Hi Michael,

Hope life is well in these different times ;-)

... & also pleased to hear that you will consider my suggestions in due time ...

I am BTW looking forward to trying the V4 when time allows.

Cheers,

Jesper

Hi, Michael.
I think the dimensions tab should be open by default since it is used more often. Or make a lock for tabs that are open by default.
Or add the necessary parameters in the ini file. Also, in the settings of the text insertion tool, I need a parameter lock, for example,
I mostly use curves and I have to configure it again every time. Some settings I can make, but due to reinstalls, these settings are forgotten and lost.
I'm interested in your opinion.

Hi WN, well for both of those things you only have to change the setting one time in a whole program session. Different defaults would only save you like a couple of seconds for the entire program run.

It is possible to set these through script though, so if you place the attached SetDefaults.js file into the MoI appdata startup folder, that should set those up when MoI is launched.

- Michael

Hi, Michael.

I'm probably doing something wrong, it doesn't work.

Hi WN, are you using version 4? Where have you placed the SetDefaults.js file?

- Michael

Hi, Michael.

G:\Program Files\MoI 4.0 beta Sep-10-2020

C:\Users\Vladimir\AppData\Roaming\Moi\SetDefaults.js

Hi WN,

re:
> C:\Users\Vladimir\AppData\Roaming\Moi\SetDefaults.js

It should go in the startup folder in there:
C:\Users\Vladimir\AppData\Roaming\moi\startup\SetDefaults.js

- Michael

Hi Michael.
In this directory are the files of Maxim and it confused me, I just had to try.
Thank you, everything works, the other tabs are closed but I think I'll figure it out, or as you say it will take a couple of seconds.

In SidePane, I swapped lines 234 and 235, an open tab with dimensions became available, which is exactly what I need. The rest is from your script.
Thank you for your help.

Hi WN,

re:
> Thank you, everything works, the other tabs are closed but I think I'll figure it out, or
> as you say it will take a couple of seconds.

Hmmm, yes it looks like when the startup scripts are run the main window has not yet been sized and that then runs into some trouble with the mechanism that compacts side pane palettes when the window is sized smaller.

I'll see about running the startup scripts slightly later than they currently are so the original script can work ok.

- Michael

Hi,

Currently the IncrementalSave feature (which I use all the time) adds a two digit suffix.

Could there be a way to specify the number of digits, say 3 or 4?

Perhaps some entry in the .INI file?

Thanks much.

Frederick

First save as ...99 :-)
- Brian

Hi Frederick, yes like Brian writes above the IncrementalSave is not limited to only do 2 digits, it will go up to as many digits as you need.

The only part about 2 digits is that it adds a 0 padding in front if it would otherwise only be making a single digit.

One thing that I could do to make the zero padding more flexible would be to pay attention to any zero padding in the current filename and make sure to maintain it. So that way if you wanted 4 digits you could name your current file file_0001.3dm and then it would make file_0002.3dm, etc... - no ini setting required with this method.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

My bad - I wrongly assumed that seeing 01, 02, 03 that it was limited to 2 digits.

So could you have an entry in the INI file that specified the format of the suffix?

Nothing fancy, perhaps just allowing for letters and a place holder character for the digits.

For example an entry of " v0000" would append " v0001" , " v0002 ", " v0003", etc (without the quotes of course).

But your idea of using the end of the first file name I create would work as well - but it requires me to remember to do it - which, at my age, may or may not happen. ;)

Thanks.

Frederick

Hi Frederick, I've set it up using the method of preserving existing padding.

> But your idea of using the end of the first file name I create would work as well - but it
> requires me to remember to do it - which, at my age, may or may not happen. ;)

If you forget there isn't much consequence, it will still save.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

So if I create the first file and it ends in " v0001" the next incremental save would end in " v0002"?

Frederick

Hi Frederick,

re:
> So if I create the first file and it ends in " v0001" the next incremental save would end in " v0002"?

Yes, in the next v4 beta that's how it will work.

- Michael

I am now a happy camper!

Thanks much.

Frederick

Hello Michael,

Hmm... Maybe I missed something.
Does the Detail button not provide the opportunity to copy the value of a Dimension?

Hi Michael,

Is the value of the decimal precision property preset (Options / Dimensions / Formatting / Decimal display) available for read access via the API anywhere? Thanks.

--Larry

Hi Mindset, re:

> Hmm... Maybe I missed something.
> Does the Detail button not provide the opportunity to copy the value of a Dimension?

It does not, but that is a good idea to put in.

- Michael