New Users
Get started and learn the ropes!
A:M Forum Rules
GENERAL FORUM GUIDELINES
The A:M Forum is for technical support and the sharing of tips and ideas between users/prospective users of Hash software. It is moderated constantly by technical support representatives.
DO'S!
-Ask questions about the software.
-Assist other users... everyone was new at this once.
-Inform people of your version/platform when asking for help.
-Share resources; tutorials, models, textures, tips and techniques (link to useful websites).
-Post links to your work, or where your art is being used online (on websites, in games, toons', etc.)
-Search the A:M Forum and FAQ. The question you are about to ask may have already been answered.
-Organize and inform others about user groups, IRC chats, image and animation contests, job opportunities, etc.
-Discuss what you are working on and let everyone know about magazine reviews and articles that relate to your projects.
DON'TS!
-Do Not be rude or disrespectful or mean to other forum members in any way. Personal attacks will be removed.
-Do Not post bug/crash reports to the list (send bug/crash reports to http://www.hash.com/reports.
-Do Not complain about forum content. Complaints or suggestions can be sent directly to hash@hash.com
-Do Not reprimand other forum members for violating forum rules, that's the moderators job, which (unless you are a moderator) you are not.
-No complaining or whining on the forum or distribution of misinformation.
-No flames of any kind.
-No Off Topic posts. (Posts in the Off Topics section should be related to A:M in some form or fashion or benefit the A:M community as a whole).
-No soliciting of any kind without prior approval.
-No threads or comparisons related to other 3D Applications.
-No "Wish list" or feature requests, they should be sent to www.hash.com/reports for categorizing and prioritization (User requests define the future development of the software).
-No "me too!" posts
-No discussion of Hash Internal Affairs (finances, advertising, PR.)
-No posting of private email to the forum unless permission of the author is granted. (Private correspondence should remain private)
-No very general questions like: "how do I make a good 3D model" make your questions as complete and concise as possible.
If you have questions as to whether it's appropriate, send it to: support@hash.com, We'll be happy to let you know whether it is, or is not appropriate.
User Led Forum Considerations
Firstly and foremostly, please remember this is Martin Hash's forum and that it is every A:M User's primary resource for information about A:M. In order to remain relevant we need everyone's continuing support and interest.
Secondly, understand there is a distinction between A:M (the program) and the A:M forum. There are some topics and issues that are outside the scope of this forum and most can be deduced by reading through the forum guidelines. These include such things as Hash Inc internal policies, business practices, trade secrets, and specific plans for the future not yet publicly released. Each of these would be fascinating topics of their own but are better reserved for private communications with a representative of Hash Inc.
Related to the second, is purchasing, customer service and other areas outside the purview of the common user who may have no interest in such things; subjects relating to money exchanging hands are beyond the scope of the A:M Forum and often can lead to conflicts of interest between users and/or Hash Inc. (If Hash Inc cuts you a deal on volume purchasing it's really no one else's business). Likewise, individual complaints about a product or service are best remedied by going direct with Hash Inc representatives empowered to make decisions. Please allow them them the time necessary to resolve your specific issue and consider the cost of customized solutions.
This last area is likely the source of much confusion because many see the A:M Forum as the official outlet for Hash Inc... and it is. But the forum is not designed for conducting business and private matters best resolved by going to Hash Inc directly. Similarly, bug reports are best resolved by entering them directly into the A:M Reporting system.
Many problems can be easily addressed at the user level just by asking fellow users in the forum. If someone at Hash Inc suggests the forum as a source, it is very likely a problem can be easily resolved. For tougher issues there is even more reason to take the issue directly to the source... you don't want the issue discussed... you want it resolved quickly.
Finally, remember that we want to pass this forum on to future moderators and generations of A:M Users in the absolute best condition possible. A:M is just that good a program and is worthy of our consideration.
Thanks for making the A:M Forum a great community.
4,157 topics in this forum
-
- 1 reply
- 319 views
Can anybody help? I am missing the files for cooper as well as the files for the giraffe modeling.
