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Cesar R
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1) Is there a vay to reverse the direction of which the mouse needs to be moved in order to tumble in the perspective view?

 

2) If I move a cube 2ft north and then 3 ft to the right using the cordinates I see absolute values I think. so then if I want to move to the cube another 3ft to the right i have to watch out for 6ft instead or an aditional 3ft (I have to do the math in my head) am i missing something?

 

I am playin with a demo version still

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I'm not sure about #1, never tried... although it does confuse me sometimes :)

 

#2. You can do math with your coordinates. So if you moved something 2ft and you later realize you want to move it another 3ft, just add "+" the 3ft to the appropriate axis.

 

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Cesar,

 

I remember reading that you can do this. I don't have my manual here tonight so I'll look tomorrow morning and post a solution. Unless someone beats me to it. :)

 

Originally posted by Cesar R:

what I mean, is after I move something 2ft can I reset its cordinates? so when I move it again I can type 3ft instad of 5?

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Ok Cesar,

 

To reset an objects coordinates in C4D you need to do the following:

 

Create a cube

C4D_C-01.jpg

 

Change the position, (ie. +100 feet in the y axis)

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Next, make the object "Editable" and switch to the "Object Axis Tool".

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Set your objects y coordinate to 0 and the "Object Axis" moves back to 0, but the object stays.

C4D_C-06.jpgC4D_C-07.jpg

 

You can also use "Reset System..." found in the "Functions" menu to reset an objects axis that has been rotated and moved. Experiment to see it's full features.

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No, the upload tool doesn't work with Safari. I use my .mac account to publish all my pictures. I just create a folder in my "Sites" folder and then point to them using the "Image UBB code".

 

I don't know if the upload utility works on mac's with Internet Exploiter. But I'd rather host the images myself since Safari is so much better and faster.

 

Originally posted by Cesar R:

by the way, are you using Jeff's upload tool? because I have safari and it doesnt work. I have to go to a PC tp do it.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Does anyone know how to resize the axis and pivot of objects? If I scale something down to 1"x1"x1" it gets lost inside the axis center "box"

 

Help !

 

btw I will be posting soon on some info I was able to get from MAXOn on friday re to some of the questions I asked here.

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