Axes settings save incorrectly in scenes.

[sally]

Hi,

I've noticed a few times that when I save a scene with the axes off, they often re-appear the next time I go to the scene, even after un selecting axes and updating the scene.

I've just been setting up some scenes for a template file, with 4 scenes. On the 1st 1 of the scenes I want to see the axes, and on the next 3 of these scenes I want the axes not showing.

Despite changing them and updating the scenes multiple times, they come out the wrong way, ie the 1st scene has no axes but the next 3 have them showing. I've checked that the axes are ticked or unticked when I update the scenes, it shows correctly but as soon as I change scenes, they keep reverting.

I've also set up different styles for the scenes, but even though I've set up scenes 3 & 4 as 'shaded with textures', the textures don't show if I draw a face and apply a texture.

I can't work out what's going on, can anyone help? Has anyone else had this problem?

I've attached the file.

Thanks for any help you can offer, Sally

PS SU 8 (not 2013) on a Mac

PPS Mac users - skip to last post for complete "how to" explanation!

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test for template.skp

[Box]

Two main issues.

You need to set and save the axes in the styles.

Your template is huge, and when I say huge I mean Texas huge. I drew a simple square in it just to see what I was doing and it was 800000m, far too big to see textures.

I'd start again with a cube of a known size in it to make your template, you can always remove the cube before you save it finally.

Anyway, attached is a working version but it may not be positioned exactly as you want and I think I mixed up one of the texture styles.

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test for template Style.skp

[sally]

Hi Box,

thanks so much for your help, which has mostly solved the problem (I don't know how I'd managed to get the template soooo large!)

However, when you say

@box said:

You need to set and save the axes in the styles.

I can't see anywhere within styles to set whether the axes show or not.

I wonder if it's the same on Windows and Mac. But it makes sense that I have to set it somehow other than just ticking or unpicking axes within the view drop down, and this would explain why I have had so many problems with this previously.

best regards, Sally

[Box]

Yes it may be different on Mac, it's here on windows.

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[sally]

It must be somewhere else, but I can't find it! This is the mix panel in styles on a Mac.....

Are there any Mac users who can help?

Thanks again Box.

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[Box]

Try clicking edit tab and then the last one, Modelling settings.

[sally]

I tried that but you can't click on it, just drag style icons onto it.

[wind-borne]

Mac edit

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[Box]

First click the edit button next to Mix, then click the little blue icon that now appears.

Ah Wind-borne's got it for you.

[sally]

Brilliant, thanks to you both, problem solved and new things learned. Great!

[sally]

Hi,

to anyone on a Mac who wants to know more, I kept having problems even after Box and Wind-bourne helped me so I played around a little more and discovered what I was still not doing completely right. I have summarised the steps you need to follow in the attachment below. Hope it helps!

Best, Sally

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