CompuServe Messages

I see that G has sent you the major boolian helpful hints by JKJ. Its helped me some in my struggles in this area. Whenever I note that creative people are exerting their energy in constructing amazing work arounds I think that here is where we need new features. A perfect example is the great idea in the 3ds special effects book for conforming textures to meshes using a grid. Great work around but what we really needed was meshpaint. In the case of modeling in 3ds the ammount of forum traffic devoted to alternate modelers is a clear indication that the shaper and lofter are not meeting the needs of many dedicated 3ds users.Ive tried the hash modeler, macromodel and others and they all have severe limitations. In fact I think the 3ds modeling solution is at least as good as any other single solution Ive tried. Nevertheless I think the failure rate of boolian ops is a good reason to redesingn the tools rather than suplement the manual. Not being a programmer I am serene in my ignorance of the difficulties(G) Ed