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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:31:18 -0700
From: [e-mail] (James Jones/Nibbles and Bits)
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 > > If you create your object with a curve (i.e.: rail extrude) the Path-
 > > To-Motion macro will take that curve and write out a motion file.
 >
 > Whenever I use this macro it reads the points in the wrong order
 > causing erratic motion file. I thought this was related to the
 > copy/cut function point order problem from pre-3.5 versions of
 > Modeler but I still have the porblem in 3.5.
 > Anyone else have this problem?

Is the curve you're tyring to do a path-to-motion on the only thing
in the layer? Path-To-Motion can't distinguish between selected and
unselected items... it uses all the points in the layer.

Also, the macro uses the points "in the order they were created," so
if you make a curve by selecting points individually, and the order
you select them is different from the order they were created, the
motion file will be _very_ erratic.
If you use "Sketch" to make the curve, it'll work every time.

In 3.5, copy/cut doesn't scramble the points, so the macro will still
work on a pasted curve.

The only problem I've found with "Path-To-Motion" is that the number
of frames in the motion file is unpredictable, i.e.: ask for 60 and
you might get 63.

-Jim


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