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Thanks for the info, Steve. However, it still hardly answers my original question.
The old way was smooth. Is it possible to zoom the old way in this new version?
If so, what do I have to do to do it?

In the "view" menu, there's option of "Front" view", "Back View", "Right" view, "Perspective" view, etc.
Does Anim8or have a feature where we can save a custom angle of view to be reused later?
Thanks.

Hello,

I'm trying to create a mesh by extruding Path_BooleanSubtractor along the path Path_tobeLathed. The final results is a flat curved plane (Result_thatIdon't_want), not a trapezoidal S-hook. It's the trap. S-hook that I want.

Unless I misunderstood, the instructions in the Anim8or manual stated that the starting point of the mesh needs to be at the orgin (0, 0, 0?). I think I did just that.

How do I fix this? Thanks.

Actually, NickE, my minor inquiry was self-discovered: I was really asking where I was supposed to put the script so that it can be executed; not realizing that anim8or could execute scripts in txt format.

I tried the operation, and it worked very nicely! For my old project that I was needing help on a few months back and for a current one.

Thanks!




Now, however, going back to an old problem with the A-B Boolean, I'm still getting that "concave face" error OR the "open mesh" (when my two meshes are completed with closure throughout!). I've tried different angles, and still either one of these errors pop up. Can you please have a look?

In the following attachment:

Sample A is the Mesh Head ("MeshH) and the subtracting mesh (MeshS) that I'm having trouble with.

I tried smoothing both objects (Sample B) to see if that was a solution to make the darn two things executable. That didn't work.

Then, I tried doing it the inconvenient manual way (Sample C): cut up the mesh with the cut tool, deleting the part being subtracted and then adding faces back by selecting four conjoined lines and Shft+J. That seemed to solve my boolean issue alright, but a new problem arose: the appearance of the new mesh. As you can see, there are unflattering dark patches that render the sample mesh unusable; since I'm making this mesh as a demonstration for my chess business.

Forgetting sample C, can you please take a look at sample A and/or B and see how I can finally get the two irritating things to work?

Thanks so much for your help! As always.

Regards,
JS_D

It worked.
Thanks.

http://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/images_users/tiny_mce/BattleChessGN18/phpwNu2PW.png
http://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/images_users/tiny_mce/BattleChessGN18/phpeGn0EY.png

This operation will not work, as you are trying to do a union to a curved surface.

To complete the operation You need a flat surface do the union, then do a  bend modifier to that, to get your curve.
 

I'm not too sure I understand. I've boolean-subtracted spheres, cubic figures, and (lathed) objects with round surfaces from each other before, and I don't always get the error message. In fact, to create a cresent-looking hemisphere, I subtracted a smaller circle from a bigger one, and it worked; amoung the random times it mysteriously does.

The reason I revived this thread is because, as I've consistently ran into in the past, I ran into this error message again when  trying to subtract a "screw" object from my Cannon chess piece; this, to create the cannon's main body component with a hole drilled through it. Whether it's B-A or A-B, I still get this "error 3" message.

http://www.filedropper.com/transfiguringcannonandscholarintofidechesspieces (change to front view, if not already there)

(I had to delete my previous thread and re-write it here, because I don't think I was exactly clear with what I was trying to achieve.)

I had just newly bought a human low-poly 3d model (from turbosquid.com) that was in the right shape but simply in the wrong pose: the figure had his hands spread out, when I'd like to bring it down to his sides. I realize that I would have to "morph" the object by altering his vertices, but that would take forever to do for this object.

Having said that, I read the section on bones in the anim8or pdf mannual and learned the bare basics of body components joined together and moved around through bones.

Would it be possible to use bones to "morph" my human model, even when he is already one un-separated object?