geep opened this issue on Sep 15, 2002 ยท 25 posts
geep posted Sun, 15 September 2002 at 11:16 PM
First, my sincerest apologies to all concerned.
The size of my "Scale" props is NOT correct! And here is why...
A little history ...
I first generated my (original) 12 foot Scale prop about 2 1/2 years ago because I had a need to create Poser props that were accurately scaled in real world units (i.e., feet and inches).
At that time, as some of you may already know, there were no real world scale units in Poser, only "Poser" units (whatever they were). There never has been ............ until ............ Poser 5.
Now, it would appear that I have a massive amount of egg on my face because whoever (and I am NOT pointing any fingers) created the Poser unit of measure did not use the same multiplier (or divider) that I did to correlate Poser units to real world units of linear measure.
The bottom line is that ...... it appears that I am wrong ..... and I will have to redo all my Scale props to conform to Poser5's units of measure. And, I WILL do that!
A long story short, discard (delete, throw out, can, destroy, decimate, cancel, don't use, etc., etc., etc.) any and all of the "Scale" props that I may have sent you.
I will begin again and use Poser 5's units and then repackage the whole thing for distribution.
"Rome wasn't built in a day ....."
(but it didn't take very long to burn down, did it!)
Well, back to ye ol' (electronic) drawing board.
I'm very sorry ...
I'll get back to y'all when I get things fixed, if you're still interested.
(very muffled, if any) cheers,
dr geep
;=[
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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phoenixamon posted Sun, 15 September 2002 at 11:47 PM
CL should have adapted their new version of Poser to the universally accepted Dr. Geep scale. I'm shocked and dismayed about the oversight. ;) Phoenix
jtdavies posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 12:36 AM
Dr Geep- Well, I could wait for you to do them or just make them myself. After hours of work I still wouldn't have them finished. And mine wouldn't be scaled right either. Well, if you put a gun to my head, I guess I can wait. So yes I'm still interested. Definitely. John
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 1:27 AM
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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phoenixamon posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 1:35 AM
Jeez, sure now we can scale all the props to real world units, but if we do, they are going to look fairly stupid in this world of giants. The CL scale is stupid. Long live the Dr. Geep universal scale. (Meaning maybe sticking with your old props beats their idea of real world measurements) Phoenix
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 1:42 AM
It is nice to know I have at least 1 fan in the universe.
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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MadYuri posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:10 AM
Hehe, I think Dr. Geep is not the one who goofed. Aren't Mike/Vicky even taller than the P5 people? 8O
phoenixamon posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:30 AM
Mike's about 6'6.5" tall. Pft! They added real-world measurements, and then made them useless. Phoenix
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:37 AM
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:40 AM
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:43 AM
the "real world" units shown are for the "box" (the white square in the right of the doorway). It indicates that the bottom of the "box" is 72" (6') above the floor. What do you think? cheers, dr geep ;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:49 AM
... my old "Scale" and NOT USE P5's "real world" units. Real world?????????? Which one? Dr Geep would like to know. I don't think it's from THIS planet. Sorry, CL. That's just MVVHO! (My Very, Very, Humble Opinion) cheers, dr geep ;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:51 AM
Retract my retraction? Suggestions, anyone? cheers, (and good-night) dr geep <------------- has had enough of this for tonight ;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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phoenixamon posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:51 AM
Be not so humble, Doc. Take a bow. I agree with you completely. Phoenix
c1rcle posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 2:53 AM
Dr Geep don't be offended but you're wrong about the box, it's not the bottom of the box that's 72' above the floor, I have a feeling it's the centre or the origin of the box that's at 72', this is MVVHO ;) Rob
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 5:36 AM
You said, "Dr Geep don't be offended but you're wrong about the box, it's not the bottom of the box that's 72' above the floor, I have a feeling it's the centre or the origin of the box that's at 72', this is MVVHO ;)" Then why is the parameter = 0.0000 when the (bottom of the ) box is on the GROUND, if the bottom of the box is not the reference point? Try it, you'll like it. ;=] Pssssst, I'm not offended. It takes alot more than that to offend me. ;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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c1rcle posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 5:55 AM
oh F*** I forgot about that, hehehe ok I'm wrong ;)
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 6:15 AM
The question now is ... What to do about it.
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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c1rcle posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 6:21 AM
squash the box flat on the Y axis see if that makes a difference or have you tried that already?
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 6:48 AM
All props are referenced to their "origin." The box's origin is 0,0,0. Reducing the yScale to zero would not change the origin. It would still be ... ... you guessed it ....... 0,0,0!
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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c1rcle posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 6:52 AM
true but why isn't the bottom of the box at 72' when it says it should be? if you make it's y scale 0 then move the box to 72' does it sit exactly at 72' or is it still off? damn I wish I had poser5 so I could try it out myself :(
phoenixamon posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 7:08 AM
Why not make it a double-sided square (so it will be visible from above and below), rotate it on the x axis 90 degrees, and then whether the Y trans is measured from the pivot or one edge won't matter. That's what I tried for measuring Mike. Phoenix
geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 7:11 AM
... whatever Lola wants ................... It's not really 72" from the floor, though. I took a tape measure from my floor to the bottom of the box on my monitor and it was only 48.236". Now I'm REALLY confused. Does anyone have any use for an old ... Nevermind, I guess I'll just go back to simpler times, you know, like Poser1. I never had problems like this with good ol' Poser1. Now lets see, where did I put that program? Oh yeah, it was on the casette player I had hooked up to my Atari800. Now, where did I put that Atari800 ... cheers, dr geep ;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 7:19 AM
**** NOTICE **** geep's "Scale" prop sizes are NOT CORRECT!!!
Hmmm??????????????????
Maybe what I should have posted is:
**** NOTICE **** Poser5's real world "Scale" sizes are NOT CORRECT!!!
But, ................... I'm a nice guy.
So I won't! ;=]
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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geep posted Mon, 16 September 2002 at 9:13 AM
Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"
cheers,
dr geep ... :o]
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