Yep-- I make it habit to change my grid resolution to 10 ft when I start all my models because since I know I won't need to snap to any grid points who cares if I see them or not (because I have my p-line take-off to snap too.)<br>
<br>This is how I had resolved the 'dot painting' problem the first time I was trying to input a 500,000 ft2 building with a 3ft grid resolution-talk about epilepsy-inducing stimuli...<br><br>Jason's answer is right. John-you will feel back to normal after this. ;)<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Pasha<br><br><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jason Kirchhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jason@ibece.net">Jason@ibece.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I also find the “dot painting”
to be very annoying and awfully time consuming as on my system it seems like
the dots refresh 2 or 3 times every time I pan around. At first, I also got rid
of this problem by unchecking the “Show Grid” box, as Maria
described. However, I noticed that if I move the scroll bars, the dots reappear
and the box is magically rechecked. Zoom in or out, and they’re gone
again. It’s a weird behavior that I figured to be a glitch in eQuest. My
solution was to set the grid resolution to a large number, say 30 feet. This
way, even if the dots do reappear, it’s basically an instantaneous
refresh as there are so few of them. You won’t even notice they’re
there.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Nick Caton'; 'John Aulbach';
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users]
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">John, seems
like you are referring to the grid (black dots) in the background of Custom
Building Footprint and Custom Building Zoning screens. If so,
you can turn it off by selecting View Properties button and then
un-checking Show Grid box as shown on the screenshots below. I always turn off
grid display and snap when tracing drawings – it only gets in the way.
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Nick Caton<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> John Aulbach;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi John,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If you mean the way
the drawn shapes seem to quickly disappear/reappear (white background) a single
time when making a shape/vertex… I guess I’ve never found that
terribly annoying, but perhaps I’ve got an unusual tolerance growing up
watching epilepsy-inducing television?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">On a serious note
– you can definitely reduce any actual eyestrain from this
‘feature’ and in general computer use by lowering the brightness on
your computer screen. I’ve read quite a bit into the subject (my MS
thesis was related), and the relative level of ambient light incident from
other surfaces in your field of vision while working on the computer is pretty
important, especially for those of us who might intuitively crank the
brightness/contrast way up on our televisions/computer monitors to maximize the
“punch” of image colors or try to make up for lost eyesight over
the years. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">For less eyestrain,
try out the following: </span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>1.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">open
up something with a white background (the email you’re reading right now
will be okay) and try to fill the screen with the white source.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>2.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">hold
up a sheet of white paper <u>next to</u> your screen under ordinary working
lighting conditions, </span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>3.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">lower
your screen brightness until the white area on the screen surface is (subjectively)
delivering about as much light in your eyes as is reflected from the piece of
paper</span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>4.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Optionally:
if you work in a dim environment and/or have shadowy dark surfaces around your
monitor and/or simply can’t lower your screen brightness that much
– consider some task lighting to add some light to the surfaces
around/behind your screen</span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>5.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">make
adjustments to eliminate any direct reflections from light sources, especially
if you have a glossy (specular) monitor surface</span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>6.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Optionally:
if you’ve got a workspace with lots of daylight (congrats on the corner
office, you dog!), try to position your furniture in a fashion so daylight from
the outside world isn’t in your field of vision while working on your
computer, again avoiding any direct reflections</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">These measures may
or may not reduce the “annoyance factor” depending on whether
it’s really an eyestrain issue or you simply have OCD =).
Note that changing settings like this can take a little getting used to –
just like a pair of new shoes – but rest assured your eyes will thank you
in the long run!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If your
“dot-painting” problem is more like a constant-refreshing,
that’s something I don’t think I’ve seen in any recent
projects – you might try reducing the size of the zone definition window
on your screen or perhaps an uninstall and clean reinstall of eQuest to see if
that alleviates the issue…</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">~Nick</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>John Aulbach<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 11, 2011
3:23 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] Annoying
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Does ANYONE know how to turn off the annoying refreshing (I call it
"dot painting") every time I move or add a point in either the Custom
Shell or Custom zoning feature in the Wizards? It's like your Mother constantly
reminding you to brush your teeth !!</span></font></p>
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