Flipping Grids (Celestia SVN)

[t00fri]

Hi all,

now that the SVN version enjoys all these nice new grids, one drawback for now is that only the QT4 GUI supports easy menu-supported flipping between the various new grids.

Here are 3 simple celx scripts that allow playing with the different grids in ANY Celestia GUI.

• galacticgrid.celx
• eclipticgrid.celx
• horizontalgrid.celx

Just unpack this archive
http://www.celestiaproject.net/~t00fri/images/ ... p_celx.zip
in your scripts directory.

The default equatorial grid can be switched on|off with the ';' key as usual.

Moreover, executing galacticgrid.celx, inverts the rendering status of the galactic grid, while switching off any other grid (except the equatorial one). If the galactic grid was off before, it will now be on, and vice versa.

Analogously, eclipticgrid.celx inverts the rendering status of the ecliptic grid, while switching off any other grid (except the equatorial one).

Finally, horizontalgrid.celx, inverts the rendering status of the horizontal grid, while switching off any other grid (except the equatorial one).

Enjoy,
Fridger

[chris]

Hi all,

now that the SVN version enjoys all these nice new grids, one drawback for now is that only the QT4 GUI supports easy menue-supported flipping between the various new grids.

Here are 3 simple celx scripts that allow playing with the different grids in ANY celestia GUI.

• galacticgrid.celx
• eclipticgrid.celx
• horizontalgrid.celx

Just unpack this archive
http://www.celestiaproject.net/~t00fri/images/ ... p_celx.zip
in your scripts directory.

The default equatorial grid can be switched on|off with the ';' key as usual.

Moreover, executing galacticgrid.celx, inverts the rendering status of the galactic grid, while switching off any other grid (except the equatorial one). If the galactic grid was off before, it will now be on, and vice versa.

Analogously, eclipticgrid.celx inverts the rendering status of the ecliptic grid, while switching off any other grid (except the equatorial one).

Finally, horizontalgrid.celx, inverts the rendering status of the horizontal grid, while switching off any other grid (except the equatorial one).

Thank you for making these scripts available. I like the automatic disabling of other grids--do you think this is how the UI should work? It seems rare that you'd more than one grid at a time.

--Chris

[t00fri]

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Thank you for making these scripts available. I like the automatic disabling of other grids--do you think this is how the UI should work? It seems rare that you'd more than one grid at a time.

--Chris

Well, naturally, I spent some thoughts on that question. Most of the time the present "exclusive" logics should be sufficient, but...who really knows.

There may e.g. be some educational motivation for displaying more than one grid at a time. Also for people experimenting with frame transformations it may be quite useful to see more than one grid at a time.

Therefore, the present individual on|off logics in the QT4 GUI is certainly the more versatile implementation.

In my personal Celestia code I also experimented with a cycling solution through all 4 grids by hitting the ';' repeatedly. At the same time, the respective grid name would be flashed on the canvas. Just as we have it for the render paths or the star types.

Fridger

[Cham]

Personally, I want to be able to show several grids at the same time, for educational purposes.

Can we use ";", "shift-;", "ctrl-;" and "shift-ctrl-;" for the various grids ?

[t00fri]

Personally, I want to be able to show several grids at the same time, for educational purposes.

Can we use ";", "shift-;", "ctrl-;" and "shift-ctrl-;" for the various grids ?

Since coding of keys (as long as there are free ones ) is a trivial task...of course we can do this, BUT

Firstly, we are talking about GUI implementation logics, rather than key association. Second, my trivial .celx gridflippers are only meant as interims for people to play with the new grids.

Fridger

[Cham]

Well, the user has total freedom with the various keys ( ;      shift-;      ctrl-;      trl-shift-; )

[Cham]

Apparently, there's an interaction between Earth's atmosphere, the horizontalgrid and the FOV :

cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/2004-01-08T08:24 ... 1782&ver=2

Just use the FOV a bit (zooming in and out) and I see the atmosphere disappearing. Anybody confirm this bug ?