This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Are You Lonesome Tonite?
Message #199389
Hey El, The girls said they'll meet us at Frosty's around eight. Let's go get some cheeseburgers and ride out to the lake. Whaddya say? KG You can tell the intended recipient of your message has come and gone even if you don't run a ULOG. Messages addressed to an…
#197330-
3ds2obj/mod
Message #197367
Hi John, > It's also found here..BTW, Grant has some changes that he'd like to add to this doc regarding the algorithm for determining face mapping. If you need it, ask :-). File Info for FAX756.TXT Section: PS Technical Papers Contributor: 74764,1443 Size: 7012 Submitted: 7/27/95 Type: Text Accesses: 106…
#197330-
#3ds2obj/mod
Message #197346
John, The Autodesk faxback service is at 415/507-5595. Same stuff is available at their WWW site, though. Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
#197340-
#1.1 update
Message #197343
"I heard from customer service yesterday" Great – if it doesn't arrive in a timely fashion, let us know. Thanks for your patience. Nik
>> I have been approached by a government agency for 3D Studio Training. They would like 6 people involved in this training seminar. I do not own 6 copies and neither do they. The egancy has only a single copy. I would like to help them out, but would like…
Thanks, guys. Actually, I can't take credit for that joke. It was from an ad in computer magazines LONG ago in the days when EGA was new (I think that was in the Precambrian period…). The ad showed a box of 16 Crayolas spilled open with several of the crayons…
I agree. Call Autodesk at 800-964-6432 and get the names of a couple of ATCs near you. Give the manager a call and team up with them. Good luck! Barbara Bowen Autodesk Customer Education & Training
Peter Pan & Lost Shadows
Message #197326
When I create some items in 3ds and try to render them some of them don''t cast shadows. I have tried moving my lights, changing the materials, embedding other objects within the master objects in the hope that they would cast the shadows and rendering on different machines. The shadows…
"I've haven't gotten my AS v1.1 update yet" Customer Service has said they would call you to make sure things get straightened out. Has this happened? (You might wish to comment in the Customer Service/Marketing Section if you're still having problems.) Nik
"Do you know if there is any way to save AAS .tga's as 24bit" You should bring it into SoundLab and save it with the Alpha channel deleted. This reminds me of the Tips and Tricks (page 12 of the 1.1 version) about getting files from AAS into the DPS…
rendering error
Message #197323
I am recieving the following error at the end of rendering a view in 3ds4 under the keyframer work area. The image processes all 30 frames but gives the following error before it ends: Can't find file $FLI0000.TGA in Map Path(s) or Image Path. Followed by: Can't Load Flic Work…
There is an entry in the WIN.INI files which report the directory and version of previous installs. This should not influence the effectiveness of an update.
PVR USERS?
Message #197321
>>> In:Sync, makers of Razor Pro/Speed Razor Mach3. We just received the first ever shipped, retail version of Speed Razor and have been using/selling the PAR/PVR for years AND we also offer credit on PAR to PVR purchases.
Hi mike, sorry for butting in, but i'm interested in any sxp's as well, could you include me in the list? thanks -Peter Dunn
I have had no problem running 3DS under win95, it's slower, unless I exit to DOS mode, but it is possible. When I upgraded to Win95, my previous windows version was configured to run 3DS (see the manual), loading the windows pharlap driver.
single field 2 tape
Message #197318
Please expain to me how I can render to tape using only one field. I need to have images that will appear on a laserdisk as single frame images. and if there are two fields then the images will flicker. I was told that 3ds could lay them using the…
ARE-24 Elements
Message #197317
Help! I am using ARE-24 from Ketiv, I can not get the "elements" (trees, plants, pictures, animals, etc.) to insert with materials already assigned. I'm getting geometry only. How does this package compare to Autovision and Accurender? Thanks!
dave: Thanks for the reply. I was actually looking for a way to direct swapfiles from AAS *specifically*, not general tempfile info. I wondered since AAS preferences allows you to specify size why it didn't let you create a seperate drive(s), directory or directories for location, ala Photoshop. Bruce Meikle…
Mike, try it without the IPAS- in the shaper, draw the glass with all the cracks where you want them. Extrude the plane as individual pieces with adjacent borders on all the cracks. Select the surface faces and map them with the desired material. Could probably use automatic reflection mapping…
Jose, Please Email price and is it registered? Thanks Mike
>..take care You too Keep up the good attitude David
Stephen, Running with Win 3.XX….What are you running? Michael
Guy, Let people know where you're located and perhaps there is an ATC near you to team up with. Many forum members will be at Autodesk University in SF this week so you may have to wait for an answer. Good luck. -Ted Boardman
Hi Dennis, Just wanted to drop you a line to say: Yes, this is the same Jeff Pike that managed the Autodesk Autocad Forum a few years ago. I share the title of Primary Sysop on this Forum with Jeff, altho' lately, Jeff has been so busy with his "real"…
Hola Jonas, I followed your tip and It work fine. Thanks a lot. Regards, Lorenzo.
