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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Felix/FFDS » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:54 am

After having an Inspector Poly "Aha" moment...

Once you set your pivot point correctly (Hierarchy/Affect Pivot only, then beg, plead, and cajole the pivotpoint to position), set your "Reference coordinate system" to "LOCAL", and I use "Trasnform Coordinate Center"  In this case, you may want to "Use Pivot Point Center"

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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Travis » Sun Sep 14, 2003 7:51 pm

Okay.
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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Felix/FFDS » Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:45 am

HAve you updated your Windows XP/2000 recently?



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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Travis » Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:22 pm

No, I haven't done anything to my system or the pathways for Gmax, it just all of a sudden wouldn't open that particular file.

Oh, well, I think I'm going to go ahead and start anew.  Maybe this time it won't look so deformed! ::)
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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby X_eidos2 » Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:35 am

All Discreet products that I've worked with have an ability to corrupt their own files without the help of viruses, worms or XP updates.

You might want to check the AutoBack folder in your Gmax directory. That's where the software will place the back-up files it makes automtically. You locate the file with the latest date on it, rename the file so that it has the proper extension (I think .gmax works) and then you can open the backup file in gmax the regular way.
Once opened you can rename it or do a save as and you should be back in business.

You can adjust the details of how your gmax makes backup files in the preferences.
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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Travis » Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:49 am

Go figure, the one I wanted wasn't there! ::)  There were three or four from other minor assemblies of the files I merged from, but none from the one I wanted.  Apparently, Gmax just backs up the files IT wants.  Oh, well.
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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Travis » Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:58 pm

Okay, Felix, here's another one for you.  I have landing gear that (of course) need to have polygons on the inner surface.  Problem is, the polys are a little hard to contour using the "create polygons" thing.  So what I want to do is create a copy and then turn it inside-out, basically flipping the polys while leaving them in their original positions.  Can I do that?  Otherwise I have a long row to hoe . . . ::)
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Re: Gmax snaps

Postby Felix/FFDS » Fri Sep 19, 2003 1:21 pm

As this is getting into a new topic, I've made the "gmax polyflips" thread.
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