Re: [libreoffice-users] Extrusion and Convert to 3d in Draw

Hi faffmeister,

please read details of 3D in Draw in Chapter 6 of the Draw Guide
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Draw_Guide/Working_with_3D_Objects

If something remains unclear, please ask again. It is really confusing 
because of different draw object kinds. But please, first read that chapter.

Kind regards
Regina


faffmeister schrieb:
> There appears to be either a mistake in the description of the behaviour of
> these functions in Help for Draw or a bug in the actual operation of these
> functions in Draw.
> LibreOffice Help for Draw says:
>
> To convert a 2-D object to a 3-D object:
> 1. Select a 2-D object on the slide or page.
> 2. Click the Extrusion On/Off icon on the Drawing bar, or right-click the
> object and choose Convert - To 3-D.
> To edit the properties of the 3-D object, use the Line and Filling toolbar
> and the 3-D Settings toolbar.
>
> In Draw, is it intended that the "Extrusion On/Off icon" and "right-click
> the object and choose Convert - To 3-D" options should have:
>
> a) exactly the same effect on a 2d object?
> and
> b) apply to any 2d object?
>
> I am using LibreOffice 3.3.2 on WinXP 32bit and I find that these two
> options:
> i) give different results and offer different editing options;
> ii) do not apply equivalently to all 2d objects.
>
> The options and results vary depending on from which menu option the 2d
> object was drawn.
>
> Here's a description of the behaviour.
>
> If I draw a Rectangle, an Ellipse or Text using the buttons between the
> "Line Ends with Arrow" and "Curve" buttons,  the Extrusion On-Off button
> does not become active if I select them.  The Extrusion tools panel does not
> appear.
>
> I can right-click the object and choose Convert - To 3-D. Once I have done
> that the object is rendered in 3d. It can be resized using the green handles
> and rotated in 3d after double clicking in it. The Extrusion tools panel
> does not appear.
>
> If I select and draw an object from the "Basic Shapes" button and any button
> to the right of that which allow me to generate a drawing object (as opposed
> to just editing one), if I right-click the object and choose Convert - To
> 3-D, then I get the same behaviour as for the simple rectangle etc.
> described above.
>
> However, for any shape created this latter way, the Extrusion On-Off button
> becomes active and the Extrusion tools panel appears if I click on it.
>
> This then allows me far more direct control over the editing and
> manipulation of the object in 3d.
>
> I have not found any reference to this on the forums or as a bug. Has anyone
> else noticed this?
>
>
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