I am getting back into 3d and would like to hear if this is "the" 3D program to
learn (read: to make money). My past experience was with ALIAS / wavefront. I am
currently a photoshop retoucher of 15 years and would like to broaden my scope.
thanks for any positive feedback.
doug

thanks



________________________________
From: Chris / BAR-CODE <barnier@...>
To: Luxology@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 16:07:20
Subject: Re: [english 100%] [Luxology] image sync


It was free with version 301 orso .. but its not free anymore..
So no need to search anymore.. you can email them at the Modo site...
And maybe you can get a discount on the IS2 ..
And i do think you mean imagesynth.

Greetz
Chris






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thanks



________________________________
From: Gene Dupont <gdupont@...>
To: Luxology@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 17:20:55
Subject: Re: [Luxology] image sync

On the Luxology website, go to "Support" and then to "My Account,"
then click on "Registered Products" and you should be able to download
it there.

Gene

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:35 AM, kelvin.painter
<kelvin.painter@...> wrote:
> i've read you get the image sync plug-in free with modo but i just can't
> find the plug-in.
> can anyone help me find it.
>
> cheers
>
> kelvin
>
>



--
Gene Dupont
3D Illustration • Product and Package Visualization
744 Moultrie Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.307.2827
gdupont@...
www.genedupont.com


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Yahoo! Groups Links






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On the Luxology website, go to "Support" and then to "My Account,"
then click on "Registered Products" and you should be able to download
it there.

Gene

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:35 AM, kelvin.painter
<kelvin.painter@...> wrote:
> i've read you get the image sync plug-in free with modo but i just can't
> find the plug-in.
> can anyone help me find it.
>
> cheers
>
> kelvin
>
>



--
Gene Dupont
3D Illustration • Product and Package Visualization
744 Moultrie Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.307.2827
gdupont@...
www.genedupont.com

It was free with version 301 orso .. but its not free anymore..
So no need to search anymore.. you can email them at the Modo site...
And maybe you can get a discount on the IS2 ..
And i do think you mean imagesynth.

Greetz
Chris

i've read you get the image sync plug-in  free with modo but i just can't find
the plug-in.
can anyone help me find it.

cheers


kelvin

Hi Kristin

I've had *some* success. You have to jump through a few hoops to do it
but you can get an end result.

You will need this Collada Plugin for Modo:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/colladamodo

It's quite buggy though and on one of my machines it crashes Modo on
exporting the Collada.

After that you will need Blender. Import the Modo Collada and follow
these instructions:
http://www.gotoandlearnforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=13354#p74264

If you have baked a texture as a UV mapped image in Modo it will
follow it through all the way, but you will need to connect it in
appropriately in the Actionscript via BitmapFileMaterial.

An example result on my home page using a variation of Mr Doob's
Nurnie Ball: http://www.deology.com

A more predictable and less buggy way is to model in Modo, send to
Lightwave, export to 3DS, import to Swift3D and export to
Papervision3D - still a few hoops to jump through though.

Good luck
David


On Feb 19, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Kristin Siha wrote:

> Hi:
>
> Has anyone attempted to export a 3D model (build in modo) for use in
> Papervision (Flash 3D environment)? I welcome your thoughts!
>
> ~Kristin
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



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Not to steal your thread, but I'm also curious -- has anyone has worked on a
Gamebryo exporter?
 
Cheers
 
Clay

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Hi:

Has anyone attempted to export a 3D model (build in modo) for use in
Papervision (Flash 3D environment)? I welcome your thoughts!

~Kristin


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HI Peter,

I got the answer from the forum. I accidentally duplicated the same object on
top of it. I did the vertes merge. Problem solved.

Thanks again and Happy holiday.

