Scaling grouped objects - Polyloop

mykyl1966 · 30th January 2006, 10:35

Has anyone found a way to scale along 1 axis a grouped object. No matter what axis I try to scale it on it always scales uniformly.

ANY help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Mike R

JuST · 30th January 2006, 10:41

If select all the sub-objects of your group seperately, you should be able to do it.

mykyl1966 · 30th January 2006, 11:05

Yup That does work but means I have to select each object and scale that. In a complex model this is crazy. I already copy pasted 6 objects so that they were all part of the same model into the VM. However I cant do that with the eyes as I want them to be able to look around without having to go into the VM. Basically means I cant do squash stretch stuff easy.

I also noticed that in the transform section there seems to be a Uniform tick box. I cant seem to find a way to untick that. No idea if that would even help.

Cheers anyway

Mike R

mykyl1966 · 30th January 2006, 11:12

The only way i can get it to do what I want is to use the stretch modifier.

Just tested that and what a long winded way.

. Go to frame...Close the group and move the entire group...Open group move to modifiers tab then squish or stretch... Close the group move to new frame move the group... opent the group etc etc etc.

If I could scale the group on one axis that would cut out many steps. There is no obvious reason why I cant.

AAAARRRGGGHHH.

. I really want to do this sketch in Carrara but silly little things just do my head in. ;)

Cheers

Mike R

mykyl1966 · 30th January 2006, 11:51

While I am in moan mode... ;) How about adding the ability to copy paste a set of keyframes to save having to keep repeating yourself. If I want to walk a character down the road I want to set the walk cycle once then copy paste the set of frames then go back and just tweak rather than having to keep repeating myself.

Cheers

Mike R

mykyl1966 · 30th January 2006, 11:52

Ignore that last point. You can do it just hold the alt key down.

Cheers

Mike R

30th January 2006, 10:35	#1 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	Scaling grouped objects Has anyone found a way to scale along 1 axis a grouped object. No matter what axis I try to scale it on it always scales uniformly. ANY help would be appreciated. Cheers Mike R

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30th January 2006, 10:41	#2 (permalink)
JuST Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Braunschweig, Germany Posts: 500	If select all the sub-objects of your group seperately, you should be able to do it.

30th January 2006, 11:05	#3 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	Yup That does work but means I have to select each object and scale that. In a complex model this is crazy. I already copy pasted 6 objects so that they were all part of the same model into the VM. However I cant do that with the eyes as I want them to be able to look around without having to go into the VM. Basically means I cant do squash stretch stuff easy. I also noticed that in the transform section there seems to be a Uniform tick box. I cant seem to find a way to untick that. No idea if that would even help. Cheers anyway Mike R

30th January 2006, 11:12	#4 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	The only way i can get it to do what I want is to use the stretch modifier. Just tested that and what a long winded way. . Go to frame...Close the group and move the entire group...Open group move to modifiers tab then squish or stretch... Close the group move to new frame move the group... opent the group etc etc etc. If I could scale the group on one axis that would cut out many steps. There is no obvious reason why I cant. AAAARRRGGGHHH. . I really want to do this sketch in Carrara but silly little things just do my head in. ;) Cheers Mike R

30th January 2006, 11:51	#5 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	While I am in moan mode... ;) How about adding the ability to copy paste a set of keyframes to save having to keep repeating yourself. If I want to walk a character down the road I want to set the walk cycle once then copy paste the set of frames then go back and just tweak rather than having to keep repeating myself. Cheers Mike R

30th January 2006, 11:52	#6 (permalink)
mykyl1966 Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 278	Ignore that last point. You can do it just hold the alt key down. Cheers Mike R