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PhantomTweak:
That is truly SH, Rick! Those knobs are beautiful.
I really admire people that do this stuff. Me? About the best I can do is create an Icon .Cab file, for adding an Icon to the 2D/VC . If there's already a BMP  file for it. Or a JPG I can make a BMP :D
But hey, I know my limitations ;D
Pat☺

Azframer:
Well this is my first attempt at this, in doing so I have a different appreciation for those who have stepped up long before me to put freeware stuff out there for me to use. It is very time consuming and will get more time consuming as I get further into this project.


Rick

Azframer:
I am here to report some bad news on my cockpit. Bad news is that while drawing in CAD in my comfort zone I have found out some things while they looked good, they will not work for the cockpit so well. After having in depth conversation with Hiroshi I will need to tone down the polygon count by a huge amount to make this possible. I had already accumulated over 252,000 polygons and was not quite close to being done yet.
I have been trying to get a handle on GMax because that is what Hiroshi uses....not going to happen right away. He did give me a copy of his GMax PDF that he has been working on. I promised I would not in any way pass this out, please don't ask.
Frustrated over not getting anywhere with GMax I have returned to Blender and started to get somewhere now. GMax has the actual polygon counter, Blender gives you a counter for faces and from what I gathered is going to be pretty close to a polygon count. Details I am leaving off in modeling will be taken up in textures to save polygons. Somehow I have got to keep cockpit down to 140,000 to 150,000 polygons.
I have started in Blender where I was last working in CAD, the largest most busy part of center console. I will betrying to work in as much detail as possible with the restraints I have been handed.
Picture is of a knob I did and one of a now Hiroshi duplicated using texture way, his looks better.

Rick

PhantomTweak:
If his is on the left, I hate to say it but it does look better. Far fewer polygons, too which is so much easier on FPS.
But I have faith in you! You'll get it soon. Just don't waste your whole summer on it. Get out, have some fun, enjoy life a little. It really will help you concentrate better.
Anyway, don't give up! I am sure you'll get it perfect before you know it :)
Pat☺

Azframer:
Thanks Pat, I decided to take a little time off from it the past few days, I had some other things I needed to do, I needed to  do some flying in the sim. I had put flying off for too long. I started where I was working before in CAD before I had to start over. Getting close on the 3rd part of center console, when I get done with this section I will move to the throttle section.

I got a bit of Blue Angels and Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) news. Lt. Damon Kroes made the cut for the Blues for 2017 team.

 Navy Lt. Damon Kroes, 34, of Fremont, California, is an F/A-18 Hornet Instructor Pilot currently assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101), the “Sharpshooters,” at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. He is a 2006 graduate of San Diego State University, San Diego.

http://weartv.com/news/local/blue-angels-announce-2017-officers

Rick

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