DoorMaster User Guide
DOOR Base Formats / Door Properties / Preview Pane
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    Pane Machining View Generating A 3D Image Reset View Machining Options Machining Options Preview Pane

    To locate information about any menu commands, Clickon click on the area of interest on image above.

    Be aware that images primarily show door properties in Floating mode. When docked, the Preview pane is positioned vertically under the door options.

    Major components

    The preview pane consists of three major areas:

    1. Preview area:  It can display a preview of the machining for the current component in 2D as it would look going out to machine (as shown above).
      • It can also displays the door in a 3D orthographic or openGL view.
    2. Slider: When in Ortho or openGL view, the slider can be used to rotate the door.
    3. Menu

    DXF Layer Colours

    Each door design has a standard face and edge profile, and as you define the door details the preview pane will display a representation of the door being defined.

    The position toolpaths are based on the offsets defined against the corresponding tooling, to which a DXF Layer Colour is applied to provide a visual representation which is unused by machining but very helpful for viewing. These colours can be customised e.g. when a colour like yellow is hard to see.

    Machining

    The Machining view option allows you to select individual sections using a drop list. The selected section is displayed along with a status bar - see example.

    Any annotations added when in Machining Editor Mode will be displayed in the Preview Pane.

    Example : View Machining and Status Bar

    The status bar provides information about the currently selected machine step or click point which is indicated by a green dot. The click point as shown in E.g. 2 below, shows the XY coords [66.6mm:50mm] of Vertex #1 which is the height of the border. The dimensions shown here were added in Machining Editor mode. 

    • At door level the Tool (Layer name) can be verified/changed on the Tooling and Definition > Tools and Offsets page.

     

    Dimensions, tape measure and other annotations can be added when in Machining Editor Mode by enabling the tool in Current Editor Mode and then returning to Machining Editor to add the dimension etc. Watch the Quick Demonstration here [0:14 mins]

    Machining Options

    Preview_pane_machining_options_menu

    View Machining in 3D: Displays machining in 3D OpenGL view.

    The Mouse Shortcuts can be used to pan, rotate, zoom in/out, reset view etc.

    The other options are not applicable.

    View

    The 'G Double Curve' has been used here to show each view selection.

    Preview View

    The following options on Rotate and Spin are only provided when in Ortho mode.

    Reset

    Moves the camera position back to its original position and angle. This is useful if you lose the image by accidentally moving it out of the view window.