CompuServe Messages

Gary: /__________From your message___________\\ The Perspective Match/ Camera Control in the editor has me baffled. I cannot control ANY perspective w/ this thing! It seems too unwieldy; kind of like Threading a needle while wearing a pair of boxing gloves! Is it me or is it IT! __________________________________________ I spent several hours with this tool as I figured it was the only one in R4 that I could easily put to use in architecture. You are not alone in your disdain for this new feature. Stupid me, when the feature was announced I thought that there was to be something automatic about its operation, dah. I thought I'd draw a couple of lines over a bitmap to represent converging lines at some vanishing point, maybe add a horizon line and the match would be done automatically or at least get me close. No way G.A. The best luck I had was with a wireline model of some of the photographed geometry. I created a simple model of a room which I had photographed and scanned. Aligning the floor/wall intersection of the wireframe with the photograph was no easy task and I even knew the focal length of the lens and where in the room the photo was taken! Eventually I got something acceptable but there was some obvious misalignment. So, it is not just you, thought you'd appreciate commiseration. Hopefully, someone will mercifully offer the secret of Perspective Match's operation. Bob