Hi Michael.

As you probably know, I've been a member of the forum quite a bit longer than I've had a licenced copy of MoI, so I am fairly well aware of the effort you've made, not only with the interface, but with all aspects of the program and I must say that was significant in my decision to eventually purchase.

So with your explanation, I understand the problem now and see it's not worth persuing - when I initially asked, it was in the hope that a script or tweak somewhere might do the job, but it's plainly more involved than that.

No-one else seems to have brought up this topic, so it's obviously not a common issue for others. With that in mind, I'll keep using MoI and see how I get on - perhaps I'm just too used to the behaviour of other software and need more time to acclimatise to the difference.


Thanks for the detailed reply.

Martin (2).

Hi Martin
If everything is closed its seems an extra effort to have to mouseover to open it to get to a tool every time you need one.

Why don't you just leave the main ones open in their default states and move the browser to the opposite side of the screen
Then they are open and exactly where you expect them and you only have to tab to the other options such as between construct and transform etc.

The only thing I would like changed is the View and Select tabs only have 1 row of icons each and the Edit has three rows.
when moving between Edit to using view or select the border box resizes and the whole column below is moved up and down moving the icon positions of construct and transform and the browser area.

I find this more of a bug bear as you get used to the spot they are in and they end up in a different place depending on above.

Michael have you considered combining View and Select into one Tab next to Edit and possibly putting align in there also.

Personally I use keyboard shortcuts for almost every command which is very fast compared to using the icons.

cheers
shayne

Hi shayne, the tricky part is that I expect to be adding more stuff to both View and Select over time, you shouldn't really consider what they have in them as how they'll always be...

That's one general difficulty with trying to super-optimize the existing layout, it can make it so that it becomes quite difficult to add more stuff later on.

- Michael

Hi Michael
I'm very happy with how Moi looks and works, often programs get overcomplicated and overloaded with options/icons (rhino or photoshop for example) You need to be a rocket scientist to figure them out. Your icons are large and clearly labeled

Moi is a program that I spend hours each day using and I appreciate its simplicity, ease of use and powerful modelling abilities.

It has transformed the way I now run my manufacturing jewellery and design business reducing my labour costs and enabling me to produce products I could never have handmade before. An added benefit is the savings on gold and platinum wastage .

For example This ring I have drawn in under 1 hour (it still needs a little work) once rendered with keyshot2 my chances of securing the sale are head and shoulders above my opposition here, and I can produce a completed product in as quick as 3-4 days

The V3 enhancements especially flow and twist are a major leap forward over V2 and this alone is worth the upgrade cost from V2
I'm loving the extrude to point.

Thanks for all your hard work and looking forward to future enhancements

cheers
shayne

Hi shayne, that is a great result from only 1 hour's worth of work, I'm really glad that you have gotten so productive with MoI!

- Michael