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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: kid on August 31, 2009, 04:25:44 pm

Title: tiny primitives issue
Post by: kid on August 31, 2009, 04:25:44 pm
hi

I've just discovered anim8or, and allready have some problems...

I've starded with eggplant tutorial, and when I add primitives they are tiny and I can't resize them.

What to do?

My pc laptop is with vista and intel GMA graphic

 
Title: Re: tiny primitives issue
Post by: RudySchneider on August 31, 2009, 04:51:57 pm
One possible problem is your integrated graphics chip, but...

What do you mean, exactly, by "when I add primitives...?"  You realize that once you select a primitive shape, you click-and-drag on the screen until it's the size you want, don't you?  Also, once it's created, you can generally double-click on it, and a dialog box will pop up that allows you to enter dimensions.
Title: Re: tiny primitives issue
Post by: kid on August 31, 2009, 05:45:12 pm

What do you mean, exactly, by "when I add primitives...?"

in eggplant tut you add a n-gon primitive shape


 You realize that once you select a primitive shape, you click-and-drag on the screen until it's the size you want, don't you?  Also, once it's created, you can generally double-click on it, and a dialog box will pop up that allows you to enter dimensions.

none of it works what you suggest.   

 dialog box with pop up after  double-click on primitive shape, containe only : name; material; location; smooth angle
Title: Re: tiny primitives issue
Post by: floyd86 on August 31, 2009, 05:50:29 pm
Did you try using the scale tool? Select the primitive and hit 's' you will see the the scale button is now selected (on the left toolbar). Now click and drag to resize your primitive.
Title: Re: tiny primitives issue
Post by: RudySchneider on August 31, 2009, 08:22:57 pm
none of it works what you suggest...   

Once you select an N-Gon primitive, and specify how many sides it is to be, you simply click-and-drag in the edit window (holding the left mouse key) until it's the size you want.  If this doesn't work for you, you're either doing something wrong, or it is your graphics chip.

Have you got the latest graphics drivers?

Have you tried selecting just a circle, cylinder, or rectangle and clicking-and-dragging?  I know for sure that will allow you to re-size by double-clicking on the primitive once you've created it.
Title: Re: tiny primitives issue
Post by: mak on September 01, 2009, 11:17:16 am
did you convert to mesh?