 | | | Re: Bone & Object Movement More Intuitive in Carrara 5? | Re: Bone & Object Movement More Intuitive in Carrara 5? 2005-10-27 - By nicholas8681
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Thats true. Forgot about the alt key. I do that automatically.
--- In Carrara@(protected), "Andrew" <awbenson99@(protected)> wrote:
>
> However, with the bottom grid selected (or any for the matter). You
> can always press the alt key while draging to constrain the movement
> to the in and out directions. You will still need to use two click
> and drags, but it does allow for quicker placement.
>
> Also, Hexagon supports the translocation relative to view.
> (Personally, I've only tested it and I haven't found a desire to use
> it but it is there.) So if has has that program, he can model in the
> way he wants.
>
> BTW. I don't know about the latest versions, but 3D Studio Max didn't
> allow for movement relative to camera. So, even one of the "biggest"
> boys don't offer that feature that he wanted.
>
> AWBenson
>
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "nicholas8681" <brian@(protected)> wrote:
> >
> > Ok. First. Blender, Wings and Carrara are different programs. With
> > this in mind they work differently. The reason that your objects moved
> > back rather then up as you intended because objects move according to
> > the selected grid in Carrara. For instance by default the bottom grid
> > is selected so "free" movement is restricted to movement on the x and
> > y-axis. But you can easily select the object and then select its
> > outline on either of the other grids and move it on the z-axis.
> >
> > This is all a matter of preference I think. I'd prefer the movements
> > be more controlled and not move according to my view of the object but
> > constrained to a grid. Your comment about vertices and edges is more
> > an issue because that could be useful...but the addition of hexagon's
> > manipulators helps with that. Hope I answered your question.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > --- In Carrara@(protected), "mountainguild" <brucegregory@(protected)>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Trying to avoid comparison with other software, in this case, is
> > > difficult. Blender, for example, has been manipulatorless up until
> > > recently, and avid users preferred, and still prefer this mode.
> > > Manipulators were added to make newcomers feel more comfortable.
> > > Objects, edges, vertices, bones all could be intuitively moved
> > > relative to the view the user was in at the moment. In other words,
> > > things went where you wanted them to go. In essence, a movement
could
> > > exist across diagonals because they moved in two planes relative to
> > > the view. If the same move was tried in Carrara, an "up"
movement of
> > > the mouse could result in the object moving away from the plane
of the
> > > view, or "back", instead of "up" - not very intuitive. Again, if an
> > > object were selected and the user moved the mouse "down", the object
> > > might rush "forward" in the view - not very intuitive.
Everything was
> > > dependent on which view plane was activated - an extra set of steps
> > > each time movement was attempted.
> > >
> > > Yes, the manipulators free the user, somewhat, from this constraint,
> > > but viewing an object obliquely and wanting to move the thing
> > > perpendicular to that particular, instant view, requires two or more
> > > tugs on a manipulator, where, in Blender, for example, one
gesture is
> > > all that is needed. When one is moving many objects, vertices,
edges -
> > > multiplying all the work by a factor of two really starts to
slow all
> > > processes down - not ideal in a production environment.
> > >
> > > This is the nature of my question: can I work in Carrara as
fast as I
> > > can in Blender, or Wings, for that matter? Can objects, vertices,
> > > edges, faces, bones be moved relative to the view, without the
use of
> > > manipulators - so that if I move my mouse "up" the object always
goes
> > > "up" and not "back" into the view . . . if I move my mouse "down",
> > > from any arbitrary view, will my object, face, edge, vertice,
bone, IK
> > > handle, etc, go down, as I intend? They did not in Carrara 4.
Do they
> > > now behave this way in Carrara 5?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Greg Smith
> > >
> >
>
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