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So. I returned to Anim8or after a long time not been around. Lot of changes and as I mentioned a couple of times, I lost the ball here. So I decided that if I want to catch up the whole thing I shall start all over again. From zero, totaly , as I did never before. I searched all new videos, tutorials that were created from the point I kind of moved away a little bit . Lot of new stuff, but not that much. Can't say the same about the development of Anim8or . Huge steps forward. So I thought the only way ( as goes with my way of thinking, behavior in general ) is to go through the whole Anim8or forum !!! Started a little bit on some threads in all forums, but then decided to "clean up " the whole ASL forum for my self ( as known, scripts are the power !!! ) . So I came up with a list of scripts that were posted from The Big Bang the day of birth of the Official Anim8or Forum (the new one) . First goes the name of the topic in which originaly were posted the scripts and finaly the scripts of interest and the nickname of the author of the script. There are a few programs and some tools beside them also, just few. There are also some interesting semi-finished or just some wip scripts,controllers and stuff that never reached ( at least officially ) their release point, and other stuff that certainly may present some interest to those who are interested in scripting, programming e.t.c, but I didn't include them. Here you'll find only the officially released, finished tools , that were ever posted on forum. Starting from the oldest post. 
Jeez, I'm so stupid !( that explains a lot then) How do I "bind" an url to words so the url wont be visible and the words themeselves become blue-ish and clickable ( is that a word  )<--fixed
 
