Is there by chance a way to enlarge the manipulation tools???  They are so bloody small...not only that they are different than Vue 5's and I hate them :)  I am having trouble using the rotate one being that it is so small. 

Is there help for an old half-blind person like me???

Thanks!

:)
Irene

oh this is scary!! I thought the tool size was small in 5.... I don't have my 6 yet... I wonder if 6 is tied to our monitor/display font sizes or conflicts with it???  I know some web sites are... and also my photoshop will NOT get larger icons or type/tools even though I have my monitor set to large font ....

The other big question that occured to me is: Will vue 6 handle more MESH - models and it's own cubes etc. without crashing? I have a high end machine and I remember so many big ideas I had for vue with buildings and stuff that did NOT work out...ie: the DAZ Taj Majal (spell) and then I used vue's own blocks for streets, had one bridge...and when I imported more than 2 people, vue crashed... I kept deleting objects out till my whole idea was pretty much gone... I don't remember reading anything about how the new 6 handles resources?

Irene,

Unless you are doing some fancy model manipulation, there is no need to use the new gizmos - I never do.  You can turn them off by going to Display --> Gizmos --> Hide Gizmods which will revert back to the traditional Vue5 manipulators.

I think the gizmos are excellent - and you can easily make them bigger or smaller with "+" or "-" on the numerical block of your keyboard.

Love the gizmos too.

I like the gizmos much; it’s familiar to my Cinema, Carrara and many other applications.

Mazak

Thanks to you all!  I now have some options that I didn't know about, like removing them or, I can make them larger, which is terrific.  It is a matter of adjustment of course and getting used to this new version.  I love it but have barely scratched the surface!!

:)

Here's something interesting about the gizmos. I have to work in wireframe mode. For some reason, even with an ATI XTX 1600 card, things chug very slowly in open GL. Anyway, in wireframe, it's the old VUE5 gizmos. Weird.

Warangel, did you test your video board compatibility in the preference menu?

I used wireframe mode in 5 because it always crashed when I rendered using Open GI.  I have a new high end computer so I don't know what the problem is.  Same applies to 6.

The Gizmos unfortunately do not enlarge, only the box area enlarges but the little icons themselves remain the same very small size - difficult to see!!

:)

What if the crashes you get were more related to the "background draw thread"? This setting allows Vue vue to redraw the scene in all viewports after a change. For trade off between quality and stability, I leave the slider in the middle. With Poser imported figures, I completely disable it. Saves resources.

Just a thought.

PS: Irene, resizing the gizmos work here. You need to use the num pad +/-

I might try fiddling with the background draw. That might be the issue. Was just tired of working in openGL, having everything turn to boxes, then crashing. At least in wireframe, I can see everything. I do like the look of the new tools, but that's a nice to have, not a need to have for me.