I was trying to make a model using the Parametric Model Maker and found that colors don’t seem to work - the model is always rendered in a single color.
I tried to find docs about what is/isn’t supported but couldn’t find anything. Some of the examples also contain things in comments like:
// preview[view:south west, tilt:side]
Which I presume is something Makerworld specific (although openscad already supports things like $vpr, $vpt, $vpf and $vpd).
Are there (or will there be) any docs for this feature?
@DanTup Currently, the model displayed on the web is in STL, so we cannot bring colors with it (unless we use non-stand STL).
Supporting multi-color is already in our road map and it will be supported later.
@PineappleBun_BBL got it, thanks! Are there docs about things like “preview[view:south west, tilt:side]”? (as far as I can tell, that’s not openscad, so I’m wondering what the capabilities are and whether there are other magic comments like this).
Ah, that’s good to know. Although I wonder about the word “mainly” (for example, there’s nothing in that page about the preview[...] comment/syntax noted above.
Oh. I think you are referring the nameplate example. The “// preview[…]” is actually not used by the program.
“mainly” means we also tried to be compatible with Thingiverse Customizer. You can refer it in MakerBot Customizer.
We will provide a wiki for this later.
A potential enhancement to the Parametric Model Maker would be to automatically open the customization interface for the sole .scad file when the user clicks “Customize.” Currently, the user is required to manually select the .scad file before customizing it.
What do you think?
