The 3D WorkSpace
The purpose of this tutorial is to show and
explain the work space and it's menus
In the work space is where the current object
or model is worked on.
All of Amorphium work areas have a work space,
and they are the same, except BioSpheres
is a little different. And Composer is completely
different.
This is the 3D Work Space
Tasks, Mask, Tools & Distorts, HeightShop,
Morph, Paint & Optics and Texture
work spaces have theses options at the bottom
or the work space window.
Choose lets you put any shapes or objects you
opened, created, imported, merged, or duplicated
into the work space window.
New, lets you put a new object in the work space
window and it will go on to the choose list to. Your options are basic shape
(organic), standard shape (synthetic), fontman (3D or 2D text), mesh man,
and the group and ungroup option.
To learn about Standard Shapes, Front Man,
Mesh Man and Group and ungroup go to their tutorials on my tutorial page.
Open will let you open an existing Amorphium
object file from your computer.
When you click it you will bring up the
open dialog window.
To open an imported 3D model go to the program menu.
To open an Amorphium project go to the program menu
Save, lets you save the current object
to your computer as an Amorphium object file.
To export as a model go to the program menu.
To save as an Amorphium project go to the program menu
Delete will delete the current object from the
project.
If you have made any changes to the object you
will get this warning.
Info will tell you the information about the
current object properties. This is where you can name your object
and you can give a description of it to.
VIEWS
There are 7 views in the work space, front,Right,
Top, Back, Left, Bottom, and Custom.
The current view is shown at the top of the workspace
on the tab.
If you click on this tap you will move to the
next view, if you click and hold you will get a list of the views.
To select a view from the list put a black dot
next to it by clicking the view.
You will notice that as soon as you move the object
in the work space window with
one of the view tools (rotate, zoom, ect.. ).
The view automatically changes to custom.
The reason for this is because in Tasks, Mask,
Tools & Distorts, HeightShop, Morph, Paint & Optics and Texture
the object is not really moving. But the camera
which you are looking through to
see the object in the work space, is what is
moving.
In BioSpheres the work space is just a little
different, in that instead of working with or viewing objects,
you have biospheres instead. So when you select
choose, you choose one of the biospheres.
When you select new, you get a new biospheres.
When you select open, you open a biospheres
file.
When you select save, you save all the
biospheres in the work space as a biospheres file.
When you select delete, you delete the selected
biosphere.
When you select Info, you get information and
can name the current or selected biosphere.
Also in BioSpheres when you use any of the view
or movement tools, the current or selected biosphere is what moves
and not the camera.
To learn about the work space in Composer, go
to my tutorial on Composer, on my tutorial page.
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