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name
06-02-2003, 09:22 AM
I cant figure out why I cant interactively apply deformations to objects. I want to be able to drag the little blue dots. I can enter the number in manually and do it like that but thats not what i want. Twist works fine...but none of the others will let me drag the blue dot. Theres gotta be some setting or something that I'm overlooking. Makes no sense that twist works fine but the others don't. Please help before I bash something.
Levitateme
06-02-2003, 10:06 AM
calm down gheppeto, what do you mean blue dots? can you be more specific?
name
06-02-2003, 09:09 PM
the control points on the deformation line. say you do a bend...it creates a line with a blue dot at each end and one in the middle.
playmesumch00ns
06-03-2003, 12:33 AM
I can do it fine! Just hit 'T' to go into manipulator mode and drag the little dots around.
name
06-03-2003, 05:07 AM
gee thanks...no sh*t! haha. i know how to do it. it wont work though. when i drag the points nothing happens.
HELP!! dont say...gee..it works fine for me.

:p
name
06-10-2003, 03:42 AM
Somebody...anybody...please help. Someone has to know how to fix this. It's driving me crazy that I can't figure it out. Please for the sake of my sanity help me figure this out.
:surprised
SheepFactory
06-10-2003, 04:03 AM
check out your selection masks , maybe you have points turned off.
misterdi
06-10-2003, 06:03 AM
You're not accidentally locking the attribute aren't you?
name
06-11-2003, 12:35 AM
Hehe...uh....where are selection masks? And how can I check if the attribute is locked? I've even tried setting all the preferences to default to no avail. Thanks for the help.
name
06-11-2003, 12:43 AM
Also...it works for twist but none of the other deformers like bend and whatnot. I don't get it.
ZVAN
06-11-2003, 07:59 AM
nonlinear deformations? u can click on and highlight the words like curvature or something below the channel bx and hold+mm click on the perp window..
misterdi
06-11-2003, 09:29 AM
If it works for twist and doesn't work with other I don't have a clue.

You could see attribute is lock, by looking at the color of the box. If the color of the box is bluish grey (that is my default setup) it is lock, if it's orange/yellow it has input connection.

To lock/unlock attributes, highlight it on the channel box, press RMB and choose lock/unlock selected.

Best regards,
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