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# 1 13-10-2008 , 04:47 AM

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Is there any way to not display copies of the model in the workspace when instancing?
I want to do this because my computer cant really handle showing the instances in the workspace

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# 2 13-10-2008 , 02:41 PM

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I think you can just hide the original and it hides the instances (if its particles that your using) It's been a while since I used them so I might be wrong

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# 3 13-10-2008 , 10:51 PM

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It still seems sluggish though, is there any way to just never create them in the workspace

would it be faster if i had no view of the workspace open?

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# 4 14-10-2008 , 05:26 AM

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hi

I've just unsed instancing on particles, so if your prolem is there you can hit the option box undoer particels>instance and it should give you three options at the top, geometry bounding box and something else. Geometry will display well, your geometry, bounding box will display each instanced objec only by itÄs bounding box and the third one will jsut draw one massive bounding box around your particle shape.

hope it helped

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