Mon - July 10, 2006
Copying Texture Maps
On 7/9/06 2:56 PM, "Anthony R
In 4.2 I used to copy bump maps (and
other textures) from one texture and
pasted in another. I can no longer do
that in 5.0. I've tried and the "paste"
function is dimmed, unless I'm doing
something wrong.
Posted at 10:13 AM Read More
Mon - June 26, 2006
Importing Wings model with Colour to Strata
I am using strata 3d cx v 4.2 I
believe. I can open the OBJ but still no
color. Do you think it might be a
stupid pref. setting?
These instructions are specific to Strata 4.2 and OBJ. Strata 5.0 has more
sophisticated OBJ support..... read on
These instructions are specific to Strata 4.2 and OBJ. Strata 5.0 has more
sophisticated OBJ support..... read on
Posted at 11:57 AM Read More
Mon - June 12, 2006
Importing - Strata Units
Here's a secret you may have missed: Strata's
internal unit is the point,
which is 1/72 of an inch. This comes from Strata's historical tie-in to
desktop publishing applications, specifically Illustrator.
which is 1/72 of an inch. This comes from Strata's historical tie-in to
desktop publishing applications, specifically Illustrator.
Posted at 02:57 PM Read More
"British" English
I can only assume that since America is the
biggest World Power and that they are going for total world domination, their
corrupted version of English is set as the default on a Mac even after having
installing OSX for the first time and telling it you are British it still uses
"English" (ie American English).
Read on to find out how to fix
it....
Posted at 11:13 AM Read More
Strata 5 - Scripting
On Jun 11, 2006, at 12:15 AM, richardsan
wrote:
thanks for taking some time to field
inquiries.
i'll start with an easy
one...
is there a list of specifics that this
scripting will do?
and maybe more importantly, what it
can't?...
Posted at 10:07 AM Read More
Wed - April 12, 2006
Thu - March 30, 2006
How to activate the Special Menu
How to activate ArchiCAD's Special Menu check
this out here
Posted at 04:32 PM Read More
Tue - March 28, 2006
Mighty Mouse Problem
Do not install the software that comes with
Apples Mighty Mouse as it stops the scroll wheel working with
ArchiCAD
The file that needs to be deleted is explained here
Posted at 02:10 PM Read More
Server disconnected error
AC 9 for OS X 10.4 when opening a file located on
a server will on some machines display an error saying the Server has been
disconnected even although it hasn't.
Posted at 12:00 AM Read More
Thu - March 23, 2006
3d Model Sites
On Mar 22, 2006, at 9:51 PM, Christian M
wrote:
Besides Turbosquid, what other sites
would folks recommend? Looking
for something, and couldn't find it up
there.
Christian
Posted at 11:05 AM Read More
Tue - March 21, 2006
Wed - March 1, 2006
Restore a corrupted AC file
background
About two months ago I had some problems with linking from PM to AC because of a "magic wand" hole in a slab that had as a result that both AC and PM crashed when either generating a section or updating files. At the time I uninstalled AC and PM and kept getting the error even doing the forward merge solution. Found the culprit (slab) and everything started to work fine again,BUT
A new error started to pop up with files created before the reinstall of AC. The error was that when opening the exiting pre_reinstall file AC would stop loading and I had to open the library (under the file menu) reload it and then the AC file will finish loading. The other error was when updating PM to the same AC file it would cause BGAC to hang and PM would hang as a followup.
solution
It has been documented that using the forward merge trick will clean an AC file but you would have to recreate the views since the views would not merge.
Today I had the AC problem with an older file. I had to add a new text label to one of the views, I copied one and edited it and noticed that the layer info said that the layer was off, but since I could copy and edit it I did not think it was a problem. When I went to update the layout I got the BGAC hang, so I reopened the file in AC and got the frozen file situation, resaved the file, relinked the file in PM, BGAC and PM hung up. Before resigning to use a forward merge and redefine the views I decided to try the following:
1) Open the problem file
2) Save the file as an archive (.pla)
3) Open the archive- with the read elements from archive option
4) Resave the file as a PLN (all views are present) with a different name
5) Relink file in PM
6) Update
It Worked. I noticed that the new label that I had included in the file was gone (apparently there was a problem with it). I opened the file in AC put the note back in and updated the file in PM without problems.
I don't know if this has been discussed before or if it will work with other corrupted AC files but it is an option to try.
eduardo r
About two months ago I had some problems with linking from PM to AC because of a "magic wand" hole in a slab that had as a result that both AC and PM crashed when either generating a section or updating files. At the time I uninstalled AC and PM and kept getting the error even doing the forward merge solution. Found the culprit (slab) and everything started to work fine again,BUT
A new error started to pop up with files created before the reinstall of AC. The error was that when opening the exiting pre_reinstall file AC would stop loading and I had to open the library (under the file menu) reload it and then the AC file will finish loading. The other error was when updating PM to the same AC file it would cause BGAC to hang and PM would hang as a followup.
solution
It has been documented that using the forward merge trick will clean an AC file but you would have to recreate the views since the views would not merge.
Today I had the AC problem with an older file. I had to add a new text label to one of the views, I copied one and edited it and noticed that the layer info said that the layer was off, but since I could copy and edit it I did not think it was a problem. When I went to update the layout I got the BGAC hang, so I reopened the file in AC and got the frozen file situation, resaved the file, relinked the file in PM, BGAC and PM hung up. Before resigning to use a forward merge and redefine the views I decided to try the following:
1) Open the problem file
2) Save the file as an archive (.pla)
3) Open the archive- with the read elements from archive option
4) Resave the file as a PLN (all views are present) with a different name
5) Relink file in PM
6) Update
It Worked. I noticed that the new label that I had included in the file was gone (apparently there was a problem with it). I opened the file in AC put the note back in and updated the file in PM without problems.
I don't know if this has been discussed before or if it will work with other corrupted AC files but it is an option to try.
eduardo r
Posted at 01:33 PM Read More
Thu - December 15, 2005
Shadows masking technique
At 3:52 AM -0700 12/15/05, G.D.Speer
wrote:
A little tweak with the shadow and
highlight tool?
Oh no! I stay as far away from that as I possibly can. If you're not
extremely careful with that tool you can easily ruin your pictures.
Oh no! I stay as far away from that as I possibly can. If you're not
extremely careful with that tool you can easily ruin your pictures.
It seems a little extra contrast and
detail appeared in the rock face
and the
water.
Yes, that is what I worked on. I did several rounds of selective
sharpening. Different portions of the image required different levels
of sharpening in addition to the overall sharpening I did previously.
This helped pop the detail in the rock face, river banks and trees.
Yes, that is what I worked on. I did several rounds of selective
sharpening. Different portions of the image required different levels
of sharpening in addition to the overall sharpening I did previously.
This helped pop the detail in the rock face, river banks and trees.
Posted at 03:44 PM Read More
Tue - December 6, 2005
Wall Accessories glitch
The Wall Accessories has a glitch in the GDL 3d
script which needs a tiny tweak to get em' to work properly read on.... (thanks
to LiHigh
for sussing this one out)
Posted at 01:24 PM Read More
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Published On: Sep 29, 2006 01:46 PM
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