Re: overriding gray color on non-selectable object, kind of scripting question too...

[Rob Wuijster <rob(at)glassworksamsterdam.nl>]

Just to add some comments after the holidays.....

Layers doesn't work either, as all the objects would get the same color.

What I was trying to do was a create a measuring tool, with colored 
nulls, line and text, and only the nulls selectable. But the colors 
would show for the line and text, even when the "selectability" was 
turned off for these objects.
As this is currently not possible, an "all selectable" version have to 
do for testing.

vr.gr.,

Rob Wuijster
Glassworks Amsterdam



Orlando Esponda wrote:
> What about layers?    You can set the layer color and turn off 
> selection/render/view...  
>
> On Dec 20, 2007 7:26 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com 
> <mailto:alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     In the preferences, there's a setting for changing the look of
>     unselected objects as a whole, but I don't think that's what you were
>     looking for.
>
>     As far as I know, there's no way around the dark grey on unselectable
>     objects.   You could make similar-shaped controls out of geometry and
>     apply a material to it. If you make it very thin, you can probably get
>     away with it. (Just don't forget to make it completely
>     non-renderable.)
>
>     An override on coloring for unselectable objects would be nice to have
>     in XSI 7.0. (Listening, Softimage??)   A customizable thickness on
>     curves would rock, too!
>
>       -- Alan
>
>
>     On Dec 20, 2007 4:43 AM, Rob Wuijster <rob(at)glassworksamsterdam.nl
>     <mailto:rob(at)glassworksamsterdam.nl>> wrote:
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > Just a dumb question, but is there a way to override the gray
>     color for
>      > a non selectable object? I would like to have the object to be
>      > non-selectable, but to keep it's wire color, e.g. red.
>      >
>      > Oh.. and can this somehow be set with scripting during creation
>     of the
>      > object?
>      >
>      > --
>      >
>      > cheers,
>      >
>      > Rob Wuijster
>      > Glassworks Amsterdam
>      >
>      >
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