Hi Eric, probably the best written description so far is here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=2570.18
but that is mostly focused on how the browser works.


> I see how to assign a style (color) to an object but only
> the basic colors in the UI ... and I have not figured out how
> to name an object.

There are 2 different methods you can use for assigning a style.

One is if you have the browser open (there is a button at the bottom of the window next to "Help" that opens or closes the browser) you can left-click on a the swatch of a style, that will assign the selected objects to have that style. Right-click on a swatch to set that one as the "Active style" (which is similar to the "Current layer" in Rhino).

The other method is to use the object properties panel, which is also what you use to set an object's name.

The properties panel will show up in the upper right corner of the screen when you are in selection mode (meaning when you are not running in any command), and give you some information on the selected object.

That information includes the object's name, the style assigned to it, the object type (whether it is a solid, closed curve, etc...), and size (or radius/length).

Here is a screenshot of the properties panel:



Not only does it show the information about the selected object, you can also go there and click on the different parts to edit it. So for instance to assign an object name, move your mouse to the row that displays the object name (by default it will say "unnamed" if you have not assigned a name yet):



Then click to get a dialog to enter the name:



Similarly you can also click on the Style line to get a style picker:



Which is the other way you can assign a style - this method can be used even if the browser is closed.

Also note the 2 buttons at the bottom of the style picker - "Add new style" and "Edit styles". This is currently the place where you need to go to add or remove styles. If you hit "Add new style", a dialog will pop up and let you type in a style name and a color, and then a new style will be created with that info, and the selected object will be assigned to belong to that new style.

If you hit "Edit styles", it brings up a dialog that lets you do some other tasks like Add a style, Delete a style, Edit the name or color of a style, and move them up and down in the list (which will also control the order they are shown in the browser as well):



So currently to edit styles you have to select an object first so you can launch that menu and get to that button.


Then the other part of the properties panel is the size flyout:




That allows you to see and edit size information, like the bounding box size of an object, or also special size values for simple objects, like for a circle, arc, or sphere it will display radius, a line will display length, a cylinder or cone will display radius and length.

Hope this helps explain it, let me know if anything is still not clear!

- Michael