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sketchbook
12-10-2006, 09:02 PM
i am using 9.6 mac, i opened an fbx file which looks to be to scale, and when i try and use quantize to move things 1 inch at a time, it just moves it randomly around. snapping is also all messed up.

i just realized that the quantize works in point mode, but not when using the model tool and just trying to move things around. odd.

i copied the content out into a new file with no luck.

any suggestions?

thanks
LucentDreams
12-10-2006, 09:34 PM
Quantizing in model mdoe is very difficult for scale because it works off Percentage. if your modle is 200m, and the default qunatize is used, which is 10%, then every incriment will be 20m if you scale it up till its 300 m, then stop, then start again, you will then be scaling at 30m incriments as 10% of 300 is 30. Makes it extremely difficult when using more complex numbers.Also, and I think in my opinion its bad design/bug, but quantize seems to not allow you to get backt o your original result. so if I start at 200m, and scale in 20m incriments, I seem to jump from 180 to 220, skipping right over my original value of 200
sketchbook
12-11-2006, 03:37 PM
thanks kai

this seams as if it's more of a buggy behavior in that it has never happened before. in fact, i can make a 1 inch cube, turn on quantize at 1 inch, and it still won't move around at 1 inch.

however, some of the other things in the scene, like a symettry object i created does move at 1 inch. it's really odd behavior.
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