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GMAX View Problem

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I just started using Gmax and I'm trying t create an aircraft for FSX . My problem is with the View port labels. ( Front,Back Left,Right) The top view is correct , the right and left views are also correct however the Front and Back views are swapped with each other. The back view shows me the front and the front shows me the back. I don't understand how this can be with the other views being correct.
Any thoughts...?
 
It's the point of view from the camera, not the object itself...

Think of the views as...

Look towards the Front
Look towards the Back
Look towards the Left side
Look towards the Right side
 
ive got this on one model, and it doesnt bother me at all..

if you have set your background maps up on planes, ie front back top bot left right...before you start your 3d model...rotate them and move them, until they match your viewport....or if your modelling without the aid of backdrops
rotate your model....jim
 
The "problem" isn't his model; it's his misperception of what the Viewport Names signify...

The Viewport Names are describing the view from the perspective of the camera, not the object.

So, the Left Viewport will display the right side of the object: looking towards the left... ;)
 
easy to change

i didnt think of that....thats because i had set my planes up from day one to show left looking from left to right...right looking from right to left,,etc

the only one i got wrong back shows front,,,and front shows back....but of course ime thinking of orientating planes for modelling an aircraft....

ps thanks for your help...with uvw,,,its going nicely...jim

pps, clarification..i am thinking of the viewports for the planes only...not the model..rotating the model would be silly, unless you want to take of using reverse thrust only...silly me...jim
 
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