new - advanced_plane_plugin - available - "Advanced Plane" script by <<vobla>>
new - line_points script - might be available, if you'll help me here - "Snap to point" script by <<Claude>>
Car script for fun - "car" script  by  <<animtime>>
script: 5 vehicles - "fighter","hearse","rallycar1","stealth", "warrior" scripts by <<animtime>>
Cage Parametric shape - "cage" script by <<Kubajzz>>
The Utah teapot - "The Utah teapot" script by <<Kubajzz>>
Object Script that Generates Scene Controller Scripts - "path to controller" script by <<NickE>>
Script : Copy "Source" mesh to " target " mesh - " mesh2mesh_6_wnfitt_final" script by <<NickE>>
Script Request : Chain Link Maker - " chain_maker_vls_1", "chain_maker_pm_vls ", " spline_tube_1 " scripts by <<NickE>>
Diamond parametric shape released - "diamond" script by <<Kubajzz>>
Script to Generate Snail Shells - "snailshell" script by <<NickE>>
Find Distance Between Two Points Script - "Two_Point_Distance"  script by <<CobraSpectrum>> edited by <<Kubajzz>>
EXPERIMENTAL Mirroring Script - "mirroring script"  by  <<CobraSpectrum>>
Old Magnet Tool - " automagnet" script by <<Francesco>>
Sage ASL collection - "metalics" script by <<sagedavis>>
Magnet Tools Package - "Magnet Tools 08-11-20"  scripts by <<Francesco>>
Please help with the cylinder script! - "dome_5_8","dome_6_8","new-dome_5_8"  scripts by <<NickD>>
Customizable 3D ship hull script (demo included) - "springsharp" script by <<NickD>>
PointSplit script testing - "PointSplitBeta1" script by <<Claude>>
HELP in Script (tree script) - "05_tree" script by <<Claude>>, edited version of <<neirao's>> "tree script"
"Ring" parametric shape plugin - "ring" script by <<NickD>>
script request-copy along a spline - "mesh2path_2" script by <<NickE>>
Centre hotpoint to centre of mesh script request - "center meshes on axis" script by <<NickE>>
Boolean operations plugin - "BooleanOperations" scripts by <<Kubajzz>>
Copy Faces plugin - "Copy Faces" script by <<Kubajzz>>
Universal mirroring plugin - "UniversalMirror" script by <<Kubajzz>>
VRML exporter plug-in - "export_vrml_plugin" script by <<Paulo>>
Script Request: untriangulate faces - "untriangulate_mesh_3" script by <<NickE>>
Materials Tutorials - finished - "tutorials" (not scripts) by <<Jdez>>
Request for a script - position of camera relevant visibility controller script by <<BOB_I_Ts>>
F8ce primitive - "f8cev7" script by << BOB_I_Ts>>
Controller Scripts: Motion simulation based on Physics' Kinematic Equations - "BouncyBall" an8 file with controller script inside it by <<hf003>>  and "script_rotation_XYZ" an8 file with orientation controller script inside it by <<neirao>>
Ani2svg - "ani2svg" programm by <<dwsel>>
collapse points command - "collapse points " script by <<BOB_I_Ts>>
Simple fluid simulation - "ripple_delay" script ,"xzrippletest_2" an8 file by <<NickE>>
setting materials in ASL - "roofs" script by <<freesailor>>
Converting a mesh to script - is this possible? - "Script Export" script by <<NickD>>
PointBevel script testing - "PointBevelBeta1.0" script by <<Claude>>
ALIGN POINTS SCRIPT - Help need - script by <<neirao>> edited by <<NickE>>
Ani2lux 0.1 alpha - "ani2lux 0.1.1a" programm by <<dwsel>>
Anim8ing a Tank Tread - "www.tranceportsoftware.com/anim8orstuff/treads.htm" source with scripts needed on it by <<NickE>>
Kubajzz's toolbox - scripts in the first post by <<Kubajzz>>
F8ce version .8 parametric plugin - "f8cev8" script by <<BOB_I_Ts>>
I'm working on an XSI export script modifying Raxx's BZII X exporter script - scripts by <<lppena>> and <<Raxx>>
RIBRobin Toolkit - "RIBRobin Toolkit v.0.2a" by <<Raxx>>
MorphIt v1.0 - "Morphit v0.1d" programm by <<Raxx>>
.STL Export Script - "STL Export" script by <<Raxx>>
Advanced Modeling Tool-Set ( now 31+ last Update: 26.12.2013 ) - "PolytError" scripts by <<polyGon_tError>>
Mesh2A8s Export Script - "Mesh2A8s" script by <<Raxx>>, " 09cr8plugin" by <<Llyr Carter>>
Scripts Request: Edge to point or Faces to point! - "Sel_EdgesorFaces_to_Sel_Points_v01" script by <<NickE>>
LIA - Links In Anim8or - "LIA v1.1" programm by <<Raxx>>
XSI Export Script - LIA - "XSI_export_LIA" script by <<Raxx>>
AOBake - "AOBake" script by <<Raxx>>
Involute Gear Script - "Involute_Gears" script by <<NickE>>
Allthread Script - "Allthread" script by <<NickE>>
Advanced Spherize - "Spherize" script by <<Raxx>>
Select Larger/Smaller - "Select Larger Smaller" scripts by <<Raxx>>
ASL Editor [version 3.5 is out!] - "ASL Editor" programm by <<Kubajzz>>
Reload Textures plugin - "ReloadTextures" script by <<Kubajzz>>
MDL to an8 converter - "mdl2an8" script by <<Deepthought>>
BVH File Import into Anim8or - "BVH2Anim8or_20150703" programm by <<NickE>>
IconCreator for ASL - "IconCreator_v12" programm by <<Kubajzz>>
Mesh to Mesh Morphing Hack - "ShrinkWrap_Target","To_Sphere" scripts by <<NickE>> and two files in the last post by <<B_twist>>
Icon Maker - Excel version - "Icon_maker" programm by <<B_twist>>
SCRIPT REQUEST! - 2D cell shading (AUTO GENERATOR) - "CelShadurr v0.3" script by <<Raxx>>
Animated Textures Using Controller Scripts - "Animated Textures with Controller Scripts - Resource" files by <<Raxx>>
Find tri's, quads etc in model - "mark_quads_1" script by <<NickE>>
Marching Cubes - Mesh of the Surface from a Collection of Points - "MarchingCubes_v0.4" script by <<NickE>>
Spiral shapes: cave, cone - "S_Tunnel","Spiral_0 V2","Spiral_Ec" scripts by <<B_twist>>
Metric Screws and Nuts Script - "Metric_Screws" script by <<NickE>>
PHUR v1.4 - "PHUR v1.4" script by <<Raxx>>
f8ce v0.9 plugin - "f8ce9tester" script by <<BOB_I_Ts>>
Boolean operation problem! - "0000_booleanoperations_7c_nf_opt" script by <<NickE>>
UVTools Preview - "UVTools v1.1" scripts by <<Raxx>>

                                                         There's no hope! I'm gonna nail it !!! 

should this not now be in V1 forum?

v0.98 has come to an end.

Trev

Yeap, this thread should not be continued here. Though I think it should be in Ongoing Development forum, since the v.1.0 is more about bug reports and not general suggestions on Anim8or Development as this thread more looks like to be. And since we bring this on generally, more a suggestion to Steve, maybe this forum ( v.0.98 ) should be transfered in the Ongoing Development Forum as a thread, there belong othere older releases ? Maybe even Raxx can do it ?!

Nice Steve !!! In the last release everything works just great !!! Coordinate systems now behave as they supposed to !
 What a long way that was! Since you mentioned it, couple of things I report again, if allowed.

