Max8 - Editing Splines bogs down badly

uglycat · 09-12-2005, 09:36 AM

I can handle scenes with 100,000 polys without my machine breaking a sweat, but to edit a spline object with only a few lines makes the machine slow to a crawl. any ideas what causes it and if it can be fixed?

(AMD 2500+, 1GB Ram, ATI 9600 128mb)

CarNut · 09-12-2005, 10:14 AM

If they are renderable splines, Max is trying to render a mesh object in the viewport. You do have renderable in viewport turned off?

uglycat · 09-12-2005, 08:41 PM

yeah, the splines aren't renderable as a mesh, they are just the lines themselves.

edit: in fact, even just having the splines visible causes slow down. when i'm panning around a large scene (say 200,000 polys) and getting very smooth framerates, then when the splines become visible, it immediatly drops to a very low fps such that i can see stutter and the screen updates.

Orkron · 11-12-2005, 12:08 AM

I used to have the same problem...not sure what changed but now I don't...sorry can't help but I feel ur pain

USED · 12-12-2005, 12:33 AM

hmmm.. try updating your vcard drivers? thats all I got as a suggestion there.. I work with 1,000,000 poly acad exports of 100's of pure splines, and its slow too

but it should be slow with that cout. Yours seems like something is worng :/ that video card should be able to handel it :/

09-12-2005, 09:36 AM	#1
uglycat Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 126 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Max8 - Editing Splines bogs down badly I can handle scenes with 100,000 polys without my machine breaking a sweat, but to edit a spline object with only a few lines makes the machine slow to a crawl. any ideas what causes it and if it can be fixed? (AMD 2500+, 1GB Ram, ATI 9600 128mb)

09-12-2005, 10:14 AM	#2
CarNut Insanity Required Join Date: May 2005 Location: Washington Posts: 302 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If they are renderable splines, Max is trying to render a mesh object in the viewport. You do have renderable in viewport turned off? __________________ Insanity; A state of mind, or just another way to look at things?

09-12-2005, 08:41 PM	#3
uglycat Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 126 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah, the splines aren't renderable as a mesh, they are just the lines themselves. edit: in fact, even just having the splines visible causes slow down. when i'm panning around a large scene (say 200,000 polys) and getting very smooth framerates, then when the splines become visible, it immediatly drops to a very low fps such that i can see stutter and the screen updates. Last edited by uglycat; 09-12-2005 at 10:17 PM.. Reason: added a bit

11-12-2005, 12:08 AM	#4
Orkron Modelrater! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Trapped in a Cube Posts: 2,387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	I used to have the same problem...not sure what changed but now I don't...sorry can't help but I feel ur pain __________________ Download hdri maps at Orkron.com Follow me on Twitter @Orkron

12-12-2005, 12:33 AM	#5
USED Administrator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA. Posts: 1,511 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	hmmm.. try updating your vcard drivers? thats all I got as a suggestion there.. I work with 1,000,000 poly acad exports of 100's of pure splines, and its slow too but it should be slow with that cout. Yours seems like something is worng :/ that video card should be able to handel it :/ __________________ Jeremy Mastroianni www.facebook.com/used3dt Long ago I was a Forum Administrator www.3dtotal.com / www.threedy.com Tetra Tech. email: jeremy.mastroianni at tetratech.com web www.tetratech.com

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