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      Mechanisto always crashes when I try to change the angle of a camera or light. Does anyone have a diagnosis for this problem? It's getting really annoying.

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    • I found that Mech. crashes less when
      A) you save often- like after everytime you make a change
      🆒 you open the application and use the open command to open what you want (opposed to opening the file you are working on)
      C) after rendering a picture close the window it created before you render something again.

      never had any trouble with your problem

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    • That stuff usually works. Also, try increasing the memory.

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      Originally posted by NNNormal:
      **I found that Mech. crashes less when
      A) you save often- like after everytime you make a change
      🆒 you open the application and use the open command to open what you want (opposed to opening the file you are working on)
      C) after rendering a picture close the window it created before you render something again.

      never had any trouble with your problem

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      Yeah, I do all that. What happens is this: I place an object (let's say a sphere, for the purposes of discussion). I immediately try to change the camera angle, and Mechanisto crashes. I allot plenty of RAM to it. The same thing happens when I try to change the light source angle.

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    • Never had any trouble with that, and I worked with Mechanisto for almost 3 years. Strange. 😕

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      Originally posted by Platypus:
      **Yeah, I do all that. What happens is this: I place an object (let's say a sphere, for the purposes of discussion). I immediately try to change the camera angle, and Mechanisto crashes. I allot plenty of RAM to it. The same thing happens when I try to change the light source angle.

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      Can Your computer handle all the RAM you're alloting Mechanisto?

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    • Try deleting the preferences.

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      Originally posted by Edwin:
      **Can Your computer handle all the RAM you're alloting Mechanisto?

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      I am allotting 24MB of RAM, and my computer has about 55MB after the Finder gets its share.

      By the way, I think I fixed the problem. Maybe.

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