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82612
Hello out there! I'm working with a big CAD assembly with 650 objects converted from Polytrans (this works surprisingly well). Now I wonder, is it possible to...
Björn Nilsson
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Nov 1, 2006
12:53 pm
82613 Björn Nilsson
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82614
With "position in the assembly" I mean in the scene of course. : ) Sorry... Björn ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Björn Nilsson
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Nov 1, 2006
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82615
I'll assume your CAD export from Polytrans became the 650 LWO files. If you select "Write polygons to a single lwo object file" in the export filter pop up,...
Don Cooper
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Nov 1, 2006
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82616
Thank you Don! I'm sorry but I don't think I want a single .lwo as it is about 2,9 millions polygons in the scene and it's nothing more than this machine. Can...
Björn Nilsson
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Nov 1, 2006
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82617
The files I'll typically get will often be that size or bigger, particularly when converted from an iges file. I have one on a screen right now that's 8...
Don Cooper
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Nov 1, 2006
2:28 pm
82618
Thank you Don! I'll try this tomorrow... Björn ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Björn Nilsson
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Nov 1, 2006
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82619
... Perhaps after doing this you might want to use qemLOSS3 on the object, if not for the main object then perhaps use it to make a stand-in object for...
Phil Nolan
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Nov 1, 2006
5:35 pm
82620
Björn, I recently had to do something similar using Polytrans. I used the reduction methods built into Polytrans and it worked quite well. I did find that I...
Don Drennan
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Nov 1, 2006
11:04 pm
82621
I haven't yet upgraded to LW9, heck I haven't even done all the free upgrades for 8 yet. I was wondering after reading about all the new features and complete...
Don Drennan
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Nov 1, 2006
11:05 pm
82622
... I haven't had any problem loading 8.x scenes and objects into 9, but I don't think it will go the other way properly because of some of the features in 9...
Phil Nolan
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Nov 2, 2006
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82623
... I haven't had any issues as of yet and as a result I have really grown to like 9 a lot especially the edge tools which gave added yet another layer of...
John Gonzales
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Nov 2, 2006
12:39 am
82624
I am still trying to create some polygonal dust clouds. I tried using normal displacement, but I am still getting lots of sharp points on my cloud object, even...
Don Drennan
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Nov 2, 2006
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82625
Hi to all, is there a way i can reder outlines and use the new perspective camera in lw9- its frustrating to have a slow render time with the new lw just...
veljko_lemonade3d
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Nov 2, 2006
9:12 am
82626
Increase the scale of the texture and also try increasing the subpatch level of the object. -Larry...
Larry
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Nov 2, 2006
9:54 am
82627
What kind of outlines are you rendering, Per surface, per poly, just the silhouette? Sometimes you can use tight gradients to get an outline. Perspective...
Larry
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Nov 2, 2006
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82628
just silhuette edges, i tried the gradient, it did not work well- thx for the thought thou ... veljko popovic lemonade3d www.lemonade3d.com www.lemonade-p.com ...
veljko_lemonade3d
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Nov 2, 2006
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82629
Don, Are you sure that the sub-D's are applied "Last" in the Subdivision Order field? Also, if you're trying to create soft clouds with meshes, not with HV's,...
srb20012001
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Nov 2, 2006
1:48 pm
82630
Why don't you just position them in modeler in diferent layers and then load them to Layout? Can't you export the complete CAD scene and that way they keep...
Alfonso "Albin Klein"...
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Nov 2, 2006
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82631
I have old manuals from version 5-7. Anyone wanting them for free, write me private. Take care, Jose Burgos...
Jose Burgos
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Nov 2, 2006
3:19 pm
82632
I'm gonna resurrect this thread (just gone halloween after all =]- ) I'm in the situation that I trusted Layout and Modeler to behave together (FOOL OF A...
Anthony Rosbottom
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Nov 2, 2006
3:31 pm
82633
... Perhaps you could point your plugin money toward a CPU upgrade so Classic wouldn't be so slow ;) Oddly enough on the past 4 projects I did (all of them at...
Phil Nolan
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Nov 2, 2006
3:35 pm
82634
... I thought this sounded familiar, so I started searching through the menu editor for the word "pivot" and came up with Set Pivot Rotation and Set Pivot...
Phil Nolan
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Nov 2, 2006
4:32 pm
82635
We have come to rely heavily on F-Prime as a rendering engine. It is really worth whatever you have to pay. It is unfortunately not supported by some of your...
John Gonzales
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Nov 2, 2006
4:50 pm
82636
Good to hear it, because I thought I had totally misunderstood the Pivot Point´s behaviour. I tried different suggestions but could not get my scene with a...
Cay Lundén
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Nov 2, 2006
5:17 pm
82637
First saw this effect a year or so ago, in the titles for the surf movie, RIDING GIANTS. Now it seems to be showing up everywhere. Last nite, PBS ran a kool...
dooger watts
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Nov 2, 2006
9:36 pm
82638
Hello, all, I am making an animation of a topographic profile gauge taking a number of profiles over a made-up terrain to show the process. At this point I...
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Nov 2, 2006
9:52 pm
82639
I saw that too, and have seen the effect on various documentaries. Are they just Photoshopping the images by cloning the missing info, and then stacking them...
Kent Nelson
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Nov 2, 2006
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82640
I haven't seen the movie, but I think you're refering to an effect where you have stuff as a number of separate layers and effectively have 'cut-outs' giving...
Paul Andrews
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Nov 2, 2006
10:06 pm
82641
... I haven't see the show, but I think I know what you're talking about. If so I've seen it on commercials and (sort of) in the opening credits to the show...
Phil Nolan
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Nov 2, 2006
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