2D Face-Me Shrub Problem
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Hello Forum,
Complete newb here, both to SU and the forum. Just finishing my first successful model and am using a variety of 2d face-me trees and shrubs to complete the landscape. For some reason, some (not all) of the face-me shrubs don't 'act' properly. For example, when orbiting the viewpoint, some shrubs placed BEHIND other shrubs will 'jump out' in front of the shrubs they're behind, making the plant bed look ridiculous and unrealistic. They're all 'facing' the camera properly, and I've checked their origin and axis-orientation so that they're rotating about their centers correctly. Despite this, they don't seem to respect each other's horizontal placement. Any help on what might be the problem/solution would be GREATLY appreciated.Thanks!
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Sometimes the insert point of the component is in a unexpected place. The component will rotate around the insert point, not always the center of the component. When that happens, you must change the insert point of the component. When I do that it is a hit/miss situation, perhaps someone else can help us.
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Also...are the components made using images with transparent backgrounds (like pngs)? If so, SU (especially versions 6-7) sometimes lets the back image pop to the fore.
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Solved relocating the insert point. Just open the component with SU, and center it over the workspace origin. Be sure that you are in the view perpendicular to the face-me surface, zoom extents for good measure, then save the component.
Btw, you can not place 2d objects closer then their combined widths without running the risk of them overlapping as you orbit.
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