Multi-view working in 3D

[DeuxDesign]

Multi-views would be a nice feature I find it helpful when

using Cinema4D. What I and other probably use is the

numbers Keypad to switch views quickly.2,4,6and 8 for

front,left,right,rear and 5 for top view.1,3,7 and 9 for

your iso views.

[AICCADD]

Thanks DeuxDesign for replying to my post. I tried the keypad for switching views. Very nice and similar feature to what I did in AutoCAD. However, it still doesn't help me out with drawing in 3D. Let me explain, for example (perhaps I'm so integrated in that AutoCAD allows me to do this particular task), if I wanted to draw a line from one point to another point, not visble in one view, I could in AutoCAD click to another view and continue the line drawing command from my original starting point to the next point in the view from which I could see that next point without the line or object shifting appearing to shift position. Perhaps that is still possible in VW while toggling to another view, but I have not seen how to do that. I snap to a point on an object and switch to another view thinking that the point will still be on the object where I started. Nope. The object or the line has changed position in another view. Am I missing something or is that just the way VW works?

Thanks.

[AndyM]

What you may be experiencing is that lines are 2d objects in VW. The do not occupy a position in 3d space and will always be in the same place on your screen regardless of the view. You have to create your 2d objects in one view and then make them 3d objects before orienting them in 3d space.

[propstuff]

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Originally posted by AICCADD:

I snap to a point on an object and switch to another view thinking that the point will still be on the object where I started. Nope. The object or the line has changed position in another view. Am I missing something or is that just the way VW works?

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In addition to what Andy said;

Changing views always changes to being centred on the origin. I've posted a wish in the past that this could be changed to give the option to be centred on the selected object (or in your case; on the cursor, would also be good) Unfortunately not..............

To address one bit of your problem, say you have zoomed in to snap a line to a point, and you want the other end to be joined to a point that's off the screen. (I think this is what you're refering to).

If you have a scroll mouse, you can start the line, then option/scroll-zoom out to find the point you want and option/scroll back in on the new end point while "in the middle of" drawing the line.

If you don't have a scroll mouse, start the line, then hold the space-bar down (which will also "suspend" whatever the current operation is), and do the zoom-out to locate, zoom in thing again, let go of the space bar and you can finish the line.

HTH,

N.

[ 07-10-2004, 03:56 AM: Message edited by: propstuff ]

[AICCADD]

Hello,

I'm still a bit new at working with VW but not a newcomer to working in 3D. I've been working with 3D in AutoCAD for several years and am still getting accustomed to working on VW running on a MAC. I'm wondering what people would advise about how to approach working on adding surfaces to a 3D object without the ability to see multi-views in VW ver 10. In AutoCAD I could see the front, top and an iso view (for example) all on the screen so that I could make sure the surface was attaching correctly to the object so that when I changed the view there were no surfaces shooting off into space. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.