Wing



________________________________
From: peter3dz <peter3dz@...>
To: Luxology@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:38:56 PM
Subject: [Luxology] Re: An object has problem in subdvision



--- In Luxology@yahoogroup s.com, "cwb32167" <cwb32167@.. .> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First of all, I'm new to Modo.
>
> A month ago, I downloaded the Modo demo and started to learn Modo. I
purchased 3
> tutorials and started modeling. Everything was look fine before. But I
got a problem for
> subdivision. I was building a car in Modo. And separated each parts in
different layers. On
> of the object suddenly couldn't made subdvision on it. Technical
speaking, the object was
> subdivision by checking the GL. But the object just didn't show
correctly. It looked the
> same with polygon mode and subdivision mode.
>
> I checked the properties, and compared with other objects, everything
looked the same.
> it's never happened before.
>
> Do have have any idea what's happened? Or and solution?
>
> When you have a chance, please give me suggestion. Thanks in advance
and I'm very
> appreciated.
>
> Wing
> (Modo 302demo)---- --------

Hi, first thing I would do is copy that layer and paste it in the same
layer as all the others. Then I would check the smoothing angle in the
material settings. I don't know why it would not subdivide at all
actually. That's never happened to me.  [:-?]
>

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--- In Luxology@yahoogroups.com, "cwb32167" <cwb32167@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First of all, I'm new to Modo.
>
> A month ago, I downloaded the Modo demo and started to learn Modo. I
purchased 3
> tutorials and started modeling. Everything was look fine before. But I
got a problem for
> subdivision. I was building a car in Modo. And separated each parts in
different layers. On
> of the object suddenly couldn't made subdvision on it. Technical
speaking, the object was
> subdivision by checking the GL. But the object just didn't show
correctly. It looked the
> same with polygon mode and subdivision mode.
>
> I checked the properties, and compared with other objects, everything
looked the same.
> it's never happened before.
>
> Do have have any idea what's happened? Or and solution?
>
> When you have a chance, please give me suggestion. Thanks in advance
and I'm very
> appreciated.
>
> Wing
> (Modo 302demo)------------


Hi, first thing I would do is copy that layer and paste it in the same
layer as all the others. Then I would check the smoothing angle in the
material settings. I don't know why it would not subdivide at all
actually. That's never happened to me.  [:-?]
>



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Hi,

First of all, I'm new to Modo.

A month ago, I downloaded the Modo demo and started to learn Modo. I purchased 3
tutorials and started modeling. Everything was look fine before. But I got a
problem for
subdivision. I was building a car in Modo. And separated each parts in different
layers. On
of the object suddenly couldn't made subdvision on it. Technical speaking, the
object was
subdivision by checking the GL. But the object just didn't show correctly. It
looked the
same with polygon mode and subdivision mode.

I checked the properties, and compared with other objects, everything looked the
same.
it's never happened before.

Do have have any idea what's happened? Or and solution?

When you have a chance, please give me suggestion. Thanks in advance and I'm
very
appreciated.

Wing
(Modo 302demo)

--- In Luxology@yahoogroups.com, "kelvin.painter" <kelvin.painter@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to animate by using the camera. Do any of you know of a decent
tutorial on
the
> subject. My problem is when I rotate the camera on its axis and play it back,
the
animation
> dips.
> you most probably tell I am pretty new to animation.
> Oh by the way I am on a mac.
>
> cheers
>
>
> Kelvin
>

You're going to want to open the Graph Editor with the camera selected in item
mode. You
will see influence handles on each point in the curve for each individual motion
channel.
Tweaking those handles (or right clicking on the control points and changing the
curve
interpolation mode to eg. flat) will control the automatically generated
transition
animations.

If that doesn't work for you just set your default curvature to flat and animate
each frame
individually. (Bad idea.)

The defaults are set up to give you smooth animation with fewer control points;
so it's
likely that if you're having issues with placement and rotation; you're just
using too many
control points in your animation.

Also bear in mind that you might only be animating the motion channels (x,y,z)
etc. I
highly suggest grabbing Andy's modo in focus that includes the animation stuff
and
watching it.

Best,

Thomas

Hi

I am trying to animate by using the camera. Do any of you know of a decent
tutorial on the
subject. My problem is when I rotate the camera on its axis and play it back,
the animation
dips.
you most probably tell I am pretty new to animation.
Oh by the way I am on a mac.

cheers


Kelvin

What property are you driving with your gradient?
What is your input channel?

