Rich_Winsor

On 7/3/2021 at 8:33 AM, DRAWZILLA said:

I updated to windows 11 last week and so far everything is good.

WINDOWS 11 PRO insider edition 64 bit

I'm impressed Perry. Do you have Bill Gates personal number on speed dial? 

Cardboard cutouts can be pretty effective if

you use a good image and crop it carefully.

 

I often use 2D images in my 3D renderings.

In this example the young lady and the glass

in the door are 2D images.

 

I don't see a single downside to using them.

As I've said before here I installed a pair of

Genie wall mount openers in my duplex

garage and they are great. Neat and tidy.

I think u'all (I just made that up) are missing the

key phrases. It was a "Limited Edition" and you

were warned to get it "before it goes extinct"

I have downloaded a couple of these limited

editions in the past (although I didn't download

this one) and they, for the most part, consist of

a couple of whimsical symbols that loosely fit

the edition theme.

 

Perhaps someone who downloaded the edition

will post it here.

 

I must admit that I did find the "Messy Kitchen"

edition entertaining. 

 

On 6/14/2021 at 8:44 AM, HCC_ERIC said:

Hello,

 

I have a fun issue.

 

When I am running a ray trace on a exterior of a home, the backdrop image is reflecting or bleeding through the window surfaces. It seems to happen on custom backdrop images, or the bonus backdrops, but not the stock backdrops.

 

Is there something I can adjust or switch to avoid this?

 

 

I am using CA X9. Thank you.

Well...you might try hiring a landscaping service

to clean all that brush out of the house.  

 

Just kidding. Try turning on some light sources

inside the house. In this 30 second test RT I put

a 150W Point light in the center of the room and

it goes a long way in reducing the reflections in

the windows. Some window treatments would

probably help too.

Good info Moe. Maybe someday I will take

a stab at organizing my User Library. 

15 hours ago, John_Charles said:

...Was a big undertaking and enormously expensive.  Would I ever recommend it to anyone? No.... but it does have its place....

 

Holy Cow! The only place I've seen that style of 

construction is at the Colorado Supermax prison. 

 

 

Will this work for you?

GDW Sample.calibz

 

 

23 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

You can be Rich_Winsor and Meager_Winsor

lol. I was leaning more toward Scanty_Winsor. 

Not to digress but I was wondering which Jason

(@jasonN or @jasonn1234) is the evil twin. 

Just kidding. Interesting concept though, maybe 

I need an alter ego to pump up my reputation.

Thanks Michael, as you know I'm usually frequenting

the forums in what others would consider to be "off"

hours. By the time I get to some of these posts they

may have already veered significantly off topic.

Undaunted I just fire off my responses. 

So last night about this time I made what I thought 

was a fairly innocuous reply to a quote someone 

made in the topic X13 release. When I logged on

tonight I had Notifications that several people had

reacted to the post. When I clicked on the link to

be taken to the topic I get an error message that

says I don't have permission to view that content.

Sure would like to know what those folks had to say.

 

 

 

 

12 hours ago, BruceKC said:

...Impressive.  You have a Youtube channel?

 

I'm guessing that if you try the YouTube link at the

bottom of Eric's signature you will find the answer.

OK, so I knew I wouldn't like something.

It used to be that when you went down to

the "Next unread topic" in the lower right

hand corner, the title of the next topic was

given. That way you knew what conversation

you were joining. Now you are just taken 

to the next topic without knowing what that

topic may be. Kindly restore the old functionality

Granted you can find the topic once you have

moved on to the next unread topic by looking

thru the URL address at the top of the page

but that was needless and now is a cumbersome 

nuisance. 

 

8 hours ago, dshall said:

hey hey hey....  CA is doing it again....... 

 

 

....  after they make the "upgrades",  let's bombard them with complaints!

 

 

lol. I was going to say that I already hate the new look. 

8 hours ago, mborean said:

...Gotta love California.

I used to love California. Now I just try to endure California. 

Best to give Chief sales a call. It's been a long

time now but when I upgraded from Home Pro

to Chief Premier they subtracted the Home price 

I had paid from the cost of Chief. And of course,

you could always download the trial versions of

each and give them a spin.

I've found the solution to this type of problem is acreage.

You can control the size of the buttons here:

Not gloating but that whole closed architecture approach

can leave one up the proverbial tributary without adequate

means of propulsion.

 

The grass is always greener.....

 

For equal time Windows 10 is no bed of roses either. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

Something like this maybe ?

Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes...

but then they always say yes.  

Hey Larry, maybe you need to downgrade your software. 

27 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Not quite correct.

First...The first column can indeed be resized.  Don't do it using the left side of the column though.  Do it using the right side.

Second...Just a quick power tip, but you can reset the seemingly uncontrollable width of the column on the far right to its minimum width by unchecking Auto Height and Auto Width, changing both those settings to zero and then immediately rechecking both. 

Michael, the depths to which you have

explored this software are almost beyond

belief and I am duly impressed.

 

Please don't take this in the wrong way

but the above description triggered the 

following vision in my mind.  

 

You put your right foot in

You take your right foot out

You put your right foot in

And you shake it all about

You do the hokey pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what it's all about

 

You put your left foot in

You take your left foot out

You put your left foot in

And you shake it all about

You do the hokey pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what it's all about

 

You put your right hand in

You take your right hand out

You put your right hand in

And you shake it all about

You do the hokey pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what it's all about

 

You put your left hand in

You take your left hand out

You put your left hand in

And you shake it all about

You do the hokey pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what it's all about

 

You put your whole self in

You take your whole self out

You put your whole self in

And you shake it all about

You do the hokey pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what it's all about

I've seen damned if you do and damned if you don't

but you guys need to cut Newell some slack. First

he gets down voted for being ungrateful for the help

he has received here and now he gets down voted 

for expressing that thanks? I'll give ya that one back. 

18 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Rich, Are you beaming up?

Me and Valiant Thor are taking an intergalactic 

Uber ride to the Mos Eisley cantina to catch the

band. See you there.