Backplot color change with "keep tool down"

[Thad]

Keep Tool Down seems to mess up my backplot colors. I have all cutting moves set to color 11, the default. When using Keep Tool Down, the first depth cut is light blue, but all remaining depth cuts are white. If I uncheck Keep Tool Down, all passes are light blue again. I can flip the paramters all day to reproduce this. It's like this on 2 computers. I haven't checked the others yet.

 

Does this happen to you or is it a video issue on my end?

 

Thad

 

[ 05-16-2006, 11:03 AM: Message edited by: Thad ]

[Thad]

Keep Tool Down

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Do not Keep Tool Down

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Thad

[mayday]

checked it with depth cuts with and without multi passes. tool down and no tool down

 

Sky's always blue here

[Thad]

Wes,

 

When you run the backplot config chook, do you have "No Front Buffer" checked or unchecked?

 

Thad

[mayday]

unchecked

[Thad]

Maybe that's the problem. I used to have it unchecked until I found it fixed a different backplot issue by checking it.

 

Thad

[Thad]

It got a little better by unchecking it. Now only the straight line from the end point to the start point is white, but I get real thick backplot lines again; like this.

 

Oh well, it's not a big deal. Just wondered if I was alone on this one.

 

Thad

[Mark H]

I too have noticed a color change when changing some parameters, but havent fully explored when it happens.

[mayday]

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but I get real think backplot lines again

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havent seen that one Thad,

BTW, when was the last time you changed the ink cartrages in your monitor?

[Thad]

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I too have noticed a color change when changing some parameters

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Yes, I've also had rapid moves show up as blue. They post out as rapid though.

 

Thad

[Thad]

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BTW, when was the last time you changed the ink cartrages in your monitor?

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Duh! We have a laser monitor.

 

Thad

[Slick]

Thad, did you ever come up with a solution for the thick backplot lines? I recently installed MR2 and now I'm back to the "thick line" problem you were having. I tried to run the Backplot C-hook again, but it looks like MR2 dumped it. I brought it in from another computer and tried it with the buffer on and off and no luck.

Any ideas?

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

FYI,

 

This Backplot Config Utility (C-Hook) no longer exists. This functionality has been integrated into Settings-Configuration. The "Disable front buffer" option is now on the Screen Topic page in the Graphics Support groupbox and the (default) Opacity seetings are on the Backplot Topic pages.

[Slick]

Perfect Roger! Thank you very much. If I have that disabled all is well.

[Zero]

Thats how my backplot used to look in MR1 (the white lines whith keep tool down enabled). MR2 has my backplot back to normal. disable front buffer doesnt make a difference here. installed over my MR1 so cant check there....

 

Ive got a quadro fx 1300

[Thad]

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Thad, did you ever come up with a solution for the thick backplot lines?

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I fixed it in MR1 by checking "No Front Buffer." Since I've installed MR2, I get the thick lines again whether it's checked or not. It's probably our video card. We told our IT guy what we wanted but he decided to get us a better video card.

 

Thad

[Slick]

Thad, check out Roger's comment, he led me in the right direction!

[Thad]

Checking "Disable Front Buffer" fixed the thick backplot lines....today.

 

I no longer get white lines when keeping tool down either.

 

Thad