
Coloring the mesh
To color the mesh:
- Select from the menu Window > Color panel to show the color panel (or use the toolbar button).
- Tune the color panel to the desired color.
- Drag the color from the box at the top of the color panel.
- Drop the color on the part of the mesh you want the color to spread from.
Variations
- Coloring up to a kink
- If you want the color to spread up to a kink (discontinuity in the surface normal) then first open the Options sheet and tick the "Color stops at kink" checkbox and enter an angle in the threshold box. Any kink larger than this angle will stop the spread of color.
- Picking up color from the mesh
- Use the Taste mouse mode and click on some face on the mesh. The color panel will be tuned to the color of the selected face.
- Clearing mesh color
- Use the menu item Tools > Clear colors to revert all colors to the default color. Note that the default color may be change from the Options sheet.
Coloring can be undone from the Edit menu.
Coloring can only be saved in PLY files.