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[thecolclough]

looking good!

haven't done much modelling with Build 1112 yet, but i'm sure the new Default Layer setting will come in very useful when i do.

a couple of points re: terminology in the new Options -> Layers dialogue:

• shouldn't it say 'Layer 0' instead of 'Level 0' (etc)?
• i think it might be clearer if the second column heading said 'Locked' instead of 'Disabled'.

and a couple of other things i've spotted:

• in Object mode, there's that menu option Options -> Info; do you think it might make more sense to put that under Object -> Statistics?
• there doesn't seem to be an Options -> Layers thingy in Figure, Sequence or Scene mode yet

[thecolclough]

oh bother... found another glitch

went into the Options -> Layers dialogue again, to try changing the default layer.  noticed that the 'visible' checkbox for Layer 7 was ticked even though the layer was hidden.  as soon as i clicked the toggle button to change the default to Layer 4, Layer 7 became visible, in line with what the new dialogue was showing.  i then reset it to hidden, and saved and reopened the project; after this it all worked fine, with the dialogue showing an empty checkbox for Layer 7 visibility.

[ronaldefarmer]

In the latest build (1112), I am unable to edit subdivisions in "point edit" mode. Has anyone else noticed this?

[MvGulik]

Seems the text-display inside the work views got eaten in 1112.

[MvGulik]

In the latest build (1112), I am unable to edit subdivisions in "point edit" mode. Has anyone else noticed this?

Confirming.
Tried to move a point on a subdivided mesh in point edit mode. No go in 1112. (ok in 1103)

(Tried with mouse only ...)

[MvGulik]

"Default layer" setting, resets to zero-layer when adding/deleting a new Object.
(UI not directly showing this. Hit CTRL_erm ALT to update the UI after adding a new Object.)

[kreator]

you can use the cursor keys to move points in subdivided mode. However, you cannot perform other operations in face mode ie: extrusion ,bump, inset , scale etc.

Most annoying thing for me at the moment is that faces remain transparent even when I try and switch them off in file/UI  points remain on in background 

Sticking with 0.97D until all these probs are sorted....

[MvGulik]

Sticking with 0.97D until all these probs are sorted....

The more testers, the more issues get spotted, the faster they get resolved.
And I'm sure Steve is working on fixing the most critical one's in the 1112 version.

[MvGulik]

A other layer related one.

Applying "Effect Modifier" on a Modifier(layer.2) with a Bound-Mesh(layer.1) resulted in a Mesh, at layer.0 (just in case, default layer was set to 7)

[kreator]

Sticking with 0.97D until all these probs are sorted....

The more testers, the more issues get spotted, the faster they get resolved.
And I'm sure Steve is working on fixing the most critical one's in the 1112 version.

With respect, I`ve been testing Anim8or for over Nine years now, and a lot of the issues over those nine years still have not been resolved, don`t get me wrong I`m keen to have a decent version of anim8or running, and do look at each development  version as its released, but I feel there are too many new features that are not necessary at this time, and negate the old feature requests that are wanted by many... png, light thru transmaps, copy /paste objects in scene mode  etc etc.

[Steve]

thecolclough: Yes, it should be "Layer". Who knows where that came from! And I also like "Locked" better.
I'll add layers to the other editors alter figuring out all the details. I had to make a lot of little changes to get this all working. As you can see there are still a few glitches to fix.

ronaldefarmer: Thanks, I'll give this top priority: #098-024 - Point Edit Mode: Subdivision Meshes control points are not editable.

MvGulik: I think there is a bug in your graphics driver that's preventing the text from showing. I can't reproduce the problem. What graphics card do you have? (See the About->SystemInfo dialog.)

MvGulik: #098-025 - Effect Modifier sets wrong level.
I'll set the final layer to the same as the Bound-Mesh (layer.l) since this is just an editing operation on that mesh. Does that sound OK?

kreator: I'm having trouble reproducing the problems with transparent faces, and points remaining on in the background. Can you post a screen shot or something?

[Kyle]

Hey Steve, this might not belong here as it has always been there apparently, but I was wondering if you ever knew about the fact that anim8ors sphere's once subdivided aren't uniform in dimension.  Check out my thread on the general forum for more specifics.

http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php/topic,4953.0.html

[Steve]

kreator: PNG is getting close. I still have some problems with it crashing at random times. IK is turning out to be really tricky.

I seriously needed to do some global code cleanup and these new features are tied into the same changes. It's easier to debug them all at once instead of serially.

I'll see if I can get PNG out in the next couple of weeks and give IK another try when the current changes are finished. I'll concentrate more on the most requested features.

[Steve]

Kyle: Any polygonal representation of a sphere will be an approximation because polygons simply don't have spherical surfaces.

Catmull-Clark subdivision doesn't result in perfect spheres, but it is very easy to model with because there are no restrictions on the geometry. You can build any shape you want and smooth it with CC subdivision. You can add creases, softly rounded edges, etc.

Systems like NURBS can make perfect spheres but they can be extremely difficult to use due to the restriction that all faces must be quadrilaterals.

The Blender-style Quad sphere looks interesting. The plug-in doesn't seem to generate any texture coordinates though. I'm not quite sure how to handle the singularities at the poles. I'll take a closer look at it.

[kreator]

screenshot attached, points thru transparent faces have had this problem since 0.98 onwards