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Quote from: Prime_8 on Jun 29, 2019, 03:44 ambu the only way I got it to make nice crisp edges nest smooth was to set edges to sharp or to add extra control edges.

That's what I've been doing with the Heracles. I used the inset tool to make extra geometry 2mm from the panel edge, resulting in crisp looking lines without using edge split:

LOL yup, i have found some cool things in blender that help me with that for some places.

edge/loop cut but of forgot the key that changes the uniform to proportion constrained when sliding teh new loop cut into place.

also for the hard surface in blender 2.8 I really like Jayanam's plugin.

early usage video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQsQ8S8vF6s

wher to get it :
https://github.com/jayanam/fast-carve/tree/fast-carve-2-8

handy for  making nurnies and greebs

Nice!  And I always forget about the sharp edge tool in Blender.  I've got to remember that for my next build.

I tried Blender 2.8 last night. My only thought is: dafuq? I can't even find the layer thing. 

Quote from: scifidude79 on Jun 29, 2019, 09:51 pmI tried Blender 2.8 last night. My only thought is: dafuq? I can't even find the layer thing. 

Yep.  Completely redone.  I intend to hold on to my 2.79b for a while.  I'll also keep a zip version that I can run.  You can still download it.

Yeah, I have 2.79b installed on Windows 10. Without manually updating it, it's not going anywhere.

Looking good Chris.

I tires 2.8 and could not get my head around it UI and left click.
I won't move over until someone come up with a decent Tut on using it. Most I have seen still uses 2.79.

why not do the  interface  setting to make it almost back like 2.7

im glad I never fully learned 2.7 ish blender, it was less of a new headspace to shift.

Quote from: Prime_8 on Jun 30, 2019, 08:08 amwhy not do the  interface  setting to make it almost back like 2.7

im glad I never fully learned 2.7 ish blender, it was less of a new headspace to shift.

Yeah, I do believe Scott is right.  If you go into preferences, SOMEWHERE there is a setting to use 2.79 interface.  Even the left mouse click can be reset like the old version.  I've got to start working on it to see if I can get some performance improvement out of the latest version.  Hm.

The left click thing isn't hard to figure out, it's in Edit>Preferences under "Keymap." You can change it back to the right to select. I always changed other versions of Blender to left click. But, yeah that UI is weird.

I'm probably just going to switch back to Lightwave 10. Since I'm a hobbyist, it doesn't actually matter if I use a later version than that. Unfortunately, the Enterprise will have to be restarted because LW10 won't read the LW2018 file.

Ugh!  That's too bad.

If you export your various components as .obj or some other Lightwave-friendly format, would it save you time?

Quote from: scifieric on Jun 30, 2019, 02:45 pmIf you export your various components as .obj or some other Lightwave-friendly format, would it save you time?

Maybe. It also sounds like a headache. But, I'd also thought of that.

On the other hand, my blueprints loaded right up.

Cool.  That is exactly how I remember the builder part of the version of LightWave I tried ... oh so long ago.

Well, I was working on a new saucer when the program crashed. So, I'll have to do it again later, because I have to go to work in a little bit.