photoman Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 At the risk of sounding like a complete newbie (To late) how do you create hooks? I know what they are and how they work but I just dont know how to make them! Thanks in advance. Photoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 19, 2009 Hash Fellow Share Posted June 19, 2009 you drag a CP on the end of a spline to the middle of another spline and click the while still holding down the LMB. you can hook to the 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4 point of that other spline, but 1/2 (the middle) works best/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuchur Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 you drag a CP on the end of a spline to the middle of another spline and click the while still holding down the LMB. you can hook to the 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4 point of that other spline, but 1/2 (the middle) works best/ The thing is: You first have to draw a spline, press right mouse button to finish it and THEN you have to drag and drop it to the right position and press left and right mousebutton together. *Fuchur* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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largento Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 If you're using a Mac with a Mighty Mouse, you have to use a key combination. (The Mighty Mouse won't let you click both the left and right buttons at the same time.) Moving the CP into place (and still holding the left mouse button), hit the tilde key (in the upper left hand corner of your keyboard). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Sometimes when I do this, connecting two splines with a third A:M creates a CP at both ends; and sometimes it doesn't. I do it the same way each time - start with a CP on one spline and cross to the other and press the tilde key, the the ESC key. How can I make sure that I get the result I want - a CP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meowx Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Holy thread necro. I'm... not entirely sure what you're asking. Or what it has to do with hooks. Can you post a screenshot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimd Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 add a cp to a spline with your a key then attach hooks wil not add a cp you have to select and detach to remove hook_mov.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Is is good (or bad) to use hooks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelplucker Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Is is good (or bad) to use hooks? Hooks are used to reduce the number of patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Is is good (or bad) to use hooks? It's usually good... crafty! The only 'bad' time to be using hooks is if you know you are going to be exporting your model to a polygonal file format- then don't use them...or 5 siders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meowx Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Another "bad" time to use hooks is when you're making something for use with AM Cloth. Hooks make AM Cloth an angry panda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwing Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Or if you have a part of a mesh, say the corner of a lip, that's going to do a fair bit of moving. It can cause deformations and oddities because they have a tendency to crease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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