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Old 22nd October 2008, 11:56 AM   #1
Paul Norfolk
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Default New and looking at buying

Hey all:

As the title suggests, I'm in the process of the trial and looking to see if AC3D is worth me acquiring.

I do have one question and it's about SL sculpties and then one non SL related question (hope you can help)

All I did was import a cube in ac3d, didn't model it at all, just left it as it was. Saved it and uploaded it to SL. For some reason it's appearing with a dent in the top (see pic attached)

Just wondering if there is anyway to stop this and reduce creasing at the poles?

Also... when building a house (just an example) is there anyway to snap two different shapes together... eg, a vertex on one shape snapping to the vertex on another?

I think that's all for the minute lol wouldn't wanna bore you senseless with a page of questions

Thanks in advance for your help and look forward to hopefully becoming a regular on these boards.
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Old 22nd October 2008, 05:41 PM   #2
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I can't answer SL issues, but:

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Also... when building a house (just an example) is there anyway to snap two different shapes together... eg, a vertex on one shape snapping to the vertex on another?
You can do this in Vertex mode using the "Vertex -> Snap Objects by Vertices" menu. It allows you to select two vertices (one in each of 2 different objects), and will move/snap the object that owns the first selected vertex to the second one - give it a try with some random objects and it should become clear.

Good luck, and welcome to the forums.
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Old 28th October 2008, 04:54 PM   #3
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Also, just snapping the vertices together will *NOT* make it look right when rendering. You need to go through and tell it to optimize vertices to ensure they click together into one smooth surface.
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