Turn on/off Screen Redraw

RockPlot3D | Autodraw

At the bottom of the RockPlot3D window, there is a check-box labeled "Autodraw". In the default mode (checked), the program will redraw the 3D diagram whenever anything in the view changes. For example, if the program is in Rotate mode and you click in the 3D view, the view will be rotated and redrawn. Or, if you append another Rw3D file to the existing view, the view will be re-drawn with the appended items.

By removing the check from the Autodraw box, the program will not refresh the view when a change is made. This can be helpful when you are working with large files and/or a slow computer, and constant refreshing of the screen is laborious. For example, if you plan to append a number of separate Rw3D files to the current view, simply remove the Autodraw check-mark and append the files (File | Append). You’ll see the new entities displayed in the data listing, but they will not appear in the 3D view. Then, click the Render button to force the program to redraw the image with the new items represented.

To turn off screen redraw, remove the check-mark from the Autodraw check-box at the bottom of the RockPlot3D window. The program will then display a button labeled "Render."
- Click the Render button to force a redraw of the screen image after changes have been made.
To re-invoke automatic screen re-draw, simply insert a check back into the Autodraw check-box.

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