Julie To Do for Cosmo Worlds MR
updated Sun, Sept. 1
DEADLINE=Mon, Sept. 9
Renew Contract stuff
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ask Doug about switching off SoftWindows (deadline) for contract
renewal
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make list of all stuff that needs to be done after MR for Help Web Site
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In-depth tutorials for individual tools in PEP modeling, layout, ?
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Hot Tips from the Experts
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Advanced grouping techniques
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Thurs: Redo outline for Dave's
review
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Fri: Finalize outline with Dave at
3pm meeting
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Update help menu per outline changes
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Copy Paul's marked-up copy for Dave
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Print out updated and new cards and add to copy (Dave to
look at this weekend)
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marked-up copy from Dave, integrate comments (1 week)
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print-out alain's cards
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have alain review, integrate comments
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add link to card on collision detection from Optimizing card
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add to Tutorial, info on Show All/Hide All when placing pontoon
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change Tutorial per Catherine's suggestions
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Talk to Dave Frerichs about including Help Web Site (sent email)
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Contents/Help Map (2 hours)
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rename UI Reference Contents entry to: "A Quick
Look at the User Interface", add to help map and move to top of
Contents
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email pss on how to take click for help out of the
helpmap
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fix animating.htm reference in helpmap
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reorganize reducing polys section on Contents
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fix Reference & Tasks header image in Contents
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add Glossary to Contents
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update Getting Started per new outline
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change all instances of Cosmo Create 3D and CC3D to Cosmo
Worlds (1/2 day)
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update all snaps (3 days)
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update selecting and grouping (1/2 day) (Add parent, etc.)
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add note that you can use the Outline Editor to select highest/lowest
groupings
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remember to email paul strauss when it's done!
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write new altering group hierarchies (Josie)
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grep for missing name update: find . -type f -print | xargs
grep -i "Cosmo Create 3D"
and "CC3D"
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update texture editor for Doug, per Alain's recent comments
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Catherine to do:
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Monday (9/2) update snaps from paul's & dave's notes, new ui snaps,
go through doc to find other snaps that don't look right (wrong color
text, look messy) also check for broken images if time; also make sure
text under reference card images says "Click image for full
view"
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Wed. (9/4) checking & fixing broken links (use packager to find
broken links)
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Mon (9/9) review Tutorial
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Wed. (9/11) help Josie
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Tutorial (2 days)
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talk to Delle next Monday to learn rocket ship punch-in
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add info on Navigation Info Editor (setting viewer options) OUT for
this round
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how to set initial viewpoint (add Josie's card to contents)
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fix up hanging paragraphs
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Creators:
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Extrusion Editor-- fix up card (1 day)
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Draw Face (add to creator tools card) (1/2 hour)
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Viewing:
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Quick Reference card for Viewpoint Editor
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Layout: (1 day)
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Separate out Layout tools
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Details for Precision Placement panel (Josie)
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PEP Local Snap Options (found under PEP snapping)
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PEP Angle Snap Options
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PEP:
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Introduction to PEP modeling (PEP Modeling: Editing
points, edges, and polygons)
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PEP selection reference & task summary
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New PEP buttons:
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Merge selected PEPs to single PEP
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Extract polys to new PEP object
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Form new face from selected edges
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Filter colinear edges from selection
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Extract selected PEPs to form new object
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Combine selected points at the master selection
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Interactively cut a rectangle
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Cutting tool
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Extrude selected edges (not polygons)
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Select PEPs by painting
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PEP Split
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Detailed information on why you'd want to use these operations, refer
to house.wrl example (2 days)
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Integrate pauli's comments (2 days)
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add note about not being able to animate PEP functions that add or
delete points, so no split or cut
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Reference: (2 days)
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User Interface Reference:
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Thumbwheels
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Edit Menu
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View Menu
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Layout Menu
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Palettes
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Creators
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Layout
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PEP
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Split
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Add to glossary
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Misc:
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Add info from QuickStart Tutorial and UI meeting from notebook (1 day)
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Proposed outline changes per Paul Strauss (1/2 day)
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Creating 3D Models & Text
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Editing Attributes of 3D Models
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New section on selecting and grouping
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Bug fixes (2 days)
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Cosmo Player update (1 day)
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Catherine's stuff:
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reviewed Tutorial in 3/4 day, including help cards that were linked off
Tutorial (important, basic stuff that needs to be right and easy to
read)
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updated palette snaps and made new annotated ones for UI card and will
also be used in Quick Reference card
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