thank you for the reply Larry. How about during rendering of a FLC? I seem to remember the flic rendering crash without it. Peter Landeck
>> So I guess that 800 "pound" Gorilla really only weighs 57 Stones.. And you all complain that it is a stupid, archaic system! –John
3D STUDIO RENDERING
Message #197306
I have a problem when I render an image. The edges around my picture looks very jagged. Motion blur is off, I'm rendering in phong, 640 X 480 (high res.) and everything else is set to default. For example when I have some text move across the screen, (motion blur…
Ed, I found your dominoes question to very interesting, so I try working on the puzzel. As you did I first tried to do it in KeyFactory, but that just got me very frustrated. So I decided to write my own routine in Keyscript. I got it to work, but…
606-371-5533, ask for tech support
Daryl… Didn't realize that DPS did a 180 and gave us W95 drivers. As of two weeks ago they told us on the phone they would not be supporting W95, but the W3.1 drivers were stable and the NT drivers were also OK… but I just heard that they posted…
Steve… We haven't chatted with Dan in a week or so, but if the new 2.04 drivers are up on the board, we may try to pick them up tomorrow. I'm assuming they run bug free in NT 3.51 with or without the newshell ? I pick up my PVR…
Soft Engine
Message #197301
Will the Acad versio of Soft Engine work with 3DS given the right patches…? We have an extra Acad version, and I saw that it looked like they were the same program, with different extensions. Is this true? If so, what real advantage will SE give 3DS? It helps immensely…
Wow – didn't realize it came across the forum so well… and I didn't even include a WAV file! Anyway – baritone is my upper range. I'm a true bass Well, I talked the firm I'm working at to go 3DS, and putting me into a position where I'm managing…
PAR, PVR, 3DS$ and W95
Message #197298
>is there any chance I can access the PAR (now or or in the future) using Windows 95. Henry, I was informed direct from DPS that the PAR is, or maybe better to say will be supported under windows 3.11 and Win95. I have a local customer who is using…
>> I have in fact done this, and 6 hours later it is 190 frames into the the 250 frame anim with not a single crash.
More PVR purchasing tips
Message #197296
To All Oct. 27/95 Here are some more purchasing tips that might help you configure a DPS PVR, in:sync Speed Razor Mach 3 system on Windows NT. Many of the tips are not new, but useful if you didn't already know them. I can't vouch for 100% accuracy but would…
>> Every time I try to adjust the screen size under the drop down menu "extra" it kicks out of the Animator Pro program and lists the path C:\ani\resource in large font. I suspect a poor video card but it's a Trident with a meg. Can anyone help?
>> I just think that splitting out examples and work files from utils etc would make more sense for the forum….my opinion only!
>> needs to edit 24 bit stuff sure use anistudio but make sure it is a killer PC. > BTW…how many people actually play around with 24 bit avi's etc….and what in your opinion is a groovy graphics card good for this kind of stuff.
#3d Studio Training
Message #197289
I have been approached by a government agency for 3D Studio Training. They would like 6 people involved in this training seminar. I do not own 6 copies and neither do they. The egancy has only a single copy. I would like to help them out, but would like some…
Thanks again for your sound advice 😉 Yes I can use search, I can even read the contents file for the library. I am not knocking E.K's work at all…he has helped me too in showing what's possible with this stuff. I just think that splitting out examples and work…
True enough….and you know how hard it is to admit your mistakes 🙂 Your right on all counts…ask what colour depth 1st etc.. I would however still suggest to the guy that if he is using 3D studios .flc files for playback on PC that he uses 256 files and…
Donald, I've been dealing with the same thing lately… long paths with keys in sets of five. At times I've had success when manually reducing the curves to the first, third, and last key. It becomes quite tedious, especially as I'm often making refinements back in the Shaper or Lofter,…
I have sent a response to 722251,1766 but no reaction. In short, yes I am interested but it depends on the price and wether or not it can be shipped to the Netherlands. -Henri Witteveen
Please send pricelist. Dieter
"It's a disease! He just can't help himself! We've tried, oh, Lord, how we've tried! But the doctors say it's incurable, and he just_won't_take_his_medication!" SCL
Larry, I looked for a "steps" setting in Keyframer and saw none — did I miss something? I tried changing the shape steps in Shaper before importing it to Keyframer, but I always ended up with five keys per curve… Donald Newlands BRW, Inc.
Martin, Thanks for the response. Your technique will definitely work, the problem is we have to (nearly) match hundreds of keyframes. We are doing a sort of homebrewed motion capture translation of a videotaped actor to an animated character. We shot an actor doing a series of moves against bluescreen…
Greg, Like I said… SCL
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