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VonGklugelstein Alter

Bedah Profeshinal Tekstur

Join date: 22 Dec 2007

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11-16-2008 08:07

Do any of you think it would be possible to get LL to improve the Prim Cutting and Hollowing Features?

How friggen cool would it be if you could do a simple offset on a Hollow? This centering only is becomming a nuisance ...

haha

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Chosen Few

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Join date: 16 Jan 2004

Posts: 7,496

11-16-2008 10:57

Yes, that would be useful. But it would require a fundamental redesign of how prims are constructed. There's a very good reason holes are centered, and only go a long one axis. Changing that is not as simple a problem as you'd think.

There have been lots and lots of threads discussing this, just so you know. Here's are a couple:
/8/60/196482/1.html
/8/c3/226309/1.html

They're maybe not the best examples, since they go off on some tangents about other engines and other ideas, but they're the ones I happened to find with a very quick search. Try to ignore the irrelevant parts. The explanation for why holes are the way they are is what's important.

Ceka Cianci

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Join date: 31 Jul 2006

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11-21-2008 19:12

just use a texture or make a texture putting the hole where you like it.

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Anya Ristow

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11-21-2008 19:25

From: VonGklugelstein Alter

How friggen cool would it be if you could do a simple offset on a Hollow?

Yeah. That, and z-taper. And a pony.

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VonGklugelstein Alter Bedah Profeshinal Tekstur Join date: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 808	11-16-2008 08:07 Do any of you think it would be possible to get LL to improve the Prim Cutting and Hollowing Features? How friggen cool would it be if you could do a simple offset on a Hollow? This centering only is becomming a nuisance ... haha _____________________
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	11-16-2008 10:57 Yes, that would be useful. But it would require a fundamental redesign of how prims are constructed. There's a very good reason holes are centered, and only go a long one axis. Changing that is not as simple a problem as you'd think. There have been lots and lots of threads discussing this, just so you know. Here's are a couple: /8/60/196482/1.html /8/c3/226309/1.html They're maybe not the best examples, since they go off on some tangents about other engines and other ideas, but they're the ones I happened to find with a very quick search. Try to ignore the irrelevant parts. The explanation for why holes are the way they are is what's important.
Ceka Cianci SuperPremiumExcaliburAcc# Join date: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 4,489	11-21-2008 19:12 just use a texture or make a texture putting the hole where you like it. _____________________ Free Your Mind http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceka_cianci/
Anya Ristow Vengeance Studio Join date: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 1,243	11-21-2008 19:25 From: VonGklugelstein Alter How friggen cool would it be if you could do a simple offset on a Hollow? Yeah. That, and z-taper. And a pony. _____________________ The Vengeance Studio Gadget Store is closed!