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Bug Reports / Re: Retopo bug

« Last post by IStonia on September 13, 2025, 11:31:50 am »

The screen is too small and I can't tell which tool you were using. Is it the Draw Mesh tool or the Teak tool?
Did you use the same mouse on the two machines?

Hi. I found a bug in retopo mode. Whenever I'm trying to to extrude vertex it sometimes switches to polygon creation instead and while it registers, produces edges with zero lenght. It also occures with tweak tool.

Back to you first post, I am somehow confused.
When you said "extrude vertex" you meant moving it, right? Not extruding vertex like extruding polygon which creates new geometries.
And how can you tell it switched to polygon creation not something else?

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Bug Reports / Re: Retopo bug

« Last post by xenoox on September 13, 2025, 10:52:48 am »

Finally had some time to play with Nvil and sadly bug is still there, can confirm I encountered it on 2 different machines. Here's the video.
https://youtu.be/0gyxXIWn3QE
You can notice that at few points it tries to create poly line instead of grabbing vertices. I also found some other odd behaviour that was rather hard to replicate but I managed to capture single instance of it, at 0:16 mark you can see that vertices close to the cursor are getting slightly displaced on their own, don't know why it happens. What's worse its undoable, sometimes because of this it reprojects displaced vertices to distant mesh parts and I have to move back the vertices to their original position which is really annoying.

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by IStonia on September 13, 2025, 09:05:33 am »

* You can create an image plane for the right view. Or you can put the image plane in the middle so it can be visible from both left/right direction.

* The box used the same material as the image plane. You can create a new material and assign it to the box. View > Windows > Materials Window.

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by Noobnvil on September 13, 2025, 04:54:59 am »

Tnx...
I am with this about 2 hours...with the reference image.
I am sure I have asked this before but cannot find it...in the forums.
When you try to align reference images at some point they disappear...when you cross the middle point I guess.
Why is that?
Is there a way to avoid this..or not having it disappear? this confuses the hell out of me.
In the left view I see the image, in the right view I dont....
The only other 3d app I use is Moi3d and here it is very quick you can move it never disappears...if you have an image visible in the top view
and in the 3d view you move it closer and farther away you will still see it in the top view and bottom view as well.
I am sure there is a logical explanation but I am not understanding this.

and why when I create a box it wraps is with my reference images?

Tnx!

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by IStonia on September 13, 2025, 03:50:48 am »

Use this Edge-Loop Split-Slide tool, https://youtu.be/tDuQplQrq5E

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by Noobnvil on September 13, 2025, 01:26:11 am »

Hello what would be the proper way to create a line as the red one just above an existing line?
If I had a circulized item I just can inset and it will create a perfect ouline...but how to do this with something like half a circle?

Tnx.

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by IStonia on September 12, 2025, 09:26:07 pm »

dxf is supported. Edit > Options > File Format options > Formats > dxf.

File > Open Scene > Pick your dxf file.

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by Noobnvil on August 24, 2025, 01:05:20 pm »

Hello
anyone can explain me how to import curves from another program?
there is no import like other programs...I see import from external file which is vmw files...

clipboard has fbx and obj.

is dxf possible? svg?

I need to work with exact measurements for cnc fabrication.

Tnx!

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by IStonia on July 20, 2025, 07:39:24 pm »

You can use this tool, Help > Contents > Modeling > Vertex Section > Spline Vertex > Spline Slide.

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General Discussion / Re: New user where to begin?

« Last post by Noobnvil on July 20, 2025, 04:50:27 am »

Good day.
In Nvil can you use a curve as a drive rail on another curve to create a 3d shape?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd241RpLM6U at 1 minute time frame.

Tnx!