Easy on the Eyes

what makes u so sure it has to be built "indoors" - it could be built in a space dock in orbit... which might make more sense

he's just giving an idea for a logical background that has a more muted nutral color than the black of space. An outerspace ship dock, while logical, would not be adressing the issue he put forth, the fact that some time is can be an absolute pain in the rear to see your ships becuase they get "darkened out" (and thus match the black background making it hard to see) while your placing parts.

I agree that another option would be nice, even if it was just a moderate flat gray or white background.

i guess the real issue then, is being able to change the background color so it contrasts the color of your ships. b/c if your ships are of neutral color, then having a neutral background would pose the same problem as someone w/ dark color ships w/ a dark background.

i would imagine, in general, a large starship would have a portion of the ship building process in an enclosed environment and a portion of it in space. it is unlikely they would want to build ships and launch them into space as this would be largely inefficient and cumbersome.

How about a background that makes it look as if it's in a giant orbiting contruction yard like in star trek

You'd still ahve the problem of a dark ship on a dark background, he's not looking for cool scenery, he's looking for being able to see his ships