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Blender to Sculpties Question

Winter Penucca
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01-20-2010 11:54
Blender to Sculpties Question
In the macinimatrix “Modeling with Outlines” Tutorial (and I have seen it on other tutorials on You Tube) Does anyone know where or how to get the Empty Mesh menu option with the python icon that is used? I have the latest version of Primstar & Blender installed, and its not there. I’m assuming the empty mesh with the python icon on the menu bar is used for sculpties, and is different from the Blender empty mesh? Thanks for any info you may have.
Gaia Clary
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01-20-2010 15:03
From: Winter Penucca
I’m assuming the empty mesh with the python icon on the menu bar is used for sculpties, and is different from the Blender empty mesh?
In blender there is an "Empty" and an "Empty Mesh". The "Empty" is not an empty mesh but an empty object. We explicitly use the "Empty Mesh" because we NEED a mesh. And it is not sculptie dependent! It is a regular blender feature. The python-icon just tells, that the function is implemented in python...

Ok, here you find a small tutorial how to create an outline from an empty mesh:

http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2010/01/20/the-empty-mesh/

Have fun
Winter Penucca
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No Menu Option for Empty Mesh
01-20-2010 17:34
Thank you so much Gaia. However, I do not have the option on my menu for Empty Mesh. Where do I get that? I’m using the latest stable version of Blender. I originally had primstar, no empty mesh option there. I downloaded your Jass today, hopeing it was there, but no. Thank you so much for all your help, it is greatly appreciated.
Johan Laurasia
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01-20-2010 20:10
Make sure you are in Object mode... press spacebar... add... empty mesh.
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Gaia Clary
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01-21-2010 02:19
a weird guess: If you can not see the function even when you are in object mode then maybe something is broken with your python installation. The Empty Mesh script should work out of the box, even if you have no python installed. But if you HAVE a python installed but the installation is broken... hmmm... Something like that ?

BTW primstar makes it mandatory to install a python 1.6.something where something is 2 or greater.
Johan Laurasia
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01-21-2010 02:59
It's my guess Gaia that either he wasn't in Object Mode or made the mistake (like I did initially) of selecting Empty instead of Empty Mesh.
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Winter Penucca
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Option is Simply Not There
01-21-2010 06:23
Thanks Gaia, Johan for the replies. Gaia you got it, The option is simply not there. I'm using Blender 2.49b and Python 2.6.2. On my Add menu in object mode (options that show the python Icon) I have Add>Mesh>Jass Lib Scripts, Sculpt Mesh, Torus.

I have no idea as to where to start to fix this.

Thanks for all your help, it is greatly appreciated.