Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted January 31, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 How can I change the position of thumbnails in the "Models" tab. If my model is facing forward in the sculpt window and I save it in "Models" it always saves the thumbnail looking three quarters from the back . Its getting a bit annoying now. Have I missed something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Rygaard Posted January 31, 2019 Contributor Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 In order for you to have a thumbnail facing forward as you want, before sending an obj to the Models palette, you need to rotate the model 180 degrees on the Y axis (that is, for you the model will be on its back) with the Transform Tool. After you've rotated your object or character, then you can send it to the Models palette. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted January 31, 2019 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Thanks. Yeah thats the way, hee hee . A bit of minor pain really , rotate, save , undo rotate. Wonder why its set up like that... unless everybody sculpts stuff lying down , ok for coffins I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Rygaard Posted January 31, 2019 Contributor Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 A bit different the way to have a thumbnail. This happens because 3D-Coat takes the photo of the object to the Models palette through Z- (negative) to Z + (positive). So, we all have models with thumbnails on their backs.I particularly do not spin the model because I think when I import the same model into the scene through the models palette, my model will not come imported as I would like, so I would have to rotate the model again on the Y axis to continue on my project. Instead of rotating the model on th Y axis with the transform tool, I like name the layer of the model for something very specific and then save it in the Model Palette.So the moment I hover over the object in the Models palette, the name will appear and I can confidently choose what I want to work with. Just a simple tip. I hope in the future that will change.Good luck in your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted January 31, 2019 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 ha , yes, forgot the model would then be brought back in not the way you want it. Would it be so hard to have it just take a camera view snapshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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