Last reply by axel24ny, -
- 4 replies
- 498 views
All I can find in the Custom keyboard commands that closely relates to moving to the center is "Snap to manipulator grid" I have done a search for the word "Center" and "Snap" both on the html List and visualy and cannot find this option. Please, is there a "Snap to Center" option that allows a selected object to center at X 0 degrees Y 0 degrees and Z 0 degrees?
Last reply by Fuchur, -
- 7 replies
- 534 views
ok so i have a big problem. im making a face with using a guide, and im making the nostril. to the side of the nostril there is a area thats opened and isnt patched up. it is 5 points in the area, but i dont understand what the 5-point patch is and where it is. i used th patch group mode because i thought that was it, but i guess not.
Last reply by Rodney, -
- 1 follower
- 3 replies
- 414 views
i posted, or uploaded models in some topics in this forum, and i wanted to re-download them... yet when i click on the link i get a billion text... what happened? was there an error?
Last reply by Ravager, -
- 1 follower
- 16 replies
- 920 views
ok im making a car of sorts and got the basic model riged but it has ocured to me that i dont know how to make the wheels turn execpt by frame by frame actualy rotating them , is there an easyer way to do this?
Last reply by robcat2075, -
- 1 reply
- 219 views
ok if you have seen any movie / game with jets youll know what i mean , when they go fast the wing tips give of a smoke like line , was woundering if any one new how to do somehing like this
Last reply by robcat2075, -
- 6 replies
- 575 views
In an action window, when I use the copy keyframe and then paste a keyframe, the bones are copied onto the selected keyframe but the nulls are not. This also applies for the paste mirrored option. Does anyone know if i'm doing something wrong? Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Masna
Last reply by Masna, -
- 2 replies
- 423 views
I know some of the basic commands but Ive been using A:M for a while and never knew "0" was bottom view. Aside from the user guide, is there a list of keyboard commands? In addition, I heard there is a "Snap to center" key command but I only see a "snap to grid" which is not what Im after.
Last reply by LT Fox Fire, -
- 8 replies
- 934 views
Gang, I recently purchased the ExtraDVD and cannot successfully link the library tothe PWS for drag n drop. I have followed the instructions found at link http://www.hash.com/lib/. They were very helpful. I was able to move the original V11.1 data from the CD and the models, materials and projects all show as expected. I successfully transferred the ExtrasCDVol1 and the folder shows in the PWS and I can drill down to all the great content. Unfortunately this does not work for the new ExtrasDVD. No folder exisit in the PWS area for drill down. Perhaps there is some folder hierarchy which I am not following. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Mike
Last reply by Rodney, -
- 2 replies
- 290 views
I'm going thru the tutorials (Tutorial 7/Lip Sync), and when I CTRL+Click (using Mac version 15.0b) to find New->Dope Sheet, there isn't a Dope Sheet in the menu...everything else, but no Dope Sheet. Is it still there?! Thanks!
Last reply by semiplay, -
- 3 replies
- 410 views
I made a model, imported it into the choreography window, however, when I do this the bounding box (the yellow box around the models), is diagonal and mispraportioned. I have attached the project file and an image. Edit: I have reuploaded the project file(should be the second one) and the model file 15_second_project.prj 15_second_project.prj Guy.mdl
Last reply by KenH, -
- 1 follower
- 1 reply
- 263 views
ok heres the deal 1 have one tank modle comprised of a base bone the turret and the gun barrel i have it sit still from time 0 to 5 seconds from 5 to 10 seconds the turet moves left 45 degrees then right 90 then back left 45 from 10 to 15 seconds the barrel does the same thing only up and down and from 15 to 20 seconds the tank moves forware out of frame as far as a know this was simpal but when moving through the animation using the preview bar starting from frame 0 it starts moving forward and the 2 seperate turret movments are combined as well , what am i doing wrong
Last reply by Caroline, -
- 1 reply
- 305 views
Part of my animation sequence is moving to slow and I'd like to time compress it by about half. However there are dozens of keyframes affected. Is it possible to time compress/expand a section of an animated sequence without having to go and tweak all keyframes? I've been scouring through the timeline but can't figure out if this is possible.
