Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    What kind of troubles is he having specifically ??
    Sculpt 4D is very complicated and takes a while to figure out. It
    does have one of the best manuals in the industry. Has he tried
    the tutorials in the book first. They helped me quite a bit when
    I first started. Define paths and local origins can be tricky because
    you have to set up a hierarchy properly before the anim will work
    properly. Please describe what you are doing and I will try and
    help.
    	John Lemoine          Also on compuserve 75320,143
    
    
    

    John,
    
    Thanks for the reply, this is my sons answer:
    
    For my experiment with animation I wish to create a sphere moving
    round a circular path. I have managed to give the path (about ten
    points joined together by straight lines ) a name ie circle by
    selecting 'name path'. Next I have selected the sphere and called
    this - using 'name selected vertices' ie ball.
    After that I start to get confused with what to do with 'modify
    local origin' and ' modify tumble' and these are key to animation.
    Also connected to animation - the 'modify take' option is always
    ghosted out - will this become available once I understand how to
    use the above commands ?
    PS I am using version 2.03
    
    By the way John , for the benefit of us in the UK where is CGOA01
    and what did you mean by "compuserve 75320,143 : ?
    
    Many thanks, and Happy Christmas to all readers
                                                   

    Hi sorry about the delay responding I have been very busy and was
    away for a while during christmas. Now getting back to your sons
    problem, to create a take in Sculpt4d you Load a take and because
    one doesnt exist yet you give it a name in the requestor you then
    can load in the desired objects etc. to create the picture/ANIM.
    Creating Hierarchies can be tricky it is usually best to make a
    name at the top and have all other objects attached to that name
    as sub names, that way if you need to move the whole animated object
    you only have to move th local origin of the top name and all other
    objects will move along with it. I highly recommend the tutorial
    that is on page 11-6 of the manual. It creates an anim almost exactly
    like the one your son describes. Before wasting a lot of time rendering
    in HiRes I recommend you do your traces in wire frame to save time
    also you can do the preview from the global menu and it will do
    your anim in a wire frame small screen first so you may see if the
    objects move the way you wanted too.
       I hope this helps. If you need more help please dont hesitate
    to ask. I will keep the manual handy so I can respond quicker next
    time.  In answer to your other questions CGOA01 is in Calgary,Canada
    and I live and work in Edmonton and I connect thru Edmonton to Calgary.
    	Compuserve is a national network available to subsribers all
    across North america it can be described as a large BBS it should
    be available in Europe soon if not already. It has an enormous Amiga
    database.
    		Regards John Lemoine
    
     

    John,
    
    Thanks for your help. My son now seems to have cracked his problems. It
    certainly is a most amazing package for a 'domestic' machine. Digital
    should consider porting it to a DECstation !
    
    Regards,
    
    Adrian