Instability in Designer 7? - Polyloop

biomedbart · 29th January 2006, 19:43

Hi all,

I recently bought Amapi 7 Designer and am presently working thru the tutorials in the getting started guide. I am having a problem with this application and am searching for advice on how to deal with it. The extrusion/sweep tool does not work all of the time even tho the points are selected and I have chosen extrusion not sweep. Using undo to back up a step or two causes Amapi to quit. Discarding a tool then selecting another also results in Amapi quitting.

I am using a 1 GHZ G4 Mac with 1.5 Gb of memory currently using OS 10.2.8. I had Amapi installed on a partition running OS 10.3.8 but it seemed even more unstable then. I also use Poser 5, Bryce 5, CorelDraw 11, and Carrara Studio 3.

I have not experienced this type of Instability in any of these other programs at all. I have applied the 7.16 patch but still no joy. Has anyone using a Mac had these kinds of problems? Is the Windows version more stable? TIA for any insight on what to do.

Thomas · 29th January 2006, 20:20

Amapi have some instabilities before 7.1, but 7.16 should be ok. But I perhaps have an idea: what is your video card? Is it an ATI rage 128?

And you say that you bought it recently, you mean when?

biomedbart · 29th January 2006, 21:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

Amapi have some instabilities before 7.1, but 7.16 should be ok. But I perhaps have an idea: what is your video card? Is it an ATI rage 128?

Thanks for the reply Thomas. No I have a geForce4 mx 64 mb.

And you say that you bought it recently, you mean when?

I recieved and installed it about a week ago.

Regards,

Thomas · 29th January 2006, 22:28

Where did you buy it? Amapi Designer 7 has been discontinuated by Eovia 6-8 months ago..

biomedbart · 30th January 2006, 01:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

Where did you buy it? Amapi Designer 7 has been discontinuated by Eovia 6-8 months ago..

Well, I had been saving to get Carrara 4 and looked forward to getting AD7 with it, but they removed it from the market because C5 was ready. I found AD7 by itself at Purplus and felt lucky to find that. I could have gotten a good price on C5 by upgrading from CS3 but I really needed a good modeler and Hexagon requires more horsepower than this old Mac has. Is there a problem by not getting it from Eovia while it was available?

Regards

Thomas · 30th January 2006, 09:46

Hexagon and Amapi 7 have the same engine, then, no need for more horspower.. In fact, Hexagon engine is more optimized than Amapi one.
But no, it's not a problem about getting AD7 at Purplus ;)

biomedbart · 30th January 2006, 16:08

OK, thanks Thomas, glad to hear that. So any other clues on what might be happening?

Regards,

Pete Exxtreme · 30th January 2006, 16:25

Did you upgrade to 7.16 ? This is not the version on the CD as far as i remember, so you need to download the patch from Eovia' server.

biomedbart · 30th January 2006, 19:56

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the suggestion, but yes I did apply the 7.16 patch before posting for help. I am going to experiment a little bit more to determine the exact steps necessary to cause Amapi to quit and repost.

Regards,

Thomas · 30th January 2006, 23:01

(still waiting for your graphic card)

biomedbart · 31st January 2006, 03:08

Sorry Thomas, thought I replied, it is an invidia GeForce 4 64mb.

Thanks

Thomas · 31st January 2006, 11:20

hum.. it shouldn't be a video driver card problem.. Then yes, if you know exact steps which produce these problems, it will help a lot ;)

29th January 2006, 19:43	#1 (permalink)
biomedbart Vertex Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8	Instability in Designer 7? Hi all, I recently bought Amapi 7 Designer and am presently working thru the tutorials in the getting started guide. I am having a problem with this application and am searching for advice on how to deal with it. The extrusion/sweep tool does not work all of the time even tho the points are selected and I have chosen extrusion not sweep. Using undo to back up a step or two causes Amapi to quit. Discarding a tool then selecting another also results in Amapi quitting. I am using a 1 GHZ G4 Mac with 1.5 Gb of memory currently using OS 10.2.8. I had Amapi installed on a partition running OS 10.3.8 but it seemed even more unstable then. I also use Poser 5, Bryce 5, CorelDraw 11, and Carrara Studio 3. I have not experienced this type of Instability in any of these other programs at all. I have applied the 7.16 patch but still no joy. Has anyone using a Mac had these kinds of problems? Is the Windows version more stable? TIA for any insight on what to do.

29th January 2006, 20:20	#2 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	Amapi have some instabilities before 7.1, but 7.16 should be ok. But I perhaps have an idea: what is your video card? Is it an ATI rage 128? And you say that you bought it recently, you mean when? __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

29th January 2006, 22:28	#4 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	Where did you buy it? Amapi Designer 7 has been discontinuated by Eovia 6-8 months ago.. __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

30th January 2006, 09:46	#6 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	Hexagon and Amapi 7 have the same engine, then, no need for more horspower.. In fact, Hexagon engine is more optimized than Amapi one. But no, it's not a problem about getting AD7 at Purplus ;) __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

30th January 2006, 16:25	#8 (permalink)
Pete Exxtreme Lick it up Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thonon/France Posts: 4,632	Did you upgrade to 7.16 ? This is not the version on the CD as far as i remember, so you need to download the patch from Eovia' server. __________________ Toute faute de frappe ou erreur de syntaxe sont dues a un clavier rebelle à toute forme d'autorité. LightWave 9 \| Hexagon 2 My gallery

30th January 2006, 16:08	#7 (permalink)
biomedbart Vertex Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8	OK, thanks Thomas, glad to hear that. So any other clues on what might be happening? Regards,

30th January 2006, 19:56	#9 (permalink)
biomedbart Vertex Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8	Hi Pete, Thanks for the suggestion, but yes I did apply the 7.16 patch before posting for help. I am going to experiment a little bit more to determine the exact steps necessary to cause Amapi to quit and repost. Regards,

30th January 2006, 23:01	#10 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	(still waiting for your graphic card) __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

31st January 2006, 03:08	#11 (permalink)
biomedbart Vertex Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8	Sorry Thomas, thought I replied, it is an invidia GeForce 4 64mb. Thanks

31st January 2006, 11:20	#12 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	hum.. it shouldn't be a video driver card problem.. Then yes, if you know exact steps which produce these problems, it will help a lot ;) __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

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