Last reply by John Bigboote, -
- 2 followers
- 1 reply
- 477 views
I have this wolf model, but I need some help with it. I have some stubborn folds that won't go away. I'm also getting this weird line in the middle of my wolf's head when it's in toon render. Also if anyone has a tip on my wolf be sure to tell me. For instance if the legs are to long tell me, because I'm going for a cartoon wolf, but I want to stay proportional and a little realistic. fullbody.mov bodytest3.mov wolf.mdl
Last reply by Caroline, -
- 2 replies
- 338 views
I noticed that since i've installed vers 15, my library is all but gone. Unlike previous versions, this didn't ask me if I wanted to "copy the CD data". So now all my actions, models, etc have to be "shortcut" back in. Is there an easier fix?
Last reply by Steven547, -
- 2 replies
- 291 views
Hi - looking to create the effect of light shining back and forth through some text or around text maybe - just curious if someone had an example that they could show of something they have done to give me a visual for ideas. Thank - E
Last reply by flashawd, -
- 2 replies
- 533 views
is there a way to detach a bone in a rig, I attached my pelvis to thigh bone and need to detach. how do I do it,if possible?
Last reply by Stronghorn, -
- 3 replies
- 322 views
Trying to do a quick animation of a model walking over and hugging another character. However, 3/4 of the way through, the "hugging" character just stops. The timeline halts. (The scroll bar on the bottom still shows there is some more "scroll" to it) but nothing. I'm using (well, attempting) keyframes. I'm using version 15a. Any thoughts off hand? Other things I thought of are, i'm clicking "shift+keyframe" and selecting the first option. Animation seems to working well, but it just stops. Any suggestions? Help? Thanks.
Last reply by Steven547, -
- 8 replies
- 606 views
ok iv made a modle and colored the whole thing grey but im trying to make a few patches red but when set its still grey am i doing something wrong
Last reply by youngman, -
- 2 replies
- 418 views
helow all! i make some scene with single plastic object. and i need this effect in scene: white back, white ground, object and shadow he cast. i`ll try do this by four lights, but this is not good (no glare) Thanks any help! Project1.prj
Last reply by Bruce Del Porte, -
- 2 followers
- 2 replies
- 452 views
Probably a simple property that got altered, but as I'm trying to do Exercise 6 and position shaggy, some of his bones have turned blue in colour and I can no longer control them properly. I can't grab the base of his hand bone and drag the whole arm around...I can't move it at all except for rotating it, or if I use the arrow keys on my keyboard it actually will deform the model itself. The bones that have remained while when un-selected operate as I would expect, just not the ones that are blue when un-selected. I've attached a screen shot of what happened when out of frustration I had the bone selected and used the arrow keys. ...what silly thing did I do? Th…
Last reply by Caroline, -
- 2 replies
- 425 views
I Could use some help. I am trying to change the group surface properties over time (Ambiance percentage and Glow). I've got the latest David Rogers A:M book which states, surface changes can be made over time. The section on surface property relationships is a bit confusing. I've tried it in a relationship using both percentage and On/Off sliders, but I get no results. I'm sure it is some simple but important item that I'm missing. If someone could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. Thanks Camillo
Last reply by Camillo, -
- 1 follower
- 4 replies
- 361 views
As an example, I will use the MirrorBones plugin available here: http://sgross.com/plugins/index.html 1. Download the mirrorbone.zip file. 2. Right click it and Extract All. This should give you a MirrorBone.hxt file. 2. Right click it and left click Copy 3. Click Start Menu > My Computer 4. Click the Folders Icon on your top toolbar to show a list of folders on the left hand side (If you don't have this, you will have to double click your way down to get to the hxt folder, instead of doing the next step). 5. You need to click the plus signs next to My Computer Local Disk (C:) Program Files Hash Inc V15.0 6…
Last reply by Masna, -
- 1 reply
- 364 views
I assume from absence of any real information in guides that it is not possible to use any form of scan software (eg on clay models) to develop character in Hash... characters must be created by the stitching method described I think. Any advice welcome. also about importing characters from other programmes outside Hash... I understand that inanimate objects can be imported. Are there any tools for converting an inanimate object from say 3dstudio max into an object that can be animated in hash? Many thanks. Look forward to responses! Sorry, I am an AM newby and just learning the ropes here... and clearly this is much the best character animation software on the m…
Last reply by Rodney, -
- 1 follower
- 9 replies
- 880 views
Does anyone use a Graphics tablet and if so, how is the interface with AM? Would it work with the 3d painter program? Just doing some research for a wish list item in the future....Thanks for the feed back... I finally finished a character, just some tweaking to do and now on to rigging
Last reply by Luuk Steitner, -
- 1 follower
- 22 replies
- 814 views
Ok i know this is going to sound like a compleatly dumb question but iv have some how managed to lose my manual , ok how do i take a image file say a jpeg of sand and import it into AM
Last reply by Rodney, -
- 1 follower
- 1 reply
- 223 views
ok this one is not so much a AM question as it is a AM forms question , in a lot of the post you have both the rendering and the PRj files as a link , yet i cant find a way to upload eather of those , how do you do it?
