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Lodestone questions
Posted: 30 September 2008 02:42 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Hi all
has anyone had any experience with LodeStone from Northern Lights? Can you export as reduced geometry fact files for reimport, and how stable is it?
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Rory

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Posted: 30 September 2008 03:24 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi Rory,

I will test it tonight and get back to you wink

Best,
Ian

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Posted: 30 September 2008 03:38 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Cheers Ian…

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Posted: 03 October 2008 05:46 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Hi Rory,

Sorry for the delay.

I tested it this morning, it worked perfectly for me. You can also export the reduced mesh. The interface is pretty foolproof, I didn’t need to read the manual to get going.

A solid plug if you ask me,
Ian

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Posted: 03 October 2008 12:24 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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One more thing this plugin allows is to combine multiple groups into one.
Even if you are not changing the mesh resolution.

Just parent multiple groups the the plug and export.

Re-importing will bring in the same geometry but as as a single group.

A good trick for cleaning up messy OBJ imports that have hundreds of parts. wink

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Posted: 03 October 2008 10:08 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Thanks Dave and Ian, it sounds like a goer.
Rory

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Posted: 04 October 2008 03:50 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Hi, Dave

Dave - 03 October 2008 12:24 PM

One more thing this plugin allows is to combine multiple groups into one.
Even if you are not changing the mesh resolution.

We guess any EI model plug-in does this (besides its direct functionality wink

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