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thanks for all of your help, everybody!  I was able to fix the problem and finished my project.

New Question: I have an object composed of a large number of polygons, and when I try to loopcut it in half (to give a cutaway view) Anim8or freezes.  I imagine this is due to the immense amount of thinking it has to do in order to complete this task.  Any ideas on better ways to do it?

Thanks Rudy!  That definitely did the trick!  I did not think the problem would have such a simple solution.

Something changed with my orientation tool suddenly, and I was hoping you or someone would know how to fix it.  In the past, when I am key framing the rotation of an element in a scene, my orientation tool allows me to rotate it in place without affecting its position; just like it should.  However, this morning when I attempted to orient the element again to edit the rotation cycle, the element began rotating as if it were sitting on an axis point located at one of its corners.  So instead of "spinning in place", it will "revolve around its corner axis", if that makes sense. 

If by chance you can visualize what I have crudely described, do you know how to fix this?

-gsjohnson

Hey everybody!

I've come so far in learning how to use Anim8or thanks to all the help I've gotten from here and from new friends, but I've come to a snag in my animation! 

During the middle frames of my animation, I try to move my camera from Point A to Point B with a specific orientation, and when I play the frames the camera appears to float aimlessly in space until it reaches the movement command.  How do I anchor the camera (or any element, for that matter) in its origin and get it to cleanly move and orient to it's destination without all the free-floating?

Thanks!!

Gsjohnson

Hi everybody!  I'd like to say thanks to rellik420 and RudySchneider for their help with my last post, I really appreciated it and it worked great!  I was able to import an Alibre file format into Anim8or as a .obj file!

OK, now I have a new question: I am aware of the Anim8or tutorial on animating the little, red bird to create a walking sequence, but is there a method/tutorial that can help me animate my object in linear and rotary patterns without having to use a skeleton?  I'm basically trying to demonstrate how two identical connector pieces come together and mate.  To do that I have to add on some plastic "flexing" properties to the snap-fit latches and animate them connecting together.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
~gsjohnson