Change the view of the
Rubik’s Cube 
View the
diffrent sides of the Rubik's Cube
In the control panel you will find the »view« combo
box.
There you can select, which side of the Rubik's Cube you want to see.
Scale the Rubik’s Cube
For scaling the Rubik's Cube you have two possibilities
:
(1)
Click the
»Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Rubik’s Cube«. With the »
scale«
slider you can zoom the Rubik’s Cube. A scaling of 0 shows the Rubik’s
Cube far in the distance.
A scaling of 100 zooms the Rubik’s Cube just in front of you.
(2)
Press the Alt - key and the left mouse button. Moving the mouse, the
Rubik's Cube will be scaled.
Change the appearance
of the Rubik’s Cube
Set the transparency
of the Rubik’s Cube
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file »Rubik’s Cube« . With the »transparency«
slider you can set the transparency of the Rubik’s Cube. Setting the transparency
to 0 , the Rubik’s Cube will be not transparent. A transparency of 100
makes the Rubik’s Cube invisible.
Scale the surface
area of the little cubes
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Rubik’s Cube«. With the »scale surfaces«
slider you can change the size of the little cube’s surfaces. Setting the
scale to 100 , the little cube’s surfaces will touch each other . With
a scale less 100 the little cube’s surfaces will be scaled down, so that
you can look through the Rubik’s Cube. A scale of 0 makes the Rubik’s Cube
invisible.
Show the surface
inside of the Rubik’s Cube
Click the
»Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Rubik’s Cube«. If you activate the
»show
back faces« box the surface inside of the Rubik’s Cube will be
shown . If the box is deselected the inside will be not rendered.
You will
only see an effect, if you have scaled
the surface area of the little cubes, so that you can look
through the
Rubik’s
Cube.
Draw a new Rubik’s Cube
In the control panel you will find a »cubes«
combo box. There you will find the entries 2x2x2, 3x3x3, …, 6x6x6.
If you select e.g. the 3x3x3 entry, a new Rubik’s
Cube with three little cubes in each row will be drawn.
The new Rubik’s Cube will be drawn ,with the settings
of your old cube.
Start a new game
In the control panel you will find a »puzzle«
combo box. There select the entry »start« and
a new solved Rubik’s Cube will appear. Then you can start playing again.
Puzzle the Rubik’s Cube
In the control panel you will find a »puzzle«
combo box. There you will find the entries Level1 … Level10. Level1 will
rotate the sides of your Rubik’s Cube five times, Level2 will rotate the
sides 10 times and so on . Maybe Level10 with 50 rotations is a little
bit too difficult . But try it !
You can puzzle your Rubik’s Cube after you have
press the start entry or after you have drawn a new Rubik’s Cube. But it
is also possible to play a few times and puzzle the cube after that . But
when you have once puzzled the cube, it is not possible to puzzle it again.
You must first start a new game or draw a new Rubik’s Cube.
Rotate the Rubik’s Cube
Press the
»cube« radio button
in the control panel. Then click on the Rubik’s Cube with the left mouse
button. Keep the left mouse button pressed and move your mouse around.
The Rubik’s Cube will rotate.
With the »c« - key you can swith between the »cube«
and the »face« radio button.
Rotate the sides of the Rubik’s
Cube
Press the »face« radio button
in the control panel. Then click with the pressed left mouse button on
a surface of a little cube. Move the mouse up/down/left/right and the side,
which contains the little cube you have pressed onto, will rotate up/down/left/right
.
With the »c« - key you can swith between the »cube«
and the »face« radio button.
You have to move
the mouse over two surfaces. Otherwise there will nothing happen.
The smaller the surfaces
are scaled the more difficult it will be to rotate the sides.
Change the ambient
light and the light
Change the light
Two lights are directed towards the Rubik’s Cube.
You can manipulate them in the following way :
Turn the light on or off
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Lights 1«.There you will find for each light a
»show
light« box .Select or deselect the box and the light will turn
on or off.
Set the light to a new position
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Lights 1«.There you will find for each light 9
radio buttons and a combo box.
The radio buttons show the positions you can set the light to:
left-up
centre-up right up
middle-left centre
middle-right
left-down centre-down
right-down
With the combo box you can choose the front, middle
or back plane.
Change the colour of the
light
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Lights 1«.There you will find for each light a
»colour
of light« combo box. Click on the colour you will set your light
to.
Change the ambient light
Turn the ambient light on
or off
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Lights 2« .There you will find a »show
light« box .Select or deselect the box and the ambient light
will turn on or off.
Change the colour of
the ambient light
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file
»Lights 2«.There you will find a »colour
of light « combo box. Click on the colour you will set your ambient
light to.
Change the background
Change
the colour of the background
Click the
»Options/Help« button in the control panel.
A new window will be opened. Click there on the card file
»Lights2«.There
you will find a
»colour« combo box. Click on the colour
you will set your background to.
Set the intensity
of the background colour
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file »Lights2«. There you will find a »nuance«
slider. A value of 0 sets the background to black independent of the colour
you have chosen .
A value of 100 sets the colour, you have chosen,
to a full bright intensity.
Change the appearance of
the cube pointer
Set the transparency
of the cube pointer
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file »Effects«.
With the »transparency« slider you can set the transparency
of the cube pointer. Is the transparency set to 0 , the cube pointer is
not transparent. A transparency of 100 makes the cube pointer nearly invisible.
Set the colour of the cube
pointer
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file »Effects«. There you will find a »colour«
combo box. Click on the colour you will set your cube pointer to.
Show or hide the cube pointer
Click the »Options/Help« button
in the control panel. A new window will be opened. Click there on the card
file »Effects«. There you will find a »show
pointer« box. Select or deselect the box to show or to hide the
cube pointer.
