I don't think you can do it. One of the things Bryce does is actually do the boolean operation(s) upon rendering. So you're seeing what's going to be rendered. Most other modeling programs do the boolean operation when you do the "grouping."

Thanks Jerry. This job is going to be very confusing even when colouring/naming the items. Even if you could lighten the parts not in the image to 50% opacity so only the chosen parts are viewable. :( Lets hope they put it in the Bryce 6 package. Thanks again. Marc

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You can use colors by selecting the object you want to change the color of an object by selecting it and clicking the family icon (should be a gray box below the A) and selecting a different color. I think if you don't like the given set of colors you can change them by holding alt and clicking one of the family swatches. I suggest naming your families (and each object) too. You can also use the families to select sets of objects - there's a family icon at the bottom in the selection panel. Edit-- sorry, just read your second post about where you mention coloring and naming--never mind!

Message edited on: 10/14/2005 20:44

Hi Pam

Thankyou for your help. :)

I have seen Davids works and he must have the patients of an angel. One thing i did notice is that he uses a black background which may help and i think i will try.

Its just slightly annoying that you cant remove/hide the parts not in use or i should say not in view.

Funny thing is my scene will NOT have that amount of parts to it. It will take me years to finish a thing like that!! LOL

Thanks again

Marc PS; Just noticed i visited his image back in January this year :)

Message edited on: 10/14/2005 20:57

Not sure what you're trying to achieve here, but that shape could be created with a lot less trouble than you've gone to.....probably with just 2 cylinders and 2 spheres.

Quick & easy.

Select the group. Go into solo mode. ungroup it. Select the pieces you want to fiddle with. Group them (so you get a boolean group to work with). Select the rest of the pieces of the doodad. Group them (to make reselecting them later easier if there are more objects in the scene.)

Now you have two groups, one to work on, and everything else.

Select the group you want to work with. Exit solo mode. Enter solo mode. now you have just the object selected to worry about. Fiddle. Fiddle. Fiddle. Done? Ok.

Exit solo mode. select the two halves of your original group. Ungroup. Group.

Your original arch should nbe one group again. You might have to modify putting it back together depending on the fiddling you do.

It's quicker & easier to do than read.

Where is "Solo Mode"?

@Chris Yes, you are most probably right but, its the 'getting rid' of the parts unseen I'm trying to do. The main object is something i had in which the part was already there, I was just trying to explain if there was anyway to remove the unwanted parts just to make things easier........I will try with a smaller amount of parts. @Carl You lost me at "Quick & easy! LOL Thanks anyway. Regards Marc :)

I think jfike has it right. Family colors and attribute names helps but it is still visible. Solo mode simplifies the mess when working on small bits, but the finished product will still have unwanted wire frames showing. You can select "view as a box" when you have finished your booleaned object to clean up some of the mess-mesh and speed up refresh times and clear up memory. @ Fran... just right of tool bar that allows you to select all objects of similar type (terrains, sheres, plains ...) click the button in center of what looks like fast forward, fast reverse control. It turns red and only the object(s) selected from your scene will appear on the screen along with the background sky. It makes for easy manipulation and testing of the selected object. Did that make sense??

skiwillgee,

Ah yes, now you say that, I do dimly remember hearing about that once before. Thanks. Oh Marc, Have you thought of using Wings to create this shape? That would certainly do away with everything but the shape you want.

Message edited on: 10/15/2005 12:39

Badly. I now have two different suggested methods for making it in Wings - and guess what? I'm stuck on both. What a surprise! (<--- Intense sarcasm) Oh, and if anyone from wings forum sees this and thinks I'm being sarcastic about them - wrong! It's me, I'm thick! (sigh) (holds head in hands shedding tears as bitter and sharp as acid) You see, my bus shelter has no legs as yet and it's not hollow either - (wail!)

Even my finial is too big...

Oh sure, easy enough for me - as I deliberately made my finial separately. I'm just feeling grumpy. Hey, let those arch shapes fall flat, stick a central pole in and support poles for the pale blue rods, and you'd have a dandy roundabout for the kids. gg Or stick some nice royal blue velvet (or red) under the blue rods and you'd have a very nice crown... hmmm...

LOLLOLLOLLOL! That's great, cheered me up no end!

Given the difficulty this seems to be giving everybody, I'm beginning to see why the bus shelters in the UK are considerably simpler...:-)) Cheers, Diolma (who has some possible suggestions, but can't find the words to express them. I've tried, but deleted the posts before they got posted, 'cos after I re-read them they didn't make sense to me...)

I'm firmly of the opinion that my dratted bus shelter needs lots and I mean LOTS of pictures, to explain it.

Of course in the real life world they just beat the heck out of a sheet of metal.

This is the weirdest bus shelter, but none of them in Oman are simple - most look like miniature castles. Actually if you look back at the threads on this, you'll see that everyone else seems to have had no difficulty in making one, it's just the problem of explaining to "El Thicko" here how to do it. Yours, El Thicko...

Message edited on: 10/16/2005 17:22

@Fran Good ;) @Diolma LOL.........Good old side and top, always works doesnt it! LOL Go right ahead and comment please. nothing looks stranger than my comments anyway! He he he. :)

marcfx, To get back to the origin of THIS thread, about your strange shape - what exactly is it? And why?

The pumpkin or the blueish sides and top railings?

Neither, I meant the little grey sliver left over from all the red arches in message 1 above.

Oh, so that conglomeration of arches was the bus shelter right from the start? I see. I hadn't realised that... shame I was awaiting your esoteric explanation of the weird thing you were building with baited breath... and all along it was the bus shelter! LOL! Hey, if you just look at your arches, as arches, they would make the beginnings of a lovely crypt! How did you manage to get that nice edging for the separate stone slabs going up the outside edges of the arches? Lovely! Um... is it going to be a freebie? (hint hint) gg

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If, however, I finish this damn bus shelter, i will endever to put it in some freebie form. (Never done it before). ;-}

Hows yours coming along?

Hopefully, i will get back to mine tomorrow, damn arthritis in wet damp weather doesnt help much! :(

Message edited on: 10/18/2005 07:01

Well I think I've already got the gothic thing, so that's okay (I think I had to actually fork out some money for that, but hey, you can't win all the time) gg I'd like to see you do it! (the bus shelter I mean) Well as for mine, I've sort of got something, but... I'm not totally happy with it - the ends of the legs are ... strange! So I'm still haunting people over in Wings forum. But in the mean time...

Hey, no copping out now, I still want to see yours!

"I'd like to see you do it! (the bus shelter I mean) " I thought I read.."In the bus shelter" then.......kinky thing you! LOL.......Brings back lost memories. he he he

Wow Fran, thats some awesome modeling, well done. I wouldnt know where to start in Wings, very good end product.........I will still need a bit more time. Good job its not got a time limit!!! LOL.

Lol, yeah, your turn!