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here you go! lowpoly trees.fbx.fmz

I found recently something really useful with InDesign: Immediately after you lunch the app press "Ctrl + Alt + Shift". A dialogue will pop up asking if you want to reset preferences. formZ ABSOLUTELY NEEDS this. resetting preferences isn't a fix... it's basically a workflow at this point and any and all workflow shortcuts are welcome

Is this possible? If not can it be added? I believe rhino is currently using this functionality--you export a textured model as FBX the image files are not separately exported, but they are unpacked when imported into the next software. I ask because Windows 3D viewer needs to have the textures embedded to view files properly. If they are linked files the model only shows up as a single shade.

this doesn't make sense to me... in theory if you work on a file (any file/format) for 2 days or 200 days, if the file size stays the same then read/write speeds (and if everything else on the computer is unchanged) should remain constant? right? or do you think this is specific to formZ and there's an optimization issue with saves/re-writes?

yes use the polygon tool and changed the # of segments to 4

Are you talking about the autogrid? You can lock the grid to the various default planes which will prevent the autogrid from appearing.

this is a common workflow in many other modeling and rendering applications (sketchup, rhino, c4d, 3ds). if formZ implemented this it would help immensely.

is there a file you can post?

I just tested a progressive jpg in sketchup and it loads without an issue. same with rhino.

Bump. I copied a project folder from work PC onto a flash drive, which was then copied to my Mac at home. Search paths are directed right to this folder on my home desktop. Linked files show all textures with a green check. My file shows no textures at all. Looks like I'm going into the office early tomorrow...

Me: "One more crash and I'm done with this program!" Also me: "Ah, another project that needs to be finished in an unrealistic amount of time... *opens formZ*"

change "smooth" to facetted in the drop down and also change the radial button from "parametric" to "facetted" sketchup doesn't play well with smooth geometry.

Yes, that works too. But the (non) issue is that the slicing lines shouldn't have to connect. I'd like to see less bugs, not more workarounds.

I come across this issue fairly often. the object in question was created using Reshape and Offset Outline. In the front view, Slice the 3/4" tube with the lines (Heal enabled), then try to delete one of the resulting objects. The objects have turned into surfaces instead of solids. My workaround was to create an ambiguous object and boolean difference the objects. It's not a huge issue, but an issue that should be fixed, nonetheless. slice.fmz

I never thought about that, but yes, it is set to Unlimited. Ill change it to 12 (and maybe increase later) to see if that resolves the issue. thanks, Des!