Anim8or/Meshwizard/Orbiter display problem

[Black dog]

Help needed please...

I am having a problem with a mesh I am creating in Anim8or, adjusting in Meshwizard and viewing in Orbiter.

So far I have the ship body as one group, and an exhaust nozzle as another group. I would like to keep them as separate groups, and want to mirror the nozzle to create a multiple nozzle group.

The problem is, that I can position the nozzle so it looks in the right place in Anim8or, and I can position the nozzle so that it looks in the right place in Meshwizard, but in Orbiter it appears under the ground or some other weird place. The body of the ship is in the right place in Orbiter.

I've tried creating the nozzle in Anim8or in the same project as the body, I've tried making it separately from the body and pasting it into the mesh file as a separate group, and variations on the theme.

Am I missing something simple here?:blink:

Thanks in advance to anybody who replies.

 

[Black dog]

I have now tried using GMAX, Wings3D and Zmodeler and found the same end result, if I model 2 simple shapes & line them up one behind the other, in Orbiter they are spaced well apart along the Y axis and somewhat off-line from one another on the X axis. Is there anybody out there?

 

[n0mad23]

If I'm understanding things here, I'd say the problem is in not having your model standing on the ground in Anim8or. If you look under "Edit" you'll see locate. Under locate are 3 options: Center on Ground, Stand on Ground, and Center on Origin.

I'd say the problem probably is #3. Select everything in your model, and group them together (under Build). Then Center on Ground, and go back to build and ungroup everything again.

If I've misunderstood your problem here, posting a picture would help.

 

[Black dog]

Thanks, Nomad. I'll give it a try.

If it doesn't work, I will post some pictures, but I think you do already understand the problem from your reply.:speakcool: I will post again to say whether it worked or not regardless, as a courtesy to you, and for anybody else who is baffled by this problem in future.

I am really grateful you made time to try and help, thank you.

 

[Black dog]

hi again

haven't had a chance to try yet, will do so tonight after kids put to bed(western australia GMT +8.00 hrs) and post results after.