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!!!...UPDATE...!!! I was running FLUX for afew months. After a month or so, my PC began to random reboot. As time progressed, it occured more often. Like every few hours! I came to the conclusion FLUX was making this happen, because shortly after I deleted it and removed it from my PC, I no longer had the random reboots. That was afew months ago. I have had no random rebbots since removing FLUX. I have Windows 7. I RECOMMEND NOT USING THIS SOFTWARE. Sorry for talking it up before.

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I have not seen any mention of this on their site. I posted the question their and am waiting for a reply. I will post the answer here as soon as I get one.

The GOAL BAR just passed the halfway mark!!! ...in a couple days!!!

Good point. If you're Painting and Rendering, ect. it would get in the way. If all you're doing is Voxel sculpting, color is not that critical. f.lux can be turned off for those times it would interfere otherwise.

Thanks. I just downloaded it.

Thanks Greg. Just downloaded it.

Wow, I missed that one...right...there...in the HELP Tab. Thanks Phil. That one cost me alot of newbie points...lol. Appreciate the help.

f.lux A free download that filters out eye straining light from your PC Monitor. PC Monitor light is made to be bright so the screen is nice and visible. This is great during the day...not so great in the evening or those wee hours of the morning. Even so, this bright light during the day is not a good thing on your eyes. f.lux changes all that. It filters the bright light and gradually reduces it's brightness the darker it gets outside. It does this in relation to the real-time daylight outside. I've been using it for afew months now, and it is amazing. It really helps. Here's to less PC Monitor light induced eyestrain. f.lux Did I mention it is a free download? NOTE: It is not recommended on calibrated systems running Windows.

Are you talking about clicking the TUTORIALS Tab? Then the 3D-COAT MANUAL?...That takes you to the Wiki Manual. The only place I found the one I'm talking about is a file that is downloaded with 3DCOAT. It has illustrations and is more in depth. I'm probably "newbing-out" again...lol.

I'll be getting mine in a few days. I went in for the $40 Messiah deal. I'll use it mainly for rigging/posing at first, from sculpts I've made in 3DCOAT. I was disappointed to hear Messiah currently does not support 3DCONNEXION. BUT...I think they will eventually support it.

I'm going to go with this one. Used is used...I'll take a chance on paying this low price and save the extra $30 I would spend on the same one that is priced higher. Just in time for my Tax Return Refund...lol. Thanks.

I'll ask also. Must...have...SPACE...PILOT...

???...!!! Wow Thanks for that info and ad video link. This looks like a very useful device. I'll be getting the one you have in the link for $69.12. Around the same price as the BAMBOO PEN I just got...nice! I really appreciate all the help. As Jarvis Jones has said..."COAT ON" !!!

LOL...AbnRanger said it best. "Using a mouse is like trying to draw/sculpt with a brick." I got the BAMBOO PEN. $69.99 at BEST BUY. It is worth every penny. Was thinking of the PEN with TOUCH but heard it really was not needed. The biggest thing about using it over the mouse is your sculpting is now "Pressure Sensitive"...meaning you can now manually adjust the brush DEPTH as you sculpt, on the fly. It feels like a combination of Sculpting and Drawing at the same time...It's incredable! And the PEN is much more intuitive to use than the MOUSE. Also, your ZOOM/ PAN/ and MOVE features in the VOXEL WINDOW are now through the PEN and it is really nice to use. It does take alittle getting used to over using a MOUSE, because now you are using a PEN...just like a PEN, and point and clicking admitedly is abit easier with a mouse possibly, but after getting used to the PEN, I find it more to my liking. As far as size,the BAMBOO PEN I got has about a 6"x 3 1/2" active PAD area. The area of the PAD translates exactly to the total area of your PC screen size. I have not tried any of the larger size PADS (this is my first GRAPHICS PEN PAD buy), but this size seems best, as your not moving so much to get the same effect a larger one would give. I cannot recommend a GRAPHICS PEN PAD enough. There may be other brands out there, but I'm happy with my BAMBOO PEN.

I was looking at those PATRIOT XT Flash Drives... What GB memory would you recommend for use in 3DCOAT? I see them starting at 16 GB, then 32GB on up. I have a: Windows 64 Bit 6GB Installed (RAM) memory DDR2 SDRAM MEMORY 6144 MB Intel Pentium ® Dual Core CPU Integrated Intel GMA x4500 Graphics solution Thanks

Veeery interesting...I never heard of those. Thanks for the link. I'm looking at a joystick and a bunch of buttons on it. Can you tell me what it does exactly? For example, what is the joystick used for/how does that work. What are the buttons for... Can this be used along with a Bamboo Pen? I just bought one of those by the way...It's so awesome! The ability to use a pen instead of a mouse for 3D work is truly amazing! This would only cost alittle more than my Bamboo Pen and it seems like a good investment...i just need to know more about what/how it works. Thanks for the tip.

I just went in for the $40 version. This is incredible! I noticed the Goal Bar has moved almost 1 inch just since today! ...The suspense is killing me...lol

Thanks, that's good to know. I'll leave it at twice the size then.

Thanks Greg. I forgot that one little fact about converting to polygons first. Oh the pain...the pain. I watched your "Rat From Scratch" Tutorial before...more than once. Very informative and well done. My ability to retain all this information in a managable, working, and coherent fashion...not so good...lol. Thanks again.

I think it's just a matter of them getting enough folks onboard to meet the goal, and those who paid the $10 or $40 will get the benefit of this unbelievably generous offer. If the goal is not reached, you get your $ back... I am sooooo in. I really would like to have the rigging and posing ability it offers. $40 Version here I come!!! UPDATE: Just put in/paid for the $40 Version and am waiting for the Goal to be reached. I noticed the Goal Bar moved up 1 inch just since today!

I am really floored by it! Got a BAMBOO PEN. It's like the difference between drinking water from a puddle on the ground and drinking from a glass...lol Probably nothing new to most here, but I just could not contain myself and had to mention it. It is absolutely amazing!!! 3DCOAT and a Graphics Pen Pad go together like peanut butter and chocolate...

Been thinking the same thing...I really like the SMOOTH how it is, would not change that at all. BUT... I also find myself wanting something that does like you suggest. The smoothing effect would instead follow more of the surface plane highlights you are smoothing, not evenly distributing the effect to all levels as it currently does. Maybe have some sort of a DEPTH governor you could set that would mitigate the DEPTH limit the smoothing effect would go down through. in reality you would be setting the rigidity of the smoothing brush. Would be something like the SCRAPE TOOL, the PLANAR TOOL and the SMOOTH TOOL combined. At least someway you could set the SMOOTH TOOL so it will not go any further than the base layer of the Voxel object. This would be really great on those flat surfaces where you want to get a smooth finish on areas that are higher than the base surface area and want to keep that base surface as it is. As it is now, the SMOOTH TOOL keeps eating away at that surface. This would mitigate that. I like the idea...alot

I'll do that. Thanks for the Tip.

How do I get an object into the SCULPT WINDOW to use DRAG POINTS on it? I cannot get an object into the SCULPT WINDOW. It always disappears.