Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)

[Karen Trevino]

Can you show a screen shot?

[Parker Bourassa]

@ryzen7 Double-check that your “X” key didn’t get remapped. I don’t know where that error would be coming from.
What happens if you enable Gizmos, then press “X?”

[Shawn Blanch]

  @ryzen7 I would say to open up a startup blend file and test the behavior on a simple object to see if the behavior repeats. That way you aren’t compromising your model.

If there is no strange behavior on your simple setup you can Open your file and uncheck the option to Load UI so that it loads the same format that the default startup file is. See if that helps overcome the issue.

[Shawn Blanch]

@jakeblended You will be missed on this project Jakester. No doubt about it. We’ll give proper homage to your contribution.

[Bhavesh Patel]

I have made some screen shots.

in the first screenshot viewport gizmos are active but some how not selectable. 

In the second one at the bottom of the picture I get this error. And it is happening only in this file. 

[spikeyxxx]

@ryzen7 this is a known bug. Happens when you have the Measurement Tool enabled and at the same time Gizmos hidden.

https://developer.blender.org/T78371

[Bhavesh Patel]

@spikeyxxx : you are the best. 

Thanks to all looking into this. 

[Kent Trammell]

How does @spikeyxxx know so much about Blender… What a resource you are, sir.

[spikeyxxx]

@theluthier in this case I just ‘DuckDuckWent’ ‘blender error gizmos hidden’ and found the bug report;)

[Ingmar Franz]

This is the one thousand and first reply 😀! And the honour for the 1000th reply goes to @spikeyxxx 😀🥇🏆!

[spikeyxxx]

Congratulations @duerer!

I should have waited and get the 1001th reply myself.

Not only does 1001 have the beautiful factorization: 7 * 11 * 13,

but also, 1001 being 10³+1, it is closely related to 10-1, also known as 9, which is the page number!

How are they related you ask? Well, I won’t bore you with all the details (higher number theory which would take too long to explain), but think of how we can test if a number is divisible by 9 by adding all the digits (this is due to 9 being 10-1) and how we can test if a number is divisible by 7, 11, or 13 by alternatingly subtracting and adding the digits in groups of 3.

(Compare that with testing if a number is divisible by 11 (10+1!) by alternatingly subtracting and addding the digits…)

Again: for me 1001 is a lot more beautiful than 1000 (which is about as boring as a number can get), especially on page 9.

[spikeyxxx]

Okay, one more, less obvious connection between 1001 and 9:

Take the multiplicative inverse of the divisors of 1001:

1/7 = 0.142857….(these six digits repeat after that, forever)

1/11 = 0.09…..(repeating)

1/13 = 0.076923,,,,(repeating).

Now add the first half of the repeating digits to the second half (so, for instance: 1+8, 4+5 and 2+7) and you get 9999999…. (infinitely many)

[Omar Domenech]

Hmmm, let me check when’s the livestream going to…..

[Ingmar Franz]

Wow, @spikeyxxx, I wasn’t aware of these implications! I like these numbers games very much! 

Are you a mathematician or at least a numberphile? Then you certainly know the “Numberphile”-Youtube-channel, where I’ve found a practical use for mathematics concerning the big brother of a cookie, the cake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaMKInkV7Vs

[spikeyxxx]

@duerer I studied mathematics for 2 years back in 1985 or so. I know the Numberphile channel; fun to watch; although they’re (of course) just scratching the surface, it can get me ‘in the mood’ for more…

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