Former & New R$ Questns
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Dear Brain,
Thanks gor getting back to me about my question concerning problems I found in
the IK tutorial. Any solutions so that I can use this tool effectively?
Another question, this one concerning the Match Perspective tutorial:
I sused the settings on page 21 of the manula after trying unsuccessfully to do
the adjustments using my pointing device in the window. But even that did not
work. If I enter the numbers in order, starting with the numbers for "Camera
Absolute" and continue through "Target Absolute" the settings end up overriding
each other so that what I originally entered for "Camera Absolute" ends up
changed. So, unless there was a misprint of numbers, I found no way for it to
accept all of these settings at once.
Also I would like to have done it manually but the "suggestions" on the last
part of page 19 gave me no real idea of how to do this. When I originally set
up the horizon line as instructed, the building was pushed out of sight and
other controls seemed to bring it back with either changed horizons and strange
shapes, sizes or positions for the building.
One thing that I have prized about Autodesk 3DS documentation in the past, is
that the tutorials were my fail safe way for learning a new technique and
re-learning it quickly when I hadnt used the feature for a long while. But – in
order to to this – they have to be up to their usual bullet-proof standard and
explain ALL the steps (at least for the first voyage by a user).
Any and all help on resolving these issues would be greatly appreciated. As it
now stands, half of the features of this release are unusable until I resolve
this.
Best Regards, Peter Nowell
<<Any and all help on resolving these issues would be greatly
appreciated.>>
Sorry you are having trouble with the tutorials. I will go through the
one you mentioned again and see if I have the same problem. I don't
recall having a polem the first time I went through them, so I will
pay attention to see if I intuitively "filled in" any missing
information as I was working.
When going through the tutorial for Match Perspective, make sure to
try to enter those numbers in the order they are shown and see if –
when you are done entering numbers – the Camera Absolute numbers you
started with havent changed drastically. Maybe they were supposed to
change? Still, the building didnt look to be in the right place or
perspective. I tried this carefully several times.
One thought I have is, if you dont experience this and I do, could it
be a driver problem? Does an update from R3 to R4 actually take care
of making sure that old driver files (the ones R3 provided) are
completely overridden by R4. I am only using driver files provided
by the release R3 and R4. Yes, cockpit error is a possibility, but I
think three times of carefully entering the numbers should be
sufficient.
>> …the tutorial for Match Perspective, make sure to try to enter those
numbers… <<
I had the same problems you did, and was unable to quickly match up the
perspective on my own. This is a feature I may find some use for, but I found
it hard to get a good result… kinda gave up for now.
Paul
>> I had the same problems you did, and was unable to quickly match up the
>> perspective on my own.
I have been very successful with Perspective Match. Let me know if I
can help with a problem you're having.
Dave;
I have had the same problem as Peter with the perspective match. After
entering all the numbers over and over again the camera absolute coords are
greatly off, actually the dolly setting is what seems to force the cam position
off.
I gave up for now as well.
Let me know how you got it to work.
Zac (AZ-TECH)
Berkeley
I haven't had time to finish the tutorial yet, but to answer your
other questions….
<<Does an update from R3 to R4 actually take care of making sure that
old driver files (the ones R3 provided) are completely overridden by
R4.>>
The R4 install will overwrite your current drivers with the new
drivers that ship with R4.
<< I am only using driver files provided by the release R3 and R4.>>
The ones that ship with R4 are the latest version of supported
drivers.
<< Yes, cockpit error is a possibility, but I think three times of carefully
entering the numbers should be sufficient.>>
Right. As you say, there is a good chance it is doc error, I just haven't had a
moment to confirm this.
-Brian
Peter,
Sorry it took me so long to do this, but I did encounter the same behavior on
the matched perspective that you did. The tutorial is wrong in some fashion.
Here's why:
Camera and target absolute points can be entered, or dolly distances can be
entered, but not both. Entering one will override the other. The definition of
Dolly is to "pull back" or "push forward" the camera. Obviously this changes
it's position, and consequently the numbers for absolute position will change
as well.
I think, if you type in all the numbers EXCEPT the one for dolly, you will get
the image that they want you to wind up with.
I will forward this to the Publications dept. to see what was supposed to
happen.
-Brian
Peter;
I have had the same problem as you with the perspective match. After entering
all the numbers over and over again the camera absolute coords are greatly off,
actually the dolly setting is what seems to force the cam position off.
I gave up for now as well.