1)   

Ahhhh, so there is a command Edit->Rotate->RotateCustom in Point Edit mode -- but it never has done anything! What were they thinking when they wrote this thing?

Looks like something that should I should work on next

It works, the rotation. But maybe you could disable the other commands in Edit menu in Point Editor which are not available ( Scale, Locate ), like the Pivot ?

2) In the same menu ( Edit  -- > Select ) in Point Editor , I don't remember from which version, the " Select Face Edges " command was removed, though it's still usable in Point Editor through its hotkey "t". Can you restore it ?

3) You added the " Split Solids " command in Build menu in Object Editor but in Point Editor the " l " shortcut for the split solids command still works, when nothing selected joined meshes split. Since you added the command in Object Editor in Build menu, maybe it's a good idea to remove, if possible, that possibility ( split solids ) from Point Editor. Since originaly the " l " hotkey stands for the " loop cut " command, if nothing is selected when hitting " loop cut " ( "l" hotkey ) nothing should happen, so no solids would split by mistake.

Later I'll add some other things 

I dealed with that in v.1.0 a  even, I think.  Custom rotation about 180 , 90 and other angles.

Quote from: Steve on August 23, 2017, 06:37:52 pm

What do you think about changing PFE to VFE in the dialog to be consistent with the hot-keys.

I'd suggest changing this to "Extend selection when switching to points, edges or faces" or something like that. "PFE" and "VFE" are unclear and sound like chemical initialisms.

Well, right on the top of it there's the definition of PFE ( or VFE ) - " Points, Edges, Faces " so should not be that unclear. Though, " Extend selection when switching to points, edges, faces" sounds good , maybe even " Extend selection when switching between points, edges, faces ". But don't know if this will fit in the dialog window. May look kind of odd if there'll be a whole paragraph to click on . : )

Well, couldn't imagine that a lot would prefere to stay with the old color scheme, so then there's a good reason to leave it as is.

Gyperboloid:

1) --- What nemyax said

2) RMB toggles the V E F enable that you click on. If only one is enabled and you toggle it off then there is nothing left enabled (which is kind of useless, or so I thought) so Anim8or enables V.

3) This is a bug - the box should be checked accordingly. The setting is currently saved in the registry so that when you restart Anim8or it is remembered. However the dialog sets the value of "Smooth Points" instead of "Extend PFE Selection", so when you open the dialog and exit with "OK" the setting is cleared and "Smooth Points" gets the old value, unless you have re-checked everything. I'll fix this.

3A) What do you think about changing PFE to VFE in the dialog to be consistent with the hot-keys.

4) I preserved the old color scheme because some people like it better.

1) Actually, originaly what is the exact name of points ( vertices - Trevor ) in 3D CG ? If it's "vertex" and not " point", then it should be called as so everywhere inside Anim8or, including all commands all settings e.t.c. . And then a hotkey will be given relative to a correct name, and not the opposite I think. After all, we are not playing Quake, right?

2) I guess you wrote some lines of code to jump to "points" ( "vertices") when clicking on the only enabled item ( "edges" or "faces" ) with the RMB, to prevent nothing left enabled, right ? So, whouldn't it be better to " jump " to the currently enabled ( it will deselect it and instide of selecting " points",it will enable the " previously enabled item" ) . In other words to stay on the same and not jumping always to points. 

3)OK

3A)As i wrote above, maybe it should be given the name it  ( everything actualy ) has in general in CG and hot-keys will be applied relatively , not the opposite ?

4) Yeap, the classic is classic . Though I love the new one .

Nice. Have they a skeleton ( bones in figure mode )? What technique did you use, boxe modeling, edges ?

Well, that, exactly. But I guess you are referring more about user defined object pivot possition in general, rather than center of an object. And for that matter there's the Object/Axis Editor, though an addition to that in Edit Locate menu for exact location of the object axis would be great. As for the center of an object, and particulary quick "reset" of pivot after its random shift ( since I guess that's what most want ), it's not the user who will defind the center of an object, no matter it's a symmetrical or a complex asymmetrical one, but Anim8or itself and doing it always on exact and the only way, by finding actually realy the center of an object by dividing it in half, from the upper ( highest ) to the lower ( bottom ) ( Y - axis ), nearest to the furthest ( Z - axis ) and from one side to the other ( X - axis ), as it actualy did always. The real solution to the problem, I guess, is just to figure out finaly what's going on with that shifting of object pivot position after some non uniform scaling and other scaling manipulations in general.