#"HELP" 3-d studio
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problem: i have a relatively small file that im building onto via
merging other files into. some of these merges bring the imported
object into the file, but way off mark. as i move the object closer
to the guts of the project the imported object looses it definition
(for example the curved and intricate areas of the imported object
become straight or jagged lines) i played with modifing the grid and
snap parameters but nothing goes. its strange because when the
object in merged it looks fine. also as i get closer to the guts of
the file, even in the 2d shaper i try to create a straight line and i
get all sorts of jagges like my shape steps is screwed up but i play
with that too , …. to no avail
help meeeee……
R. Good
Robert,
I had similar problems importing DXF files from Autocad a while back.
If scale of the scene gets to large you will get a roundoff error,
this will flatten curves or create jaggies as you described. 3D
Studio works on a single-precision floating-point and will max out at
around 700,000 units in the X,Y or Z axis.
Mike's response is right-on. Just recenter all the geometry around
the origin, instead of way out in space, and you should be fine.