Studio-Swaim Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 1. Reinstate the "relative" option for the extend line tool. I'm fervently trying to migrate completely to V8+ but this feature (among a few others) has me going back to 6.7. 2. It would be nice if there were a way to change a material parameter on multiple materials at once. example: You have 39 objects with different materials assigned them. you want all those materials to be chrome, or constant, or wood, right now you have to spend 20 minutes opening each material and adjusting the parameters. 3. Revert the draft and modeling sides back to the way earlier versions worked. example: A hidden line in model mode can be pasted into the draft mode and all the layers crossed over with it, allowing you to turn layers on and off. 4. Not a biggy... but still kinda inconvenient. Having to use the + icon to add a layer rather than just clicking on the line below an existing layer to add a new layer. 5. Give us a more user friendly sweep tool! 6. keep v6.7 alive and well for those of us who toggle back and forth. Both the old and the new versions seem to have strengths. If v6.7 ever goes away then you reduce the capabilities that are available.... or make sure all the features from early versions are included in the new. Maybe a new packaging and marketing re-release "Form-Z retro! the tools you loved and relied on as a kid" :-) keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 1 +1 2 +1 3 +0 4 this is a setting now, you just have to turn it on. 5 Haven't played with it. 6 Just migrate the critical features into the future. 7 (my #1) SDK So I can bring some of the functionality back myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio-Swaim Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 1 +1 2 +1 3 +0 4 this is a setting now, you just have to turn it on. 5 Haven't played with it. 6 Just migrate the critical features into the future. 7 (my #1) SDK So I can bring some of the functionality back myself. #4... where do I find it to set it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsiggia Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Here you go. Preferences>palettes>List Palettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio-Swaim Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Here you go. Preferences>palettes>List Palettes. Thanks guys. "saved me some hunting for it" time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio-Swaim Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 !!!!! HOW COULD I LEAVE THIS ONE OFF??!!! #7 bring back the stream line tool! You know how long it takes to trace organic underlays with the other line tools?! Sometimes you just want to get a task done in 2 minutes not 28 minutes. Sometimes I just want to be able to draw and not draft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Matt, 1. The Extend Line tool allows you to extend by a distance, or percentage: 3. When you create a Layout FRAME, you can choose which layers will be visible, and they will be displayed in Hidden Line automaticaly. 4. Change the preference as noted above, or just right click and choose New... 5. Yes, Editing Sweeps could be improved -- but if you don't get what you want directly, click on the resulting sweep with the Extract Tool, then move / rotate / scale the source shape as desired -- and sweep once more with the As Positioned alignment option. 7. Trace the shape with the Pt Spline tool -- and then Polygonize it if you need it facetted. It will be much faster and cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 1 +1 Being able to rubber band the extension is very helpful and while it was available in Drafting in V6 it was not available in V6 Modeling. I had made requests long ago to add this to the modeling side because it was so useful. It would be great to have it in FZ8.5. 2 +1 5 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio-Swaim Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Matt, 1. The Extend Line tool allows you to extend by a distance, or percentage: extend.jpg 3. When you create a Layout FRAME, you can choose which layers will be visible, and they will be displayed in Hidden Line automaticaly. 4. Change the preference as noted above, or just right click and choose New... 5. Yes, Editing Sweeps could be improved -- but if you don't get what you want directly, click on the resulting sweep with the Extract Tool, then move / rotate / scale the source shape as desired -- and sweep once more with the As Positioned alignment option. 7. Trace the shape with the Pt Spline tool -- and then Polygonize it if you need it facetted. It will be much faster and cleaner. 1. Nope thats not what I need. I need the flexibility to extend lines at random lengths on the fly. Setting a percentage or a distance extends the line to what ever numeric you have entered thus resulting in all the extenders being the same length. I want the flexibility back to extend lines quick, on the fly, at random lengths so it doesn't look like a software produced algorithm. SPEED! 3. Will look into this and play with it. thx 4. did it. Thumbs up! 5. Wish it was set up almost like it used to. I did get frustrated that you couldn't zoom in on the preview window in V6. 7. That's still a disaster. Just need to be able to draw free. Put the model on the Wacom and trace an underlay and move on to figuring out how to make the sweep tool work. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Matt, 1. Ok, yes, thanks for clarifying. 7. I would highly recommend trying #7. It really should be quick and easy, and will give much better results. The Stream Line results would likely cause problems for the sweeps due to the irregular and jagged nature of the Stream Line tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 That's a nice little workaround for #5 (sweep) Tech.......... at least until the tool is improved..... Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hi Des, Yes, that is really quick and easy with 2 faults: 1. You have to know the trick, and 2. It is one or two extra clicks. Hopefully this can be incorporated directly into the Sweep Editing options soon! ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio-Swaim Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Could really use #2 right about now. I'm about to embark on a lengthy exercise of material reassignment and reflection modification to constant. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio-Swaim Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 ouch One hour 45 minutes!!! monotonous tasks such as that feel like a waste of time but great opportunity for audio books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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