Version 2.298 online.

[KKirk]

Cheeks seem to have lines almost like a 3d printed image.

Eyes seem to have much better definition.

Of no use to me, but the hair also seems much more defined.

Get more impressive with each interation!

Karl

[KKirk]

Hi Art

  My granddaughter stopped by today and since she is my main desire to make a 3d image of, I got her to pose.  I did not like what I got.  Her face seemed distorted.  So we went into a darkened closet and tried again.  This time I used the new "save photos" option.  When I tried to reload them, nothing seemed to have happened. So I reloaded Gearotic and loaded the photos.  They loaded but upside down.  Not a real problem, because when you cut it, who cared which end is up or down, just turn over the part when complete.  I am going to let it run all night and see if it gets better.

  Another 2 weeks and we meet again at CNC Workshop 2015.  I'm really looking forward to it!

Karl

[ArtF]

Karl:

  The entire module has been recoded at this point...not quite ready for release yet, but the results are more impressive with each iteration.

As to the CNC workshop, I dont think Im going to make it, I had planned on being there, but Im afraidsoem previous arrangements had fallen through, Im hoping next year it all comes together..

Art

[KKirk]

Art

  OK, I'll stop sending observations, until I get the next version.

  But, not coming to the cnc workshop is a real let down. You can be sure, we will be talking about you!

  I look forward to next year.

Karl

[ArtF]

Karl:

  Im sure my ears will burn...

Art

[ArtF]

Nuther upgrade.. images are clipable, fisheye correctable and weighted for confidence in this one..

https://youtu.be/ifz8A37DSn0

Art

[Mooselake]

Looks nice, including the neck and chin.  Those were kinda dished out on my attempts on the random bald guy.

Why would you want to correct a fish's eye?

Kirk

[ArtF]

Kirk:

  It corrects for the fisheye lens of the camera on close up objects..

Art

[Mooselake]

I may have found another bug (2.2990 on W10), or perhaps opportunity for user error, but can't find a work around.

While playing with a project for the laser (tiny version of the quadra-lobed wheels, minus the different eccentricities) I created a pair of 4 sided mod 0.5 elliptical gears.  To give them a little stand I went to boxing and to make plates for them (and got outsmarted, only made one that didn't have shaft holes, fixed per your previous post), and adjusted the sizes.  I set the material thickness from the default 4mm to 2.5mm, and they disappeared off the screen (I couldn't recreate this on 2.29870 on the desktop, didn't try resizing here).  A bit of experimenting and I found they changed size to become invisible.  Ctrl-mouse wheel became an exercise in chasing them around the screen and beyond my eye-hand coordination.  Saving and reloading the project didn't correct the size.

This is a round about way of also saying I couldn't find a resize option to make them visible again.  Is there such an option, or is this a good time to ask for it to be added to your list - if so perhaps fit width, fit height, fit project options?

I did cut a pair of gears successfully, from dxfs.  No option in the plugin to cut inside/outside the lines (that I've found yet, anyway_ so the teeth were too narrow, but they meshed and turned.  Will redo after tweaking the minimum spokable gear size to get those 8 straight spokes.  Auggie would have done it better

Kirk

[ArtF]

Hi Kirk:

Not sure I understand.. the gear themselves got too small .. or the plates?

Drop the project if you like and Ill see if I can find them.. and see what I need to add to make sure you can
in future.

Art