Facet tool with symmetry... - Polyloop

Reactor · 15th April 2006, 09:02

Sorry is this has already been covered, but using the facet tool with symmetry enabled flips the normals of my model. I'm holding shift and adding polys to my model, and it seems to get a tad confused.

Is there a fix in Hex 2?

Reactor · 15th April 2006, 13:29

Not to worry... I might not buy into Hex 2 at all. The Hexagon 1 demo has stopped working. What do I mean by that? I mean- it no longer loads up. It crashes when starting up. At first it froze my computer, and then it mysteriously started working again, with a few odd quirks here and there (like a loading mouse pointer every now and then). At first I thought it was because the program needed more that 250meg free on my main harddrive, so I freed up some more space. Then, I reset all of the preferences in Hex back to the original, just in case I made a slip-up in there somehow. Now, Hex won't load up at all. It just freezes my computer, ready for a ctrl-alt-del. I've reset my computer... in fact, I've done everything I can imagine, and it still doesn't work.

I've used hundreds of different programs, and I don't ever remember screwing up a program so badly that it stopped loading up. And such a shame too... I really wanted to see what would happen when I set the undo number to -2. Hex 2 looks great, but if it works as well as Hex 1 I certainly won't be going anywhere near it.

bwtr · 15th April 2006, 14:25

Truly amazed at you experience. Have you got all the minimum requiremnts in your computer as specified for Hexagon. Especially, is your card up to specifications-- and updated? Very important for Carrara especially.
Hexagon really is superb and Hex2 will, without doubt, make it serious competition for the "Big" boys. Don't give up as I am sure you will regret it later.

Reactor · 15th April 2006, 14:58

I've run Hexagon without an issue for a number of days so far (in other words, it hasn't crashed at startup), and the demo of Carrara (which I've enjoyed quite a bit) still works without a problem.

For Hex, I've found a lot of little bugs and issues all over the place, which makes me somewhat hesitant about shelling out the cash for Hex 2. Thankfully Eovia seem like the kind of developers who do take pride in their applications and will no doubt look into things, but... does that mean I should wait for Hex 3 before jumping on the bandwagon? Hexagon just seems a little 'underdone', and I'm left wondering if version 2 will be the same, or whether it will be a more solid program.

Reactor · 15th April 2006, 16:43

Well, I got it working by freeing up a gig or so of space on my harddrive. Then I waited while it took a long time to start up, and now it's working happily.

Can any of the devs comment on whether Hex requires a lot of working space? If so, that's fine. I'd rather that than it be some horrible show-stopping bug.

Patrick210 · 15th April 2006, 23:43

A gig of space on a harddrive wouldn't even let me boot up nowadays. I find that with Photoshop, Corel, Hexagon, Carrara, etc., my machine doesn't run freely with less than 25 gigs of free space.

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Reactor NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 117	Facet tool with symmetry... Sorry is this has already been covered, but using the facet tool with symmetry enabled flips the normals of my model. I'm holding shift and adding polys to my model, and it seems to get a tad confused. Is there a fix in Hex 2?

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15th April 2006, 13:29	#2 (permalink)
Reactor NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 117	Not to worry... I might not buy into Hex 2 at all. The Hexagon 1 demo has stopped working. What do I mean by that? I mean- it no longer loads up. It crashes when starting up. At first it froze my computer, and then it mysteriously started working again, with a few odd quirks here and there (like a loading mouse pointer every now and then). At first I thought it was because the program needed more that 250meg free on my main harddrive, so I freed up some more space. Then, I reset all of the preferences in Hex back to the original, just in case I made a slip-up in there somehow. Now, Hex won't load up at all. It just freezes my computer, ready for a ctrl-alt-del. I've reset my computer... in fact, I've done everything I can imagine, and it still doesn't work. I've used hundreds of different programs, and I don't ever remember screwing up a program so badly that it stopped loading up. And such a shame too... I really wanted to see what would happen when I set the undo number to -2. Hex 2 looks great, but if it works as well as Hex 1 I certainly won't be going anywhere near it.

15th April 2006, 14:25	#3 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,097	Truly amazed at you experience. Have you got all the minimum requiremnts in your computer as specified for Hexagon. Especially, is your card up to specifications-- and updated? Very important for Carrara especially. Hexagon really is superb and Hex2 will, without doubt, make it serious competition for the "Big" boys. Don't give up as I am sure you will regret it later.

15th April 2006, 14:58	#4 (permalink)
Reactor NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 117	I've run Hexagon without an issue for a number of days so far (in other words, it hasn't crashed at startup), and the demo of Carrara (which I've enjoyed quite a bit) still works without a problem. For Hex, I've found a lot of little bugs and issues all over the place, which makes me somewhat hesitant about shelling out the cash for Hex 2. Thankfully Eovia seem like the kind of developers who do take pride in their applications and will no doubt look into things, but... does that mean I should wait for Hex 3 before jumping on the bandwagon? Hexagon just seems a little 'underdone', and I'm left wondering if version 2 will be the same, or whether it will be a more solid program.

15th April 2006, 16:43	#5 (permalink)
Reactor NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 117	Well, I got it working by freeing up a gig or so of space on my harddrive. Then I waited while it took a long time to start up, and now it's working happily. Can any of the devs comment on whether Hex requires a lot of working space? If so, that's fine. I'd rather that than it be some horrible show-stopping bug.

15th April 2006, 23:43	#6 (permalink)
Patrick210 Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 549	A gig of space on a harddrive wouldn't even let me boot up nowadays. I find that with Photoshop, Corel, Hexagon, Carrara, etc., my machine doesn't run freely with less than 25 gigs of free space.