--- In Luxology@yahoogroups.com, Flávio Eduardo <flavioec@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> The Modo 302  is crashing when I try to open the gradient editor.
>
>
> DELL OPTIPLEX 740
>
> AMD Athlon X2  2 GB RAM
> NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 210S
>
> Windows XP SP3
>
>
>
> PS> The graphics driver is update (GeFORCE Release 178.24, October 15, 2008)
>
> http://br.nvidia.com/object/winxp_178.24_whql_br.html
>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Flavio
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hi All,



The Modo 302  is crashing when I try to open the gradient editor.


DELL OPTIPLEX 740

AMD Athlon X2  2 GB RAM
NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 210S

Windows XP SP3



PS> The graphics driver is update (GeFORCE Release 178.24, October 15, 2008)

http://br.nvidia.com/object/winxp_178.24_whql_br.html



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers



Flavio







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Hello, I am looking for folks in or around Chicago who are capable Modo artists.
Our studio is
looking for people to come in on a freelance or trial basis to help out with our
current 3D
projects. This opportunity will potentially lead to a permanent position if we
find someone
who fits in well with our talented crew. Our studio is located in downtown
Chicago, in the
West Loop area, and we are currently looking to build our 3D department. We have
many
projects currently as well as on the horizon that will require 3D skills in
Modo. If you have
experience in Modo as well as applicable skills in other platforms such as
Photoshop or
Adobe CS, please feel free to contact me to learn more about the positions.
Thanks

Ryan Bardsley, 3D artist

RyanBardsley@...

Hello all,

I'm new to Modo and basically love the program, but I have to say the
documentation blows.

I'm trying to use the Curve Slice tool in Modo 302 (Mac OS X.5.4) but all I can
find is one little
cryptic html page about it.

I've made a curve I want to use by importing an Illustrator eps file. The doc
says I can use an
existing curve, but I have no clue about how. I have the curve as a separate
item and lined up
with the mesh I want to slice. But I don't know what to do next.

Any help?

I'm running Modo 302 (current build). Every time I import a Lightwave
or OBJ object into a Modo scene, Modo always imports them as a group
folder with a child item. The group folder is named the same name as
the imported object, but the child item is always named "default," so
I'm always unparenting the child item from the folder, renaming the
child item to whatever the part is called, and deleting the folder. Is
there any way (a preference or something) to import these files and
just have them come in as unparented mesh items? Any help is greatly
appreciated.

Sincerely,
Greg Annicchiarico

Hi

This is a known bug. Hopefully it'll get sorted with the next update:

http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=26576


----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Edwards <modo@...>
To: Luxology@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 17 July, 2008 6:41:20 PM
Subject: [Luxology] Re:Problem...


Hal,

Not sure if this helps, but you might want to try merging all the
vertices on the object after you've imported it to Modo.  Also, try
and triangulate the object as well to eliminate non-planar polys.

Regards,
Mark




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Hal,

Not sure if this helps, but you might want to try merging all the
vertices on the object after you've imported it to Modo.  Also, try
and triangulate the object as well to eliminate non-planar polys.


Regards,
Mark

--- In Luxology@yahoogroups.com, "kelvin.painter"
<kelvin.painter@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm pretty new to Modo and working on tutorial using the solid
sketch tool.
>
> In the tutorial you can rotate nodes by roll over and it will
highlight to rotate.
>
> Its not doing it on my mac. Can any one help?
>
> Thank you
>
> Kelivn
>

You were probably seeing that "ability to rotate nodes" behavior when
the SolidSketch tool was still active.  Once you drop the SolidSketch
tool the nodes can ne re-activated it you select the Solidsketch
object in "Item" mode and respond "yes" to modo's query that is
something like "SolidSketch gemoetry detected in scene, re-activate
it?".