Last reply by Caroline, -
- 1 follower
- 1 reply
- 296 views
ok i know how to use the pose option to move a model into a pre defined postion , during a few of the much appreceated help topics iv put up plp have said to use a action to get something to do something , i dont know how to set one up or even how to get started , any help would be most appreceated
Last reply by Caroline, -
- 1 reply
- 389 views
ok if youve seam avp youll know what im taking about though still invisable you can still see an out line of what ever it is.
Last reply by Fuchur, -
- 0 replies
- 248 views
im making a jet and have got the base frame down but i need a after burner effect and was woundering if any one had any ideas
Last reply by Master chief, -
- 7 replies
- 662 views
OK, I am stuck. I have spent the last 2 and a half years building models, sets, animating and assembling choreographies. I am going through our final renders, and have hit two huge problems that I cannot figure out how to correct. I called Hash's number and they told me that the problems were with the version I was using, and I needed to upgrade. I took them at their word, paid for v15 and I am getting the EXACT same issue. So I am hoping the collective knowlledge of this forum can help us. First, I have these random "blotches" appearing on a model. They are showing up what appears to be randomly in a rendered cho. they show up for just one frame, but if I …
Last reply by Master chief, -
- 6 replies
- 425 views
Hi - I am trying to get the effect of bright light bursting through a triangle shaped window - any suggestions - would I set the window transparency down and what type of light should I use. I have tried several things and can't seem to get the light concentrated or "glowing" through the window. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks - Eric
Last reply by frosteternal, -
- 2 followers
- 4 replies
- 598 views
Hello, Can anyone help me with info on how I can load the Animation Master 2006 onto my Mac G3 blue tower with Panther? I keep getting the error message that says I need Tiger or Leopard and I don't want to spend another $100 bucks to upgrade. They told me at Fryes that it would work on Panther using a patch from Hash??? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Scoonie
Last reply by scoony2, -
- 2 replies
- 364 views
ok after 8 hours of modeling and shaping ans the such i have a model of the monkey lord form sup com , no i need help i need to know if any one know how to do this kinda laser
Last reply by MMZ_TimeLord, -
- 1 reply
- 432 views
When I select mirror mode, it does not mirror oppisite side. Is there another setting I need to adjust? I am running V15a.
Last reply by Fishman, -
- 5 replies
- 499 views
Hey, This time i cant get the wheel to lathe properly. It says to move pivot. I dont get it lol. This modeling is a lot of learning lol Hopefully ill be able to be proficent with it soon. Thanks Geoff
Last reply by Rodney, -
- 2 replies
- 432 views
Can someone help me understand the limitations of baking? I keep trying to bake a model and it just hangs at "Organizing Map Layout". How long should baking take on average? My model has crumple, eroded, and a simiont material.
Last reply by johnl3d, -
- 2 replies
- 300 views
i was wondering if there was a way to set a object to rotate as long as its pose is turned on , i have a mega laser cannon with some rotatin parts and they spin quite fast so rotating this every 2 frams would be quite anoying .
Last reply by johnl3d, -
- 1 reply
- 330 views
ok i found out that having a spline in the main animation screen works really well for moving a flying object , how every it seams to auto set the movement from start to end without proper setup Ie i wanted a "asteriod" to over 50 secons slowly come in and eventualy hit the ground , but it hits at 20 seconds and for the life of me i cant figure out how to change this
Last reply by Rodney, -
- 8 replies
- 947 views
I've had problems with the terrain plugin before, but now whenever I use it at all my computer comletely crashes! Is it something wrong with my computer or just the program? Can anyone help me?
