The Center of the World is always in the center of the World Sphere where the Ground is displayed. You can find that by going to the first of the four orthogonal views and in the center of the pane are two dark black cross hairs, which is the center of your World. If you notice there is also a lighter black wireframe grid, which you can use as a basis of measurement, inch, foot, yard, etc from the World Center.

When you insert a primitive like a Sphere, the object goes to the centers of the X and Y axis and the bottom of the Sphere to the top of the Z axis.  This is the case because the ground is always at 0,0,0.  Usually the size of the Sphere defaults to a size of 30 to the center from each axis, which I always use as pixels (suppose you could use these measurements for inches, feet, or so on ?).

When you click on the Ruler symbol, the first measurement category is named Position, which is the reference to what I previously mentioned. i.e. X=0, Y=0, Z=30. The center of the Sphere is 30 pixels above the Z axis. Wherever you move the Sphere, the new location is indicated by the new position in relation to the center of the World.  X=(+-) 30, Y=(+-) 20, Z=30, unless you resize the Sphere.

iloco,

Vue is cut up into several apps.  The first is the core *.eon and then the second *.exe is the Windows Shell Interface.  So I think that Vue is a MAC core ported to Windows.  Or, maybe a Python core ported to Windows.  If a MAC core they do not use OpenGL so should have less troubles than Windows users.  If Python then MAC users should have the same troubles as Windows users. 

It does make a big diference which Video Card drivers you are using, but it does not seem to make much difference which Operating System you use.  I am still convinced that e-On's attempt to make compatibile with Poser's SDK is most of the trouble.  

Since Vue and Poser are going to play bedmates, I do not see an easy solution to all or this, without much rewrite of both codes. 

Too bad.  Well I do not have Poser, but is there any chance you can export the VOB to Poser and reimport into PLE?  How about on an object to object basis?

Did you try selecting the object in Esprit copying it and then pasting it into PLE??? I do not have PLE.

I can't even get patch to patch compatibility between 6.  One build won't open the other build.  Go figure!

You could also unload the graphic overhead and change your display resolution to16 bit.  Once that is done I have had to Render to Disk to get things back in working order again, especially after trying to render an eco with 7 billion on 2 gigs.

The glitches seem to be more frequent recently, especially while they are making so many new changes to the site.  I downloaded content early this morning, and all was okay while using a PC.

You could use a terrain above and a rock below combined using the same shader.

Participation is usually lacking when others have found what they want, and do not feel the need to respond to others, or maybe they are too busy and do not have the time?

Well, a lot of discussion about the quad-core has past.  Here are a few links in the Forum;

Re: render farm advice needed Relevance: 100.0% I'd seriously recommend using dual core CPUs. One dual core machine renders just as fast as two single core machines at the same CPU clock speed, and it will cost significantly less than two machines (you only have to buy one case, harddrive, memory, OS

Last Modified: Monday, December 25, 2006 9:26 am / Forum: Vue / User: svdl

Fire GL Relevance: 94.2% Been looking at upgrading to a 64 bit system. Had a couple of questions: Quad Core offer any REAL benefit over dual core for VUE? And FireGL a good card to get for using this software? Last Modified: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:16 pm / Forum: Vue / User: Warangel

Re: Fire GL Relevance: 92.2% My question is: "How many threads/processes can the Vue 6 render-engine run concurrently?".  With Vue 6, I'm pretty sure a four-core processor will cut a duel-core render time in nearly half. True, anyone? Last Modified: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:03 pm / Forum: Vue / User: sittingblue

Re: cpu and video card Relevance: 88.5% artleon, in Vue 6 an Intel Core 2 system is approximately 15% faster than an AMD X2 / Opteron system at the same GHz.  You can see benchmarks result here : http://www.cornucopia3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3344 A very good price / performa Last Modified: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:32 am / Forum: Vue / User: louguet

Re: render farm advice needed Relevance: 83.6% It looks at processors, not sockets. For V6 Pro studio on down, and X2 would fulfill the the '2 core' limit, as would a Core 2 Duo. Infinite and Xstream are limited only by what the OS recognizes. So if the OS is happy with 2 quad cores, or 8 dual cores Last Modified: Tuesday, January 2, 2007 5:25 pm / Forum: Vue / User: Dale B

Re: What Machines render best? Relevance: 76.4% sorry for the delay in giving illustration of our network - been v v v busy! I suppose really what I was trying to figure out was would the Macpro quad core  be a big renderspeed improvement  and it seems so I would like to know just how mu Last Modified: Monday, December 4, 2006 3:16 am / Forum: Vue / User: Grayhem

Re: Where did everybody go? Relevance: 69.2% Just been hooking up my new computer. (Core 2 Duo 6700) God! I hate trying to set up a network... Last Modified: Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:47 pm / Forum: Vue / User: smallspace

