problems with joining two points

If I use a cube primitive, it seems to depend on which face I try to join two points on as to whether or not it crashes.

When I define two new points and try to join them I get in more than 50% as a first result some 3DC crashes. Sometimes I’m lucky the 3rd or 4th time sometimes I have to try this nervewrecking process up to 10 times. It’s not always easy to catch and select the points and more than often you think you have a point selected but you only think so……

I think there were some changes in 4.24 to help this, but I am not certain. Are you on 4.24?

Richard

Hi Richard,

I have exactly the same problem when joining points, I get crash after crash and it can take quite a few reloadings of 3DC pro to complete a task. Quite frustrating. I`m currently using 4.24. I don`t remember having such a problem using earlier versions.
4.24 does not seem as stable as previous versions but this may be because I am now trying to achieve more complicated things with it.

regards

Kevin

Hi Richard,

Currently using :-

Celeron 500
128 meg ram
Elsa gladiac 511 video card (using Nvidia Geforce 2 MX/MX400 chip set.
windows 98

(Hope to be improving the set-up soon though)

regards

Kevin

Oh, could you let me know what video cards/processors/windows version you are using?

I can imagine that this is really frustrating. I made a change in 4.24 that was intended to support a wider range of hardware that I think may have had the opposite effect. I’ll be removing this particular change in 4.3. That might be the cause. Unfortunately I have never had this happpen on either of my computers so it is hard to detect the cause.

Richard

This also happens to me on my Geforce 2 GTS computer <!– s:( –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!– s:( –>.

I think it might have to do with the geforce cards.

Simon

I`m using version 4.24

Kevin

Hi Richard,

Have no completely upgraded computer :-

P4 1.6
256 meg ram
Nvidea Geforce 2 MX/MX400 chip set with 64meg ram

Still get the same problem with crashes when andnbsp;connecting points.

Kevin

Thanks for the info. Which version of 3DC are you running?

Same here.

GForce 2 MX
Athlon 1.4GHz
3DC Pro 4.24
Win 98

I have a Geforce to test with and I will look into this for 4.5

Richard

1 GHz Athlon
512 DDR RAM
Visiontek GeForce MX400 64MB SDR RAM

3DC Version 4.2

I can connect two points without any problem.