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What to do with wireframe geometry...? (#513)
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mikeschn  
#1 Posted : Friday, September 14, 2007 10:03:13 AM(UTC)
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What does everyone do with their wireframe geometry after they have created an extrusion from it?

delete it?
blank it?
move it to another layer?
ignore it?

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API  
#2 Posted : Friday, September 14, 2007 11:16:42 AM(UTC)
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We usually move it to a sub layer called Extra or Geom and make it invisible.
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#3 Posted : Friday, September 14, 2007 11:56:40 AM(UTC)
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sounds good... I think I'll make a layer called _WF and put it there.

API wrote:
We usually move it to a sub layer called Extra or Geom and make it invisible.
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#4 Posted : Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:50:19 AM(UTC)
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I always make 3 sublayers for each object
- one for geometry or wireframe
- one for basic solids (keeping history with geometry)
- one for finished volume (keeping solid operations history only)
On the last one I can remove a part (boolean), and replace it by something else pasted from the second layer...

Because it is impossible to keep the complete history tree of a complex work.
Whenever you want to repair or stitch you may burn a forest.
So better keep the roots and the branches safe apart.

I'm dreaming of an improvement.
Am I the only one ?

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API  
#5 Posted : Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:08:16 AM(UTC)
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I know just what you mean about the history. Thats a good strategy. Does the "main layer" have nothing in it and work just as a place holder?
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#6 Posted : Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:50:23 AM(UTC)
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API wrote:
Does the "main layer" have nothing in it ?

Yes Patrick, I always keep it empty, it's much easier to toggle layers visibility.
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