Now that we have all the references to work with, we need something to guide us for our modeling. Using our nice big resolution picture of the sword, we’ll lay it down onto a plane to assist us in building an accurate model. Using the top view port, lay down a plane (Objects > Plane Object). We know the resolution of the picture were using, so lets change the size...
I still notice lots of people trying to get to my 3D tutorial that was on my old website. So, I thought I’d resurrect it: Welcome to my first in-depth tutorial. This tutorial will hopefully teach you how to make such a sword like I have, see the below picture. I will try to cover everything and make it real easy. However, you should be somewhat familiar with 3dsmax! Over...
Update (12/9/11): Office 2010 now has a solution here. I was recently trying to disable spell check for use in an exam lab. I found nothing too helpful online. One thing to do is to go into word options, and disable it under proofing. However, this would be easily overcome by any student that knows about this. Something that seemed obvious to me was to add/remove features of the program...
Registry File Fix For anyone that just wants the fix first-thing: save this file to your desktop and run! Please understand what this does before committing this file to the registry, use this at your own risk! The Problem After installing GW7 onto my Windows 7 box I noticed that Windows defaulted to Outlook/Thunderbird. Simple I thought, I’d just go to Default Programs under Control Panel and switch the mailto...
*Update (Oct 2011) – Added known bug and workaround that is fairly important to know about (having code for applicationsXXX and then deselecting all through UI will not actually deselect)* When using MDT 2010 through the LiteTouch deployment wizard, it can prove to be a pain when you remember how much you wish you could set values depending on what the user has clicked. This was one of the things...
A quick post, regarding a problem I was having with Office 2007 and how it was solved. I had a client with a problem of Page Numbers not showing up correctly. The error received was the following: Word cannot open this document template. (drive_letter:\…\1033\Building Blocks.dotx) Fortunately Microsoft has a KB Article about this very error. This involves two fairly straightforward steps. Moving “%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\Building Blocks.dotx” out of that...
I’ve always wondered, since I first saw MDT’s deployment wizard, how exactly it automatically selected a location. Having someone else do my work is nice when needed, but I disliked the idea of not knowing specifics. I never knew exactly what to expect! The documentation in several places never really cleared this up enough for me. So I spent some time with the code to decipher the pure logic of...
Updates (3/11/2011) Updated a miscount in the code which would not add a single item in a folder. Preface So I thought I was done with messing around with MDT, packed my stuff, decided to give LiteTouch one last run through. Hm, I feel like installing Adobe Reader, let me just go to the A’s and –GASP! There has been no sorting all this time?! There must be a built...
Lately I’ve been toying with MIG (Windows Migration Backup) files and I’ve found no helpful viewer programs for looking inside. Fortunately there is a utility, MigRecover.exe, floating around. Unfortunately I don’t know the original developer of this software to give proper credit to, though it is likely developed by Microsoft. This utility has been quite handy for me, and I was looking to create a Viewer so I could look...
Download If you wish to follow this article, please download the code behind it all here. Some of you can likely piece it all together by looking at the code alone, others can use my help below to gather how it works. XP_Automation.zip (1.22mb) Quick Introduction This one is a large subject, considering how much work I’ve put into it. While everyone is feeling the push away from XP, a...