Kevin Osterloh
PRO Member
Is it possible to move the segments in a row, in other words rotate the ring, to line up with adjacent rows rather than the brick style default?
Aligning segments with the row below
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There is no mechanism to rotate one ring to align to get rid of the brick pattern. However, there is a work around in WTP.
add a ring between rings you want to remove the brick pattern and set board (rings) thickness to zero.
In the example note ring 4 and 6 have a thickness of 0 and hides the brick pattern.
Ken Sherwin
PRO Member
On a semi-related note, I discovered something. We have to be very careful to line the segments up when using the brick pattern when building the real piece but I try to find ways to avoid the 'very careful' requirement. It turns out that staggering the joints by 1/3 instead of 1/2 fixes that as long as you are 'very careful' to stagger in the same direction consistently. Apparently I was only partially successful.
interesting take. I can see that may work with rings of one species. Not sure how that would work if you were "painting" a design with multiple species.
Ken Sherwin
PRO Member
You're right. It won't work on painted designs without a lot of effort on the design. Fortunately, I'm spared that complication because my wife (and best customer) doesn't think those fit with her decor. A simple spiral or two are okay but one species per project is preferred.
I have not heard of any release date for an SP update. Lloyd will have to let us know.