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The Torquinox Carrara Questions Thread

TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239
edited November 7 in Carrara Discussion

I realize I will probably have more questions, so this will be my official questions thread. Thanks for all of your help!

First question:

I have a model I imported. I want to break some pieces off of it and make them into separate objects. I select the model and go to the model room. I can select polys by shading domain and using selection tools. Then what? I don't see how to break the polys off and make them into their own object. Also, all the geometry in the assembly room seems to be an instance of a master. If I delete the instance, the master appears in the model room but not in the assembly room. I'm definitely missing something. Please help. 

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  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,418

    I vaguely recall doing this a while back.  Maybe just select all the parts you don't want and delete them?  

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    Thanks Steve. That would work, though I was hoping for a more sophisticated solution. Then there is the issue of masters and instances that seem to populate automatically. I don't need instances. I saw an item in preferences that should solve that. I'll have to check later.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,731

    what I do is duplicate the model for as many times I want bits seperated then take each one into the modelling room and delete what I don't want then when done I just group what remains. smiley

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    Thanks Stezza! I guess that's the plan!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,385

    In the model room there is also a detach command so you can drag selected polys out of the way 

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    I found the detach command. Useful! Thanks.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239
    edited November 6

    I guess the thing that bugs me about this is that the solution is so brute force and primitive - it's not elegant! But it works, so there's that! Thanks again.

    I figured out what to do about the instances and masters. That was a nice, elegant drag-and drop in the Sequencer queue. Then the instance becomes a master and I delete the empty one(s). Very happy!  

    Here's another question, and hopefully the answer is easy. I notice I can open more than one scene. Can I flip between the scenes? Share elements between them? If so, how? I didn't see the answer for that in my poking about.

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  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,418

    Torquinox said:

    ... I notice I can open more than one scene. Can I flip between the scenes? Share elements between them? If so, how? I didn't see the answer for that in my poking about.

    If I understand correctly, yes, you can have multiple 3D View Windows with different scenes.  You switch between them with the "Windows" menu at the top.  To share an element, I export it as a *.car file and then import it to the other scene.  Or am I missing your question?

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,003

    occassionally if you detatch polygons sometimes split object option is no longer greyed out in the ass.room and you can

    it will show more than one polymesh in the vertex room

    this is rare though, mostly it doesn't work

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    Steve K said:

    Torquinox said:

    ... I notice I can open more than one scene. Can I flip between the scenes? Share elements between them? If so, how? I didn't see the answer for that in my poking about.

    If I understand correctly, yes, you can have multiple 3D View Windows with different scenes.  You switch between them with the "Windows" menu at the top.  To share an element, I export it as a *.car file and then import it to the other scene.  Or am I missing your question?

    That's it exactly! Thank you. 

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    occassionally if you detatch polygons sometimes split object option is no longer greyed out in the ass.room and you can

    it will show more than one polymesh in the vertex room

    this is rare though, mostly it doesn't work

    "mostly it doesn't work" laugh It could be fun when it does work. Thanks, Wendy.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,385

    Also for splitting an obj into parts 3D builder free with win 10 has a great slicing tool . Can't recall if import and export to and from Carrara are clean though

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    It's a thought. I prefer to do the work in Carrara. I want to see what I can do here!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,385

    Yes a good idea. I start in Carrara sculpt in blender and 3D Boolean in 3D builder 

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    3D Builder was dropped from the App Store last year (no loss to me - I don't use app store) but I got the download from MS site using instructions on a another site. @Headwax what makes 3D Builder your goto for booleans?

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,385

    Clean results in geometry, plus quick, seldom crashes

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    Cool! I'll give it a go.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,731

    the trophy topper for bowling!

    I had to look twice to make sure laugh

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,385

    Stezza said:

    the trophy topper for bowling!

    I had to look twice to make sure laugh

     

    Well you got me confused ;) 

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    Haha! Me, too, @Headwax . I didn't want to be the first to say it.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,385

    The mysterious mind of a master modeller has Stezza

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    Agreed! 

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,731

    wink

    I'm saying nuttin' devil

     

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  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,239

    laugh Something a little different and unexpected about that trophy topper. angel

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