Dear friends, often we had to equalize two vertexes in RDS 5. We found no way to do it with one click. Right now we choose both vertexes and paste coordiantes from vertex1 to vertex2. If there are differences (0.01pt is enough) between these vertexes, Poser figures getting rips in their joints after bending/twisting them. Maybe Carrara got this tool to equalize all vertexes with differences less than epsiolon (0.01pt f.e.) with one click/tool? This would be a fact to buy this software. Regards Daniel + Matthias Kruse

Carrara has the 'Weld' command in the vertex modeller. With it you can define how close is enough to weld to vertices together into one. Hope this helps with your decision. :>

Yep, Weld away! -Kix

-Kix

I have wished for the same thing - a match B to A or A to B with the ability to choose the master. You want identity of values, but still have two verts. RDS has the same weld function. I am still not convinced that the vertex modeler in Carrara is as capable as MFM. It does zoom better. But you loose the ability to get multiple groups into VM and still have them select by their real group. The other functions are more sophisticated, fer sur,

Hi all, thank's for responding. We are not sure about 'welding': We also found this tool in our vertex-modeller. But this tool is just melting/welding two vertexes into one. Also all selected vertexes are weld to just one vertex. This is not what we has in mind. We needs something like.... select n-vertexes, let the tool compare all vertexes. If there are any two vertexes with nearly the same coordinates, make them equal. Or ... like our headline says ... choose two vertexes, select one master and equal the slave with one click. Right now we have to copy each coordinate, paste it to slave and add a '0' behind, because our RDS-program is just showing two rounded decimals (is there a setting to show more decimals? Didn't found it). Much work work, if you have tp prepare more than 500 vertexes.... We developed a little program with Delphi, which compares all vertexes and make the job, but this program is not usable in case of big *.obj with many lines. We are short in time to build up a SQL-Databases to make the comparison a little bit faster. So this was our idea to ask, if there is any tool for this subject in Carrara/RDS which we didin't found yet. Thanks to all Daniel

I think you are using all of the tools available - in RDS and in Carrara as it has no more tools. Carrara also only shows = 0.00pts - and yes 0.000pts is needed. I also have to add a "0". The way you cut your groups? 1)I would morph a point on either side - rather than add the new ones for the seam. 2)RDS will generate the duplicate verts at the seams when you turn one group into two or more. 3)You need to be very careful how you name new groups. The subtraction method works very well. Never go back for pieces. Start over instead.

How about opening the file as a text file, then coparing vertices there. Maybe a find and replace macro could be built in Word or something better? The .car file is only a text file after all. :>