Last reply by Masna, -
- 1 reply
- 309 views
ok iv been told that by using this constrant you can make it so that a bove can only move in specific directions , i have robotic arm and it has 3 joints 1 goes left and right , while the other 2 are up and down , (think a tarancalas leg) how do i set these up to work correctly as i tried myself but they didnt apperantly kick in
Last reply by John Bigboote, -
- 1 follower
- 4 replies
- 740 views
I found a font I downloaded awhile ago called KR smiley anyway I used the font wizard to get the letter e which is a smiling fish Did a simple action on it and got this cfontfish.mov fontfish.zip Just another way to get a model
Last reply by John Bigboote, -
- 5 replies
- 661 views
Hey, Im working on the plane tutorial and its come to the part where you are supposed to form the cockpit. I cant figure out which CPs to mmove in order to make the cockpit with out screwing up the model. Heres a pic of the splines and what not. Thanks Thanks Geoff heres a pic with the wing hidden Plane_cockpit_pic.bmp
Last reply by Geoff, -
- 1 follower
- 12 replies
- 867 views
Hi - I have a potential client that want their plastic bottle modelled in 3D and animated to show how it works. I have been playing around w/ the fluids tutorials and all the samples that people have generously posted and it seems that fluids is more designed to work as a faucet, hose, water fountain... anything flowing. Is it possible to have fluid in a bottle for example tip up the bottle and have it flow into a second chamber. I posted a flash anim of the bottle I modelled doing a 360 spin, so you can see the hole in the center that connects the two chambers that I need the fluid to flow through. Any help would be appreciated - even when you check "object collision…
Last reply by flashawd, -
- 5 replies
- 633 views
Hi - I have been seaching the forum for materials trying to learn more about them. I see the following darksim link http://www.darksim.com/html/simbiontam.html How does this work - it says the Simbiont Plug-in is already in version 13... and up I am guessing. I just upgraded to the latest version - how do I know if I have the plug-in. Also, are the free materials they have on on the site applied like you would a regular material? Someone help me see the light, was a little iffy about downloading the plug-in, didn't know if it was just for an older version
Last reply by flashawd, -
- 5 replies
- 350 views
ok im making a gun with a extendable barrel in the top down view the barrel is facing north , i now that there is some sort or constrant usable but i dont know which to try
Last reply by Master chief, -
- 2 replies
- 410 views
i have this wave file from fosters home for imaginary friends and because i only have one audio clip with all three of them talking how can i get it so all 3 of them can use the same one and all come in at the right time.
Last reply by jzawacki, -
- 16 replies
- 715 views
OK i really somehow gotta learn this slowly, but i need to learn this, itll make my animating like 100x easier. Whats happening is when i animate someone in a choreography i make then maybe jump or jump then spin, or also recently happening the can can then a slap on the face, but whenever i do this it always starts from the begginning so for the can can move, it totaly ruin it, because he starts slapping himself in the face at fraom 0 moving his hand slowly up. and for jumping he starts rising into the air from the very begginnimg and for the jump and spin he start spinning from the very begginning too. i dont know how to make it so they start the second actio…
Last reply by robcat2075, -
- 1 follower
- 12 replies
- 652 views
if youv ever played any sci phi games you will notice that they usualy have a force field or bubble that has a really cool plasma effect , halo 1 in the control room for example , i was woundering if there was a way to do this in AM sort of like this with out so many colors and transparent rainbow image and sorta lke this, its the one on the bottom as i couldent add the pic here as saying something about picture extentions picture any other vareation on this would also be appreceated as i need some thing workable before flashy
Last reply by Caroline, -
- 2 replies
- 272 views
Hi - I need to create a golden planet w/ a glow around it - for the planet I just used a sphere, and created a material for it - but I noticed the "glow" in the property attributes doesn't have any sub setting, there is just an off and on. Is there a combo of other property attributes that I can use to get the effect I am looking for - just a glow around the planet - thanks for any suggestions.
Last reply by flashawd,