Re-awakened
Hi All-
My e-mail notified me there was a 'new reply' to my original post, I was surprised to see 800 people looked for the answer to the question. I have some observations:
1. It's quite possible some of the 800 have read the same post again and again, but if even 400 registered users of the program are looking for that answer, I think it should get your attention.
2. The same 3D professionals who I refered to as supplying useful tutorials months ago are the same ones, for the most part, who are following the discussion here now.
3. The tutorials they provide are a quick way of getting into the program with very little suffering. If you take the time to actually perform the tutorials and get your head around how they work, then you begin to realize that...
4. The C3D manual is the most LITERAL manual around. Just do EXACTLY as it says, and you should be all right. I find that typically the biggest confusion comes from being in the proper mode to perform an operation.
With regard to Siliziums post, all I can say is I think he has chosen his username appropriately. What exactly do you hope to gain by complaining?
You should never be ashamed for not knowing something. But you should ask yourself if you have compromised your creative curiosity by purposely, for whatever reason, not finding something out. If you DESIRE to KNOW something, ask someone who KNOWS, don't bitch at them for your ignorance!
Certainly the 3D gurus who hang out here have it under control, but no one should feel any less by offering their own experience. I now realize even the most blindingly obvious tutorial to most may help one user over the hump, and that is the point, is it not?
If I can be said to represent a certain type of user profile here, it is one who is technically advanced in other disciplines who has decided to bring 3D into his repertoire. It is obvious 3D is where it is going and it will be a very useful skill to have.
Just the other day I imported .pdf files from a project I'm working on into C3D, extruded them, and built a model. It worked out perfectly. I picked up on how to do that from the tutorials posted here.
Thanks for your generosity!
Best,
G.