Two others I forgot to mention - type just "0" as an alias for the 0,0,0 origin point, and also you can prefix polar coordinates with w to get world polar coordinates, like w5<25 - that's distance 5, angle 25 away from the origin (not relative to previous point)

> Pss the "r" takes...the fonction "Rotate" (select object to Rotate)and not the next point of the line ??? :)

I think that's because you've got R=Rotate defined in your shortcut keys.

You can also use @ in place of r for relative coordinates, like @2,2 .

- Michael

> because you've got R=Rotate defined in your shortcut keys.
So the @ can be replace it :)
Cool system of coord entry :)

Excellent pointers! I havent been able to get the blender to work on two curves as I did previously.
As soon as I get it to work, I'll send a screen shot.

Thanks
James

> I havent been able to get the blender to work on two curves as I did previously.

For blend and loft, you need to pick nearby the ends that you want to line up. That's possibly one thing that you're running into.

Here's an illustration (using loft here):



When you click on the curves to loft or blend, MoI will match the endpoints that you clicked nearest to. If you happened to click near opposite ends, you can easily end up with twisted stuff.

If you do a window select around objects instead of clicking on them, MoI will do an automatic process to decide which way to align things. Most of the time the automatic process works well, so maybe I should revisit this and make the automatic process run even when you select by clicking as well.

- Michael

Maybe it's an advantage to keep this "crossing automatism" when we want cross curves :)

(and see of course the Michael's text rectification correction & above post image ! :D
http://www.silo3d.com/forum/showpost.php?p=60523&postcount=28
The Blend mystery was more complex than I had supposed :D

> Maybe it's an advantage to keep this "crossing automatism" when we want cross curves :)

I was thinking that there would be some option available for controlling it manually if you wanted. But having it do an automatic match for the initial default would probably make it easier to use for a wider set of people...

The current way is probably too hidden and subtle.

- Michael

Thanks again for the pointers. Obviously, I had different expectations.

James