"Mixing" Elements
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He means:
You want to make a checkerboard filling of METL and NTCT:
(LeftMouseButton, RightMouseButton)
- select NTCT with LMB
- select METL with RMB
- press LMB and RMB and CTRL at the same time
- draw the desired square
- release LMB and RMB
You get a checkerboard of METL and NTCT
This is extreme useful for e.g. making only every second pixel of METL in electronics in large areas by selceting METL and <delete tool>
This would also work with:
LMB + RMB + SHIFT = checkerboard line
LMB + RMB + SHIFT + ALT = 45°-snapping checkerboard line
I don't know if that would work with free drawing...
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That's a good idea, maybe a checkerboard fill tool would work with free drawing?
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@Nab1929 (View Post)
1) Copy this into Notepad or gedit or Mac equivalent of a plain text editor.
2) Save As... (All Files *.*) "checkerboard.lua"
3) Move the checkerboard.lua file next to Powder.exe in the TPT folder
4) Open Powder Toy
5) Open the console and writedofile("checkerboard.lua")
6) WritedrawPartChecker(top, left, width, height, first-element, second-element)
where
top: distance from top edge in pixels
left: distance from left edge in pixels
width: width of the box
height: height of the box
first-element: first element of two pair
second-element: second element of two pair -
Yes, so it would work.
But it would be great if this could get a function in the official version.
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Checker drawing using more than one element, most likely using left and right click'd elements, is very possible.
Mixing elements together into new and interesting hybrids, is not. There would have to be a new element for every possible iteration of every existing element, which isn't just a nightmare.
It could be possible to make hybrid elements another way but, I don't see anyone tackling this problem soon. It's easier than moving solids, anyhow.
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Huh, It is not mean't to make totally new elements but just give them a view props of it. So it is interresting to play around with, not to make new elements