Re: Render Farm Basics Relevance: 68.6% Wow, dual core machines are nice. My budget will not allow it, so I am looking into solid Pentium 4's or Athlon 64's which fit my wallet a little better. I have been watching machines go at auction which are dual cpu capable with only one supplied, a Last Modified: Sunday, December 10, 2006 7:02 pm / Forum: Vue / User: vkirchner

Re: Questions for those running Core 2 Duos Relevance: 68.5% If you are getting a Core 2 Duo, make sure to overclock it. I'm running my E6400 at 3200MHz right now. Last Modified: Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:20 pm / Forum: Vue / User: kinggoran

Re: What Machines render best? Relevance: 63.5% How long do you reckon it'll be before apple actually bring out an 8 core machine? Should we wait, and spend our money later?? 6 months - a year - 2 years? Last Modified: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 11:32 am / Forum: Vue / User: Grayhem

Re: What Machines render best? Relevance: 61.5% Well, an 8-core machine is excellent for 3D rendering, but if you only do  video editing the 8 cores won't be used. The current MacPro would be more than sufficient. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 11:51 am / Forum: Vue / User: louguet

Re: render farm advice needed Relevance: 60.6% Does Vue look at the machines based on the cpu socket, so a dual core cpu is still 1 machine out of the total of 5 possible? Last Modified: Tuesday, January 2, 2007 4:18 pm / Forum: Vue / User: vkirchner

Re: Vue 6 performance analysis document in PDF Relevance: 59.4% I tested it in Vue 5 Infinite on my Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.44GHz. Here are my results: Ceroo Verde Preview: 0:10 Final: 0:40 Ultra: 5:02 Sponza Preview: 0:17 Final: 1:57 Ultra: 5:33 Last Modified: Monday, December 18, 2006 11:18 am / Forum: Vue / User: kinggoran

Re: render farm advice needed Relevance: 59.3% I've always been a bit of an intel person so I have a hard time comparing Intel and AMD processors. What would be an AMD equivalent to the Core 2 Duo? If there even is one. Thanks Last Modified: Monday, December 25, 2006 6:52 pm / Forum: Vue / User: doubleohwhatever

Re: V6I crashes on saving Relevance: 58.6% I am beginning to wonder if it is because the core code is base on the not yet released Vista and we are still running XP.  Has anyone tried running V6 on a Vista Beta? Last Modified: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:59 am / Forum: Vue / User: keenart

Re: cpu and video card Relevance: 57.2% Actually, the exact type of RAM doesn't matter all that much. The V6I tests by louguet (spelling?) indicate that buying expensive fast RAM will only gain you 1-2% of rendering performance. So straight-on DDR400 or DDR2-533 will do the job. You can hav Last Modified: Sunday, December 24, 2006 3:26 pm / Forum: Vue / User: svdl

Re: Vue 6 performance analysis document in PDF Relevance: 57.0% Great information!  I guess I better start saving my money to upgrade my duel core machine.  Right now it only has 1 GB and windows XP.  Will be getting at least 4 GB and Vista when it comes out.  Last Modified: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:14 pm / Forum: Vue / User: Peggy_Walters

You could use an Intel Pentium D 925 3gig 2x2m cores.  They will run the x64 architecture if the motherboard you choose does also.  

I have found them for $100 or less on the Web. If you buy OEM, you usually have to buy a very good Fan, and lots of Silicon grease like Arctic Circle.  

If you buy the Intel boxed variety you usually get all three.  Also the OEM often comes with a one year warranty, while the boxed usually has a three year warranty. 

If you want Vue Studio Pro or down, 2 cores or less are all they use, Infinate and above use more or what is on the die.

Attached Link: MS Virtual PC Download.

Caution:  it only installs on specific programs, not all can run the program, however, with a system that can run Virtual PC, MS says you can run any MS OS as a virtual machine.  

You do have to have a extra drive letter, but you do not have to duel boot with a virtual drive.  The only drawback is that XP would run inside of Vista and use existing resources.  So you would want to have a big video card and lots of memory. 

If you will do scripting with Python usually you will get better results from an Intel Based machine versus AMD, I have both.

Sometimes, you may have to empty the Internet cached files and cookies on your computer from time to time, or you can get junk.

I have Esprit and Vista x64 with 2 processors.  The problems currently are OpenGL compatibility versus Vue. 

If you are going to run the newest and Vista you have to make sure that all of the hardware and software are compatible with Vista. You can run 32 bit software under Vista, and you can change the compatibility mode to WinXP. However, not all of the hardware out there will support x64 Vista or has drivers for x64 so you should choose your system carefully… 

Currently most Vue users will tell you to stay with WinXP and upgrade when Vista is more stable. 

This is the place to go while deciding what you are to build. It is not 100 percent accurate, as some drivers and hardware will not work as claimed.  Go to the Manufacturers web site and get the tech specs and see if they have true x64 drivers. Some use worked-over WinXp x64 drivers that may or may not work.

http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Default.aspx?wt_svl=10048VHa1&mg_id=10048VHb1