alice-teacher Trying to Change Size Properties Without Retaining Aspect Ratio in Alice 3.3.0.0.0

[Donald Slater]

William,
Unfortunately, with this design of the new modlels, and their soft-skinning for more realistic animations, it is not possible to resize these objects in only one dimension. When we attempted to do so, it created some undesirable side-effects when working with the joints and subparts of the objects.

The Alice 2 models were actually collection of objects linked together to create the models. In Alice 3, the models are truly one element with an interior skeletal structure.

It is possible to resize some shapes in the gallery along one dimension, and we may revisit this problem in the future.

I am sorry, and all the best,
Don Slater

Alice Project

> On Sep 5, 2017, at 1:50 PM, Barnum, William <wbarnum at elmhurst205.org> wrote:
> 
> One of my students is trying to adjust size properties individually in Alice 3.3.0.0.0, but DOESN'T want to to maintain the aspect ratio. He isn't able to do it. I tried myself and am not able to do it either. We've tried right and left clicking on the "links" that connect Width & Height and Height & Depth, but can't seem to disengage them.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Bill Barnum
> Computer Science Teacher 
> York Community High School 
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