CGTalk - Getting Started 2

DePingus

11-27-2003, 03:37 AM

Greets to all! Just downloaded the messiah:animate demo and I have a couple o' probs with the Getting Started 2 tutorial in the docs. When I create the 1st bone I dont see an actual yellow bone, I just see a blue line. If I create the 2nd bone in the chain it looks fine. My second problem comes up while trying to delete items from the list. The tut says just pick it and hit delete (simple enough). But when I pick the item and press delete I get a dialog box asking if I want to delete the current item , hierarchy, etc...no matter what I choose nothing is deleted. What am I missing?

Thanks for the help! BTW, love the light heartedness of the docs. Makes for a great read!

SheepFactory

11-27-2003, 03:51 AM

you have to hit the minus key to delete bones. i was freaking out with it too :)

chikega

11-27-2003, 04:14 AM

That drove me crazy too - remember it's the minus key on the numeric pad. The other minus key actually scales the world grid down. I have a LW background and this minus key actually deleted items/objects from the scene.

Remember to have the Quick keys chart handy - that'll help a great deal as you're learning. This was originally typed up by Julez4001 for the list:

HotKey list - for those DRTM (don't read the manual) and the DEMO people.

F1 No List
F2 Standard List Size
F3 Double-Wide List
F4 Triple-Wide List
F5 Palette On/Off
F6 Dope Sheet On/Off
F7 Recompile All Scripts
F12 Connect To Host

d Key Range Distort
e Multi-Edit On/Off
h Command Tab
k Key/Frame Editing Panel
m Compose Tab
n Animate Tab
q Quad View On/Off
r Setup Mode
t Key Range Transform Panel
w Double View On/Off

0 Cycle Channel Groups
1 Select Channel xpos
2 Select Channel ypos
3 Select Channel zpos
4 Select Channel heading
5 Select Channel pitch
6 Select Channel bank
7 Select Channel xscale
8 Select Channel yscale
9 Select Channel zscale

[ Decrease Grid Units
] Increase Grid Units
\ Move Panel
- Decrease Grid Size
= Increase Grid Size
` Select Channel Group

Tab MetaNURBS On/Off
Enter Create Key Panel
Space Activate Frame Control
Delete Delete Key Panel

Arrow Left Go To Previous Frame
Arrow Up Select Previous Item In List
Arrow Right Go To Next Frame
Arrow Down Select Next Item In List

Numeric Pad 0 Load View Preset 1
Numeric Pad 1 Load View Preset 2
Numeric Pad 2 Load View Preset 3
Numeric Pad 3 Load View Preset 4
Numeric Pad 4 Load View Preset 5
Numeric Pad 5 Load View Preset 6
Numeric Pad 6 Load View Preset 7
Numeric Pad 7 Load View Preset 8
Numeric Pad 8 Load View Preset 9
Numeric Pad 9 Load View Preset 10
Numeric Pad - Delete current item

SHIFT F6 DopeMaster On/Off
SHIFT [ Decrease Edit Sphere Size
SHIFT ] Increase Edit Sphere Size
SHIFT - Decrease Sub Grid Size
SHIFT = Increase Sub Grid Size
SHIFT Enter Bake Range Panel
SHIFT Delete Erase Range Panel

CTRL N Clear Scene
CTRL O Load
CTRL S Save Scene
CTRL Y Redo
CTRL Z Undo
CTRL Arrow Left Select Previous Key
CTRL Arrow Right Select Next Key
CTRL Numeric Pad 0 Store View Preset 1
CTRL Numeric Pad 1 Store View Preset 2
CTRL Numeric Pad 2 Store View Preset 3
CTRL Numeric Pad 3 Store View Preset 4
CTRL Numeric Pad 4 Store View Preset 5
CTRL Numeric Pad 5 Store View Preset 6
CTRL Numeric Pad 6 Store View Preset 7
CTRL Numeric Pad 7 Store View Preset 8
CTRL Numeric Pad 8 Store View Preset 9
CTRL Numeric Pad 9 Store View Preset 10

DePingus

11-27-2003, 08:32 AM

Many thanks for the speedy replies! The help is much appreciated. :thumbsup:

Oh...and a happy Thanksgiving day to all! :beer:

Sil3

11-27-2003, 09:38 AM

Also be sure to check:

www.zoogono.com often

There are already a couple of very nice plugs and scripts to make our life EVEN easier with messiah, be sure to grab them all and use Screen Tools, couldn´t live without it anymore :buttrock:

DePingus

11-27-2003, 09:15 PM

Originally posted by Sil3
Also be sure to check:

www.zoogono.com often

There are already a couple of very nice plugs and scripts to make our life EVEN easier with messiah, be sure to grab them all and use Screen Tools, couldn´t live without it anymore :buttrock:

Thanks for the link! Lots of great stuff on there. About those Screen Tools, did you mean ScreenMenue? ScreenMenue seems like it would be useful as hell once I figure out what commands i'll be using most!

BTW, still have that lingering question about the 1st bone not appearing...

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