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Title: Gmax help needed
Post by: thingfishs on January 14, 2010, 01:17:59 AM
Hi all,
I have a couple of gmax questions.

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1. I have created a box and applied a bend modifier to it at 195 degrees. What do I have to do to make the shape actually keep the bend (this picture is not in wireframe mode and when I deselect the box the bend disappears and I'm left with a thin sliver of my former box ()what()) I've encountered similar problems with other modifiers, what am I missing?

2. My coloured axis pointers have disappeared for when I want to move objects, how do I get them back?

thanks
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: joelyboy911 on January 14, 2010, 01:24:50 AM
Does your box have enough segments (vertices) along where you want it to bend? It could be caused by having only 1 segment each for Height, Width and Depth, meaning there's nothing to bend.
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: Diggis on January 14, 2010, 01:25:49 AM
You need more segments on the box.  The modifier uses the verticies on the box, so by adding more you'll get a better curve.  The shape you see there is the frame of the bend command itself.
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: thingfishs on January 14, 2010, 01:28:55 AM
thanks guys :thumbsup:
that's what I call speedy service. I've tested it and yeah, that's what it was.
Still trying to get my pointers back...

- Another thing that annoys me is constantly moving the mouse to the lower right of screen to access the hand icon, in order to move the view that I'm working in a little. Is it possible to customize the interface somehow so that my right click (for eg.) could be the hand tool?
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: Diggis on January 14, 2010, 01:36:00 AM
Pointers?
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: thingfishs on January 14, 2010, 01:40:06 AM
you know, the coloured pointers that keep you tied to one axis when moving stuff around, they've gone...
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: Diggis on January 14, 2010, 01:43:04 AM
Ahhh, thats a single letter fix.... I think X but I'm not sure.  Not at home at the moment so can't check for you.
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: threestooges on January 14, 2010, 01:45:00 AM
I don't think it's X, but you can go under the "Views" menu and make sure that "Show Transform Gizmo" is checked.
-Matt
Title: Re: Gmax help needed
Post by: thingfishs on January 14, 2010, 01:52:40 AM
It looks like you're both right, thanks again for the prompt service. :thumbsup:

Joelyboy had already told me it was x, and I tried it but nothing. But I've now checked "show transform gizmo" and my pointers are back, hooray, but also when I press x my pointers now go away and come back again. Did it need to be checked in the menu for the x button trick to work? Was it a glitch? I don't really too much care anyway, it's all working again. ;D