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Title: Oversized Navigation window
Post by: neoexcello on March 26, 2011, 06:17:32 AM
I'm new to working with MB3D, and am having trouble with the size of the navigation window.  It's so large that I can't get to the buttons on the bottom.  Can't find a way to resize it.   Anybody else have this problem?


Title: Re: Oversized Navigation window
Post by: reallybigname on March 26, 2011, 09:52:45 AM
Sounds like your image proportion is too tall for your monitor.  I believe that the 3D navigator window follows the same proportion as the main one, but at a fixed width.   Also, I just tried a 1:1 square proportion, and sure enough... on my 1024x768 monitor, I can see the normal controls, but the extra control panel expands off the screen.  Sorry, but I think you have to go to like a 4:3 proportion, or get a new monitor.

The only other thing I can think of is that some graphics drivers or extra software has the ability to give you a larger virtual desktop  - so if you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen, it will scroll down.   Can't think of one right of hand though.

Good luck!  O0


Title: Re: Oversized Navigation window
Post by: lenord on March 27, 2011, 02:21:48 PM
Only time I see that is on very tall ones 3:4 or 1:2 aspects. What I've done in the past on that is reverse the width and Height settings (ie to 4:3 or 2:1) and rotate the image 90 degrees and work on it in that way and Rotate it back during Postwork. Gets pretty tricky with the lighting to get it right for a different orientation than the one your working with though, but it worked.


Title: Re: Oversized Navigation window
Post by: Jesse on March 27, 2011, 08:43:05 PM
The navi height is limited automatically, but i forgot to include the windows taskbar... mine is always hidden by default.
Will change this in the next version.


Title: Re: Oversized Navigation window
Post by: neoexcello on March 28, 2011, 10:19:41 AM
Didn't help to change the size of the image, but hiding the taskbar worked.  I'd never done that, so didn't think of it.  Thanks!