Hi Jan,
janI schrieb:
Danke..
On 16 December 2012 19:17, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote:
Hi Jan,
janI schrieb:
Hi.
I have to make some 3D construction drawings, I tried to use draw, but is
seems that the 3D functionality is very limited ??
The 3D-engine is limited concerning shadows, but the rest is usable. Only
the UI needs an improvement.
What I would like to was to create a half "ball" out of a circle (a dome
for an astromony observatory, a hobby of mine, when I do not work on MWIKI
or l10n), and then add some cutting lines etc, for a mechanic to follow.
Do you have already enabled the set of predefined 3D-objects? Right click
the drawing toolbar > Customize > Check "3D-objects". The set contains a
"Half-Sphere". Perhaps that is already what you are searching for.
That helped me halfway.
Do you know the chapter about 3D-Objects in the Draw-Guide? I ask because
it is not clear, how much do you already know about 3D objects. For
example, do you know the difference between object properties and scene
properties?
No problem in asking, I know a lot about 3d objects...I used to use 3Dmax,
but working with AOO, I felt I should give draw a try.
Then you will probably stay with 3Dmax.
Working with updating the wiki, I tried to use it :-)
but the page:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Draw_Guide
is very empty ??
so where is the guide ?
Documentation are made by ODFAuthors.
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/draw-guide
You can use the LO guides, the difference is small.
Am I wrong or is the 3D support limited to presentation and not really fit
for drawing (in case not is there any work in progress) ?
No, the objects are the same in Draw and Impress. One difference between
Impress and Draw is, that you have animation in Impress and that you have
layer in Draw.
In case not, can anybody recommend a good tool, where I can import the
files in AOO and write the documents.
What part of AOO you want to use? If you will use Writer, then the
3D-application should be able to export to pictures. If you will produce a
presentation in Impress, then Flash might work as well, you can use the
Flash plugin.
I actually just need draw...I have to make a drawing of a dome, made of
triangels.
That will only work using macros, because the rotation does not use
triangles and extrusion will not generate a half sphere. You would have
to place each triangle individually and that is practically nearly
impossible with the current UI.
So my idea was to take a half sphere and draw lines on it...in
3Dmax that is a piece of cake, because you work in 2d with X,Y,Z planes and
it generates the 3d object.
Therefore I ask what do you want to do with the result. If it will
become a picture in the target, why not using 3Dmax?
Drawing 3D-lines will be hard; using hatching or picture texture might
be easier. But if it was easy in 3Dmax, I would use that application.
Kind regards
Regina
