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[Steve]

Thanks, I'll look into it. I've tried Raxx's project in multiple ways and it always works.

[Steve]

Crashed on the first render - I should be able to fix the problem now ... thanks for everyone's help.

[Steve]

I fixed the crash and the strange transparency with the .jpg texture.  The material that uses it has the texture's blendmode=decal and alphamode=final. There isn't any alpha channel so this combination doesn't make any sense - Anim8or shouldn't allow it. The other renderers already handled it by sucstituting alphamode=none for this so I changed ART to do the same.

[nemyax]

In multi-viewport layouts, the Perspective view can't be used in some viewports. Arc-rotating these viewports changes the caption from "Perspective" to "UserN", keeps the perspective projection and disables Alt+MMB dollying. There's only one fully-functional Perspective viewport per layout.

[dancingshoes]

Thanks Steve -- Art Ray Crash

I was hoping I wasn't going crazy and/or wasting your time.

[cooldude234]

Thanks Steve -- Art Ray Crash

I was hoping I wasn't going crazy and/or wasting your time.

lol, nobody goes crazy on these forums. They just go Cr8zzy!

[Hypure]

funny cooldude.

[AlecJames]

Object editor cut faces crash, don’t know if it’s a known issue.

I am using anim8or 1215 on win7 x64, OpenGL 4.2

Object editor, create a C shaped path.
 
Convert the path to a mesh, mirror (I could not mirror the path), join solids, merge the points where the mirrored C’s meet – I end up with a rectangular path.
 
Extrude the mesh (extrude ignores the number of segments?) 3 segments, length 30, change view to top view

Change to point edit, select the cut faces tool, and cut the object horizontally, anim8or stops working.

thanks A

[AlecJames]

BTW - there used to be a tool tip on the bottom left of the status bar when I hovered over a button. Now there is static text "object editor".  Is this a configuration / can I still get the tip?
thanks
A

[nemyax]

Steve
Would you object to changing the p shortcut (for point selection) to v? This way the component shortcuts would all be close together and component switching would be fluent. The operation currently bound to v is not used nearly as frequently as switching to points.

[Steve]

AlecJames: #098-076 - Cut Faces Crashes. Nice instructions for a repro, thanks!  I'll fix it.

AlecJames: Try clicking on the Option->ToolTips menu command

nemyax: That's a great idea. Will do.

[kreator]

Followed AlecJames instructions to the letter, I get three segs, does not crash for me!! build 1215 OpenGL 4.5


Note: If you convert to a mesh then extrude, surely you would need to convert back to a path? (which is what I did)

[Steve]

You can extrude a mesh. What happens is that all the edges with less than 2 faces are extruded.

[AlecJames]

Thanks Steve
Let me know if you need any more info.

kreator: I couldn't convert my rectangle mesh back to a spline (same as path?), I don't know how to do it.  Build->convert to spline is not greyed out but when I try, then double click the rectangle the properties show it still as a mesh.  I'm not sure how to upgrade my opengl to 4.5? I think it comes with my video driver and I'm pretty sure I've got the latest version.  (laptop / card is a few years old now)

[Trevor]

I finally worked out how convert to splinen works

http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php/topic,4839.msg39835.html#msg39835
"EDIT
I  have just realised how "Convert to spline" works.
You have to go to PEF mode and then select on edges that dont connect back over themselves (eg, on a cylinder, cut the top off, then only select the perimiter and ignore the crossing lines(Triangulation)) then click "Convert to Spline"
So, this should be dissabled on object mode to denote it cannot be used.

With this method I extruded a line, used shell tool on it, deleted the "Raised" verticies, removed all faces and cross connecting lines on bottom, then finally selected the Inner and Outer Perimiters and said "Convert to Spline" to get back legnths on screen."

Trev