Hello,
I am new to 3D modeling and modo, and have run into the following
problem.
A client has sent me an .obj file. It imported quickly into modo, but
on the render there are glitches in the surface of the product. I
have a jpg I could pass along.
The original file is a .stl from SolidWorks, then converted to
an .obj in AccuTrans. I did not do the conversion, but was wondering
if there are settings anyone could pass along for proper output.
Thank you,
Hal







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Hi

I'm pretty new to Modo and working on tutorial using the solid sketch tool.

In the tutorial you can rotate nodes by roll over and it will highlight to
rotate.

Its not doing it on my mac. Can any one help?

Thank you

Kelivn

It was permission issue.

Thank you for the light, Brad.

Flávio Eduardo

Brazil





De: Luxology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Luxology@yahoogroups.com] Em nome de
Brad Peebler
Enviada em: terça-feira, 13 de maio de 2008 17:16
Para: Luxology@yahoogroups.com
Assunto: Re: [Luxology] License error, again !

Most likely it is a permissions issue. Are you admin level on that
machine?
BP



On May 13, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Flávio Eduardo wrote:
>
>  <http://www.modo3d.com.br/drop.jpg> http://www.modo3d.com.br/drop.jpg
> Can anybody help me?
> This window is shown when dragging the license.
> Thanks.
>
> Flavio Eduardo
>





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Is there possibly a conflict with your video card? What kind of Mac
are you working on (laptop/desktop/iMac)?

On May 19, 2008, at 10:37 PM, shammyrock27 wrote:

> I run modo 302 on my mac which has a 2.4 processor with 4 g and a
> 500 hard drive which
> I thought would be more than enough to run modo smoothly but it
> shuts down about
> 45 minutes into my work. Mac asks to send my error report but I
> don't think that would
> help. Could anyone offer advice? is a 2.4 processor to slow to run a
> 3d program like modo?
> thankyou to anyone who could help.
>
>
>



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What sort of graphics card do you have in there?

You should take the crash report and copy/paste the data into a bug
report filed direct at Luxology.com via your account page so we can
see the crash log.

BP

On May 19, 2008, at 7:37 PM, shammyrock27 wrote:
> I run modo 302 on my mac which has a 2.4 processor with 4 g and a
> 500 hard drive which
> I thought would be more than enough to run modo smoothly but it
> shuts down about
> 45 minutes into my work.  Mac asks to send my error report but I
> don't think that would
> help. Could anyone offer advice? is a 2.4 processor to slow to run a
> 3d program like modo?
> thankyou to anyone who could help.
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

I run modo 302 on my mac which has a 2.4 processor with 4 g and a 500 hard drive
which
I thought would be more than enough to run modo smoothly but it shuts down about
45 minutes into my work.  Mac asks to send my error report but I don't think
that would
help. Could anyone offer advice? is a 2.4 processor to slow to run a 3d program
like modo?
thankyou to anyone who could help.

Hi Hal,

Yes, it is possible - although you will need to run windows with
bootcamp or parralels/Vmware fusion on your mac.

I am using Okino's Polytrans to convert CAD models to the .obj
format and load them into modo. Polytrans delivers great results
but needs windows to run.

here is a link to okinos website:

http://www.okino.com

Another solution maybe is right hemispheres Deep Exploration.
Needs windows to run too. But I can't comment on the quality
their converter delivers.

link:

http://www.righthemisphere.com

Hope that helps, though it's not a solution that runs on mac OS X.





greetings from germany,

Matthias Zellerhoff



Am 21.04.2008 um 22:59 schrieb Hal Silverman:

> Hello!
> How do I go about importing igs/iges files? Is it at all possible?
> I am running a mac.
> Thank you,
> Hal
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Most likely it is a permissions issue. Are you admin level on that
machine?

BP

On May 13, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Flávio Eduardo wrote:
> Sorry about last post.
>
>
>
> Again:
>
> http://www.modo3d.com.br/drop.jpg
>
>
>
>
>
> Can anybody help me?
>
> This window is shown when dragging the license.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Flavio Eduardo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>