I've been fighting with spline shape-numbers in spline editor for over an hour now. I started to modify the film reel of the projector-file that came on the C3 resource-CD after noticing that the reel isn't centered and a quarter spin doesn't loop. I had to break the compound in the reel and when I tried to create the compounds again the object gets all messy. I can't get the shape numbers match!!! C changes the shape numbers randomly after I've selected the shapes in one cross-section and created a compound of them. Sometimes I think C does it on purpose. Dont' you guys have any problems with C ever? I think I'm facing them constantly!! I love C's rendering engine but the program drives me insane. -Hannu Kulju

What I noticed is that if you already have a shape number used (in a given cross section), and you try to re-use it, CS will happily do it- and renumber the original. I never noticed the compound problem though. . . There are certainly some areas in CS where there be monsters.. . ask any animator about frame 0. Markd

I've fussed over shape numbers also. Is not well designed. I wish you could display all of them simultaneously and simply click to change the ones that need changing. Also, Carrara seems determined to pick a different order when you duplicate a compound, forcing you to renumber all of them.

After fighting with it a little more I deleted all the cross-sections but one and then duplicated it to replace the ones I deleted. And now my reels are correct and centered! This time worked this kind of solution. I don't know what helps if you want to have different kinds of shapes in compouds that follow each other. I hope I'll never have to face such a situation. -Hannu Kulju