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Old 14th November 2022, 03:08 PM   #1
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Default Revamped palette tool

My annoyance at the numbered material labels in the palette has finally increased to the point that I have dived into the tcl code to see what could be done to improve it.

The palette was already incorporated into a folding frame, so I made better use of the vertical space (control panel was already vertically scrollable) by arranging the materials vertically instead of horizontally. This allowed them to be the full width of the control panel which made room for the material name to be used for the label instead of just the index.

It seems to work well except I couldn't figure out how to trigger a refresh upon opening a file, but it can be manually be refreshed by folding/unfolding the palette.

I also made the label easier to read by setting the text color to black or white depending on the background color so it contrasts better.

See attached image for result.

Affected files are in the attached zip file (based on AC3D 9.0.22):

/scripts/mat_names.tcl << new file, copy to scripts folder
/tcl/ac3dpalette.tcl << modified, backup original then copy to tcl folder
/tcl/ac3dwidget.tcl << modified, backup original then copy to tcl folder
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Old 14th November 2022, 03:48 PM   #2
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Excellent!
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Old 14th November 2022, 06:01 PM   #3
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I would love to strip off the default materials when I load a file, but I don't seem to have control over this as it is done within the executable.
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Old 15th November 2022, 08:21 AM   #4
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For ease of use, a basic palette is provided, and I feel that it is of benefit for many users that it remains. Sorry the Tcl script access for the palette is very limited at the moment. Great mod though!
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