topic Re: MORE maxonform issues in Collaboration with other software

maxonform help

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:52:36 GMT

i just got the student version of maxonform for ac10 on my intel mac, and ive already screwed it up. i somehow made it where no mater what mode (move, scale, or rotate) it is set on, it still just rotates the object...any help?
also, whats the best way to learn this thing? is it close enough to C4D that the tutorials for it will help?

MORE maxonform issues

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:23:15 GMT

any idea why only certain deformers work? im really having trouble with this program...ive been spoiled by the fact that people actually USE archicad and there is great support to get questions answered...not so much for maxonform...NOBODY ive talked to at graphisoft OR maxon knows how or where i can get help...SUCKS

Re: MORE maxonform issues

Djordje — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:03:33 GMT

Did you go through the tutorials found here:

http://www.graphisoft.com/support/maxonform/

Re: MORE maxonform issues

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:36:47 GMT

Djordje wrote:
Did you go through the tutorials found here:

http://www.graphisoft.com/support/maxonform/

yes i am currently working on them..but according to their directions the operation shown in the pic i attatched should deform the cube it is parented to

Re: maxonform help

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:11:01 GMT

and now to add to it...ANOTHER problem...i cant save files to go back into archicad...i type in the name and location to save something as a gsm and click save, then it just dissapears. is this program supposed to be this tempermental??

Re: maxonform help

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:02:54 GMT

aggie463 wrote:
i just got the student version of maxonform for ac10 on my intel mac, and ive already screwed it up. i somehow made it where no mater what mode (move, scale, or rotate) it is set on, it still just rotates the object...any help?
also, whats the best way to learn this thing? is it close enough to C4D that the tutorials for it will help?

Science you can't get maxonform classes I suggest you search for the C4D tutorials, major part will be rendering tricks lessons, but u look for the modeling tutorial. Then play for a couple hours with maxonform and you'll learn basics.

Đoka wrote:
Did you go through the tutorials found here:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/maxonform/
:?:

These are worst tutorials I've ever seen. Common mighty people in graphisoft, put something more useful, you are scaring potential "maxonformers" away.

Re: maxonform help

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:36:15 GMT

Hi aggie , iam a new user of maxonform too, as i have the original version ,but i would like to change information with other maxonform uses , because we have a very short information about the functions of this program, so keep in touch

thanks

Re: MORE maxonform issues

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:21:47 GMT

aggie463 wrote:
any idea why only certain deformers work? im really having trouble with this program...ive been spoiled by the fact that people actually USE archicad and there is great support to get questions answered...not so much for maxonform...NOBODY ive talked to at graphisoft OR maxon knows how or where i can get help...SUCKS

Just looking at the image alone isn't really enough to see the issue. Having the scene file would make this a bit easier.

CINEMA 4D and MaxonForm are polygonal modellers, so it's a very different paradigm as your general CAD application. I'll try to explain:

You're dealing with polygons, which means that the deformation can only take place ALONG the edges.
In other words: if you only have one segment along each side of the cube, it cannot bend anywhere (think of an iron rod... if it's not made of several links, but just one piece, you won't be able to bend it).
I'm assuming you made that mistake.

Secondly, the FFD you are using (FreeFormDeformer) will only modify the surface it is covering. The sides that are overlapping in your scene won't be touched.

I'm hoping this helped a bit.

Marco

Re: MORE maxonform issues

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:28:30 GMT

mtillmann wrote:
aggie463 wrote:
any idea why only certain deformers work? im really having trouble with this program...ive been spoiled by the fact that people actually USE archicad and there is great support to get questions answered...not so much for maxonform...NOBODY ive talked to at graphisoft OR maxon knows how or where i can get help...SUCKS
Just looking at the image alone isn't really enough to see the issue. Having the scene file would make this a bit easier.

CINEMA 4D and MaxonForm are polygonal modellers, so it's a very different paradigm as your general CAD application. I'll try to explain:

You're dealing with polygons, which means that the deformation can only take place ALONG the edges.
In other words: if you only have one segment along each side of the cube, it cannot bend anywhere (think of an iron rod... if it's not made of several links, but just one piece, you won't be able to bend it).
I'm assuming you made that mistake.

Secondly, the FFD you are using (FreeFormDeformer) will only modify the surface it is covering. The sides that are overlapping in your scene won't be touched.

I'm hoping this helped a bit.

Marco

Hi Marco , i have read this info , and i found it very interesteing ,i think this will help me a lot , thank you very much .

Re: maxonform help

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:41:26 GMT

aggie463, please help me..where did you get the student version of maxonform ac10 for intel based macs???

Re: maxonform help

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:43:31 GMT

boolia wrote:
aggie463, please help me..where did you get the student version of maxonform ac10 for intel based macs???

nowhere. i have the installation cd in side of me- it's pcc only and won't run even under rosetta.
graphisoft proudly labels ac10 as "intel ready"... yeah, shure. #%£$^@...
actually i don't see intel maxonform for ac10. wait for ac11 (maybe this time they wont lie about the overall performance on intel macs. or better- they will make it "intel"). and then we'll see intel maxonform.

Re: maxonform help

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:09:22 GMT

hmm, interesting. the local reseller just e-mailed that the coders have managed it. full maxonform intel version is shipping.