Showcase and Mammoth Mountain..

So here I am at Mammoth Mountain. I'm relaxing and getting ready for my first day of snowboarding.

And yes, I'm blogging. Just tally that one up to being a geek.

Here's a quick tip before I cash in for the night.

This week I did a lot of work on Showcase, so here's a quick reference on Showcase.

I decided to share one of the tricks, but, since I'm in Mammoth, and I'm going to be vacationing. This is just a quick one.

Using Handles on a part.

When you have a part in Showcase, you can translate, rotate, and scale the part inside Showcase. See in the picture below I've selected a part, then hit the 'H' key to display the handles.

By using the handles, you can perform several actions on the part.

1) Click and drag along X,Y,Z arrows on the handles to translate.

2) Click and drag on the curved heads to rotate

3) Click and drag on the box next to the X,Y,Z arrows to scale allong that axis.

4) Click and drag on the center box to scale universally

5) Click ang drag on the plane to translate on that plane.


If you click on the head of one of the arrows (translation or rotation), you'll also get a dialog box that lets you enter a value.



That's the big stuff right now. I may post a picture or two from the trip up here. Just because this is one of my favorite places to visit.

Happy Inventing, while I'm vacationing I may post a picture or two of what's up here in Mammoth. It's definitely one of my favorite places to be!