day.
Jeremy