Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Floor

Acadia opened this issue on Oct 17, 2005 ยท 10 posts


Acadia posted Mon, 17 October 2005 at 11:11 AM

When some people post examples of their poser problems, I often see a floor that is like "mesh" with white grids. I don't have anything like that in mine. Here is what mine looks like. How can I get it to have that mesh/grid look?

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ockham posted Mon, 17 October 2005 at 11:26 AM

Looks like you're using P4 or 5. The 'grid' is P6's new way of showing the ground. In 4 or 5, you could get the same effect like so: Select the Ground. On the top menu, hit Display:Element Style: Wireframe. If you want this to be permanent, you'll probably have to save Preferences....

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Acadia posted Mon, 17 October 2005 at 11:37 AM

Hmmm, I am using Poser 5. I just tried what you suggested. I closed Poser and reopened it to be sure. Then I picked the ground, went to Display, Element and picked WireFrame... and nothing happened. The pose window still shows like above. Also, I only want the ground to show as wire, not the figures I add to the window. Is that possible? Anyway, I still have a blank Pose window with no floor grid showing.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



ockham posted Mon, 17 October 2005 at 11:38 AM

Did you hit Ctrl-G to show the ground?

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ockham posted Mon, 17 October 2005 at 11:43 AM

And yes, Element Style will affect only the selected part. Here's a P4 render to show it's possible....

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Acadia posted Mon, 17 October 2005 at 11:44 AM

Figured it out!!! I had to go to Display, Guides, Ground Plane first. Then when I did what you suggested it worked! Thanks so much.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



R_Hatch posted Tue, 18 October 2005 at 1:36 AM

Shift+CTRL+3 will give you this display style for the ground (or whatever you have selected when you hit Shift+CTRL+3). It's very handy for moving things around when you have large props in the way.


Acadia posted Tue, 18 October 2005 at 1:52 AM

I'm a drop down menu kind of gal. :) I only know 3 Window's shortcuts. CTRL ALT DEL; CTRL Left Click; and SHIFT Left Click. Everything else I do by drop down menu. I'm sure that Poser and my other programs have a million keyboard shortcuts, but I don't know any of them.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



Acadia posted Tue, 18 October 2005 at 1:58 AM

I have another question. If I apply tile to the ground, how do I get rid of it if I don't want it anymore? What I ended up doing was turning off the ground plane again.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



lmacken posted Tue, 18 October 2005 at 5:49 PM

w/ Gound selected; Display/Element/Texture Shaded.