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[Javis]

If it doesn't work, definitely backup your configs, then remove them from the 3DC user folder. You shouldn't have any problems then. Get those bug reports in!

[parel]

Very very nice! Killer job Andrew and Leigh.

[jcue]

Wow!!! The updated UI is great. I'm a sucker for pretty icons.

Great job Andrew

[gbball]

Looking pretty sweet. Good work guys!

edit: Seems a lot more polished. Do the shaders look better or is it just me? Performance in DX version is buttery smooth! I finally know how to use the blob tool and it's great. Icon helped out a lot on that one.

Better get to sleep. But I can't wait until I have some time to do a sculpt in the new build.

[philnolan3d]

OK tried deleting both Options.xml first and Options_Presets.xml and it still crashed, BTW when I asked which i was looking in the install folder where there a lot of them. I see this is in Documents now.

I've now backed up and deleted the entire Documents/3D-CoatV3 folder and reinstalled. This time it worked so the problem was something in that folder.

[randomguy_j]

Oh yeah the quick access is a very welcome change to the program. This is going to make things much smoother. I am diggin the new look so far!!

[Javis]

FWIW using an older version after this one will cause UI craziness with the older version (shared configs).

[philnolan3d]

Sorry about duplicate posts. site got messed up while I was posting somehow. I've deleted them.

OK I think I found the problem file Options_Theme.xml. after deleting that one 3DC started OK. Everything seems correct now.

Edit: Oh damn. in the preferences panel along the top there are some tabs and some buttons but they look the same. I was mindlessly clicking them trying to switch between tabs and I reset my hotkeys. Those should be changed so there's a more obvious difference.

[bocs]

Bocs, If we right click the volume in the Voxtree you will find an option 'to global scale' Perform this every time after sizable scaling operation to resample back to global scale before adding new volume. usually we can see if its needed by the way the shader is lit. Basically the Volume keeps it Voxel scale and it the scaled Voxel scale that causes these problems, Though to be fair the instance where we have three primative in this way is few its handy to know.

Thanks, that did do the trick to fix this issue as a work around (to global scale)

*However for reference, the sphere primitive will be distorted if added to a transformed layer that has not been set "to global scale"....other primitives seem to respect the transform
*Minor bug, but now I know how to address it

[Andrew Shpagin]

Sorry about duplicate posts. site got messed up while I was posting somehow. I've deleted them.

OK I think I found the problem file Options_Theme.xml. after deleting that one 3DC started OK. Everything seems correct now.

Edit: Oh damn. in the preferences panel along the top there are some tabs and some buttons but they look the same. I was mindlessly clicking them trying to switch between tabs and I reset my hotkeys. Those should be changed so there's a more obvious difference.

Tnanks for discovering! Please send me Options_Theme.xml to discover. It will be helpful to prevent crash for other peoples after UI migration.

[philnolan3d]

Tnanks for discovering! Please send me Options_Theme.xml to discover. It will be helpful to prevent crash for other peoples after UI migration.

Sent my old file to the Support address.

[space]

Thanks Andrew and Leigh
The preset system is such a big help. I just have one little wish: can you please add folders for the presets like the materials tab? Since we can store so many settings, I can see this being helpful in the future for setting up different brushes.

Icons are a great addition too. I love it. Thanks again.
Some of the voxel brushes are hard to distinguish from each other but overall they are nice. I see you can easily change icons by replacing the pngs in the folder, so maybe we see some community icons/customized themes in the future. That's great

[space]

This was a discussion point, we thought it would be nice to have separators that you could place between brush groups. Folders would be nice but they induce opening/closing, separators let the user have all the options available at once without further interaction (since you can manualy sort the preset by drag and dropping them by their top left icons.)
It's noted.

Yes, seperators are a good alternative, I like that idea too. What I basically have in mind is just stepping through my workflow. For example: skin painting red/blue/yellow areas, then to the next preset to paint veins or breakup skin, then paint over/blur with the basecolor etc.. That would be possible with seperators.

I just discovered you can put presets in the quick panel as well. Nice

[philnolan3d]

I had also considered that now every time Andrew comes up with a new tool Leigh (or someone) will have to come up with a new icon for it.

[LJB]

I don't mind.

[polyxo]

Congratulations on the changes in the GUI!
I certainly have not yet discovered all but I overall flatter window-appearance + new application-icons looks a lot more attractive
and more consistent. These changes really make a huge difference!
While I personally quite like textual interfaces I find also the Tool-Icon-Work very nicely done.
In terms of consistency of options one might offer the familar Space-Bar Popup though, when Text-Interface is chosen.
Also the work on the Tooltips is greatly appreciated.

[polyxo]

I don't mind.

That's great.
Seems that it made a lot of sense that you took care of GUI - Detailing in Future.

[space]

It's a great first pass, but I can assure this will be going even better next. Streamlining ui and adopting more conventional approach will make 3dcoat so much more fun to use

I'm very happy to read this. That's exactly what's missing or can make another difference in comparison with other programs. Working close with users/artists is the right way.

[carlosa]

Best 3DCrelease ever !! TY!

note:
jumping from voxels/surface mode to paint... cant see any model to paint... room empty

[carlosa]

ty BK, found it

SHOW BETA TOOL must be activated to paint surface objects

my fault lol