Phil Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hi, I'm moving my spline to Zero at the X so I can do a copy/Flip/Attach. I input 0 but it keeps changing. I'm I doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Is Mirror mode on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 13, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 13, 2014 Make a group of that spline. Set the group's pivot point to X=0 Scale the group to 0% on X That's the standard way to do that. Is that what you are doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 13, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 13, 2014 My video on Copy/Flip/Attach can be found here... http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=371088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Hi,I'm not having a problem with the process. It works fine, its when I enter "0" it turns to a long mathamatial outcome. ie. 1.969e.005" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 14, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 14, 2014 hmmm... what version are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 hmmm... what version are you using? 17g and 18a on both the 32 and 64 bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 14, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'd say make a screen cam of it happening and make an A:M report of it. I just get a regular zero when I type a zero, but since you are not... document that and show that it's a real thing and then there's some place for someone to start on figuring out what is wrong. What if you enter 0.0? What if you copy a zero from another field and paste it in? Have you done Reset All Settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I asked earlier, but I'll ask again...is Mirror mode on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginsdj Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 With or without Mirror mode on it still works just fine for me (18a on OSX Maverick) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Hi,I'm not having a problem with the process. It works fine, its when I enter "0" it turns to a long mathamatial outcome. ie. 1.969e.005" How are you getting the cp# to display? I suspect you are not selecting the cp in a normal way? I don't get a cp # when I have "show manipulator properties" on and I just select the cp. I only seem to get a CP # right after I do an extrude, and I suspect that those x,y,z values in your display are offsets, and not absolute values for the cp. (That doesn't explain why you are not able to input a zero, but I'm guessing there is some overflow problem. duh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 I just tried it with and without mirror mode same issue. I found that it only happens when units of measurement are set to Feet and Inches. all other selections work fine using centimeters using inches using feet and inches HMmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 15, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 15, 2014 I just tried it with and without mirror mode same issue. I found that it only happens when units of measurement are set to Feet and Inches. all other selections work fine using centimeters using inches using feet and inches HMmmm this doesn't look like you are doing the zero and scale in the properties like in my video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpeak2 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 With the manipulator properties panel open, select both cps turn on the scale manipulator. In the manipulator properties panel, set the X pivot to 0 then set the X scale to 0. You need to use the scale manipulator for it to work properly. The pivots only show when a manipulator is being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 As I posted earlier. It works fine. Just when you select the first point using feet and inches as the unit of measurement is when the issue happens. ok I'll just use inches Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 15, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 15, 2014 A:M will really work best in cm. i don't think any of the plugins will use anything but cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 How are you getting the cp# to display? I suspect you are not selecting the cp in a normal way? I don't get a cp # when I have "show manipulator properties" on and I just select the cp. Hi Nancy, The reason you don't get the cp # in the manipulator property box is because you are selecting the cp by dragging or lassoing around the cp in the model window. If you just click on the cp, you will get the cp #, and the x,y,z values will be the absolute coordinates of the cp (as opposed to being an offset from group pivot when selecting the other way) Hope that helps. Cheers! Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 15, 2014 Admin Share Posted January 15, 2014 Nancy... you had me thinking someone had hacked into your post. Took me a few moments to clear my head. (The "Hope that helps" line had me considering a cross post by David (itsjusthim) Simmons) Now if we can just get you to keep replying to your replies... that will be entertainment. P.S. Thanks for the insight into selecting CPs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 15, 2014 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 15, 2014 I have trouble discerning between the good twin and the evil twin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 How are you getting the cp# to display? I suspect you are not selecting the cp in a normal way? I don't get a cp # when I have "show manipulator properties" on and I just select the cp. Hi Nancy, The reason you don't get the cp # in the manipulator property box is because you are selecting the cp by dragging or lassoing around the cp in the model window. If you just click on the cp, you will get the cp #, and the x,y,z values will be the absolute coordinates of the cp (as opposed to being an offset from group pivot when selecting the other way) Hope that helps. Cheers! Nancy Silly me! That helped! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 15, 2014 Admin Share Posted January 15, 2014 It begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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