Quoting Robicd : > dene maxwell wrote: > > Thank you for your help Fred > > > > What you are suggesting makes perfect sense to me and I really > > appreciate your help...unfortunately the user interface in Blender ( for > > editing the ac file) makes as much sense to me as hand denoting an > > atomic bomb..... after six months of struggling with the interface, I'm > > still no further ahead. As for "selecting and modifying" objects > > attributes ...well lets just say I can't even find them to select!!! As > > it seems the only "free" AC3 editor available I maybe have to admit that > > 3d modelling is not for me. > > > > Not giving up, but very disheartened.... will sleep on it and > > undoubtedly have a new plan tomorrow > > > > Thanks again for your help > > Hi Dene, > should I help you a little with Blender? I went on learning how it > works (do you remember the time you were asking for suggestions?) and > finally I am a little confident with the tool. Still it's not my > preferred one, but it's a must if you want ot make something for FGFS. > > First suggestion: try splitting the main window in two, then use the > first one for the modelling and the second one for the outliner. > The Outliner lets you browse the hierarchy of the scene; you see nodes > that represent objects and other stuff. > Inside the outliner window you see 3d meshe objects listed with their > names, you can select and object by its name in the outliner and see it > highlighted in the 3d modelling window. > Yo can change an object's name by selecting it and opening the "Object > > Transform Property" window.
Even splitting a window is not trivial in Blender. You have to right-click on the window border and select split. And chance are great you split the adjacent window because your mouse pointer doesn't lie on the right one when you choose the option. It took me a lot of time to do something useful with it. I bought books and tutorials before using those available on the Net. But now I find AC3D awkward and and very limited and wait every new Blender release eagerly. This tool gives a lot to people that have the patience to learn it. -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http://frfoto.free.fr Photo gallery - album photo http://www.fotolia.fr/p/2278 Other photo gallery http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
