[Equest-users] Annoying "dot painting" during Custom Zoning

[Pasha Korber-Gonzalez]

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.)

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...

Jason's answer is right.  John-you will feel back to normal after this.  ;)

Cheers,
Pasha


On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jason Kirchhoff <Jason at ibece.net> wrote:

>  John,
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> 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.
>
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> *From:* Maria Karpman [mailto:maria.karpman at karpmanconsulting.net]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 5:35 PM
> *To:* 'Nick Caton'; 'John Aulbach'; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
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> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Annoying "dot painting" during Custom Zoning
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> 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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> Maria
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick Caton
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:14 PM
> *To:* John Aulbach; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Annoying "dot painting" during Custom Zoning
>
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> Hi John,
>
>
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> 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.
>
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> For less eyestrain, try out the following:
>
> 1.       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.
>
> 2.       hold up a sheet of white paper *next to* your screen under
> ordinary working lighting conditions,
>
> 3.       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
>
> 4.       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
>
> 5.       make adjustments to eliminate any direct reflections from light
> sources, especially if you have a glossy (specular) monitor surface
>
> 6.       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
>
>
>
> 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!
>
>
>
> 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…
>
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> ~Nick
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *John Aulbach
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3:23 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Annoying "dot painting" during Custom Zoning
>
>
>
> 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 !!
>
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> John Aulbach
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