Version 5 Trial

[kujaibacha]

Hi Simon!

Fantastic application, and after a long time on the fence, I finally decided to download a trial version after the release of Curvy 5

However, after installing it, I discovered it says Curvy 5 and Curvy 4 in difference places.

Please look at the attached image for clarity

I presume I'm using Curvy 5 though!

[Simon]

You are right it is version 5, I missed that bit of text that still said 4! Thanks for pointing it out, will fix.

[Kato]

Hi simon, where i can get the 5.0.15 version ?

[Simon]

5.0.14 is the latest full version available. 5.0.15 is just the demo.

[kujaibacha]

Thanks, and no worries!

I am facing bits of crashes once in a while, particularly with high res objects

Haven't been able to pinpoint the issue yet, except that high res objects slow down on my system and then crash

I am on a not-so-new system, maybe that's the issue?

Specs:

Dual Xeon 2620 (24 cores)
32GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro K4200 4GB

Is their a way to retrieve a crash report from Curvy 3D?

[Simon]

I wonder if the crashes are due to a particular method you are using, I don't see crashes very often. If there is an error message when it crashes that can help, but Curvy doesn't save logs.

I recommend using Ctrl-Shift-S to save incremental versions of your project to guard against losses, and perhaps limiting yourself to under a million triangles per model.

[kujaibacha]

So far, I'm just testing features, to see how far I can take the hi-res objects

Good tip on the incremental save, thanks!
I usually do that on production files, in any app

The last crash was when I tried to use the Soft Move tool 'T' to move the object's 'silhouette' to get some spikes,
like around a sun or a starfish

The cursor glitched a bit, and there was a second's pause, and Curvy went into a non-responsive mode
(I figured it might be calculating stuff)

After Curvy came to, all was good until I clicked to drag again with the 'T' tool - instant crash

I agree with the app being stable, generally very stable

I suspect it's my graphics card though

[Simon]

Thanks for giving the steps. I tried T dragging on a 12,000,000 resolution model and couldn't get it to crash.

[kujaibacha]

That's good to know

Which makes me think two things:

1. I'm using the trial, and the version number is different to the non-trial version
I have zero knowledge of how these differ though, just highlighting the difference here

2. My graphics card could be the culprit

Although, I can get away with higher res objects on Mudbox and ZBrush
But this might not be a fair comparison, as every app is developed differently

And definitely not comparing in any way or form, again, just highlighting for troubleshooting purposes

[kujaibacha]

Hey Simon

I found out the reason behind the crashes:
I was using my drawing tablet!

I recently read in one of the threads that Curvy doesn't support drawing tablets. Is that still true?

In any case, the crashes were gone once I switched to a mouse

You're right, Curvy is quite performant and stable!

On the other hand, on my system, I can go up to 5.x million polygons, anything higher the interaction grinds to a halt
But this is due to my older hardware
.

[Simon]

I've used my Wacom tablet with Curvy, no problems. And I know other people use tablets to draw in Curvy. Not sure why that might make it crash.

[kujaibacha]

I'm using the One by Wacom with the latest drivers:

https://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pe ... e-by-wacom

Also, not sure what the issue might be, but I'll try to troubleshoot over the next few days and update any findings here