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Hi Jim, > Materials get assigned to faces but the textured vertices cary the UV coordinates. I'm not sure what your question is. :-(.. You can assign a material to a face in IPAS4 and you can modify the UV coordinates. You may wish to review.. File Info for FAX756.TXT…
AAAAAHHHHHH! I found the solution!!! PROBLEM STATEMENT: 3DS file keyframes are incremental. Find absolute rotations for each keyframe. BAD SOLUTION: Convert each rot keyframe to a 4×4 matrix. Find the accumulated rotation by concatenating the new matrix with previous keyframe rotation matrices. Convert the resulting matrix back into a quaternion.…
#Vertex material Assign
Message #197163
Hi Jonas, I am curious as to whether the IPAS 4 toolkit provides me with a method by which I might assign materials to vertices, then have them interpolated across the respective faces( in a PXP). It is essential to our project that we be able to accomplish this. Will…
Grant, Thanks for the MetaGraphics Media!Lab tip. Doug Prendergast
Grant- >> >> Sometimes the axis is and sometimes it is , but the sign of the angle is not inverting. This is causing our animated model suddenly change heading by 90 degrees. Is this in some way related to quaternions? Is this happening on a key to key basis…
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 25, 1995 1:12 PM
Hi Doug, While you could get Autodesk's Animation Support Libraries for $25 at 800-964-6432, the library is old, doesn't work well in many cases, and is no longer supported by Autodesk. I suggest instead that you look at Metagraphics Media!Lab which, among other things, has excellent FLIC file support. Metagraphics…
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 25, 1995 1:12 PM
Hi Mark, >> Sometimes the axis is and sometimes it is , but the sign of the angle is not inverting. This is causing our animated model suddenly change heading by 90 degrees. Is this in some way related to quaternions? > To build a cumulative rotation matrix for each…
3DSFTK and GOTNT
Message #197024
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 25, 1995 1:12 PM
Hi Steven, You seemed to have accidentally posted your message to the WINSHARE forum, Sec. 6, but I'm going to answer you in the AMMEDIA forum, sec. 6. >> I have just received the 3DS release 3 file toolkit from your company. After I installed the two floppy disks of…
Cees, image files are raster, DXF is an object ('vector') format. You therefore need to run some kind of raster to vector conversion (a mathematically pretty complex thing). There are various ways to do this. CADDVIEW (shareware in GO ARETAIL) allows *you* to trace the image and create an DXF…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 24, 1995 10:25 PM
> They have offered to try and write a program that would convert their data to .dxf, 3ds.prj, or acis(Autocad r13 3d language) if I can supply them with the specs. Where would I find this information?? < Did you ever get the answer to this one? What you need…
Grant, Rich isn't the only one who is confused about texture coordinates and face mapping; I've also been unsuccessful in extracting this information. Could you please ask the developer to tell us what flag bits we should be examining? If we can't get this critical information, we may have to…
#3ds file: rot keyframes
Message #196879
We are using the 3D Studio Release 3 File Toolkit to read in mesh and keyframe info. Our model is rotating a small amount around the axis . We figured out that while the translations are absolute, the rotations are incremental. Sometimes the axis is and sometimes it is ,…
>> I'm looking for a program that converts imagefiles into dxf files other tha the program GIFDXF.
>> Is there some way to prevent a FLC file from changing the palette when it is played via MCI commands? I have a FLC which is mapped to the current background palette, but there is always an ugly flicker when it starts and stops.
#image converter to dxf
Message #196826
I'm looking for a program that converts imagefiles into dxf files other tha the program GIFDXF.
#MCI, FLC, and palettes
Message #196820
Is there some way to prevent a FLC file from changing the palette when it is played via MCI commands? I have a FLC which is mapped to the current background palette, but there is always an ugly flicker when it starts and stops. I'm using Visual Basic but we've…
Hi Anne – Thank`s for your Tip and sorry that I was in the wrong forum. Matthias
Matthias – Your English is fine! My German is nonexistant. AutoSketch is supported in the ARETAIL Forum. You possibly might get an answer here but you would be better served to repost your question on ARETAIL. Anne
#Autosketch Release 2
Message #196419
I`m a german user of Autosketch for Windows Release 2.I make graghics as relative complicated lists.The lists are homogeneous only their contents is another.That I`m faster,I cancel the contents and write the new content in the list. My problem is,that the building up of a graphic from Zoom to Total…
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 20, 1995 6:55 PM
>> I would like to know wether a kit for making a TSR player for flic files in DOS exists.
Hi Peter, Have you seen Meier.zip in IPAS Usage for possible ideas? > Check out SELBYN.zip and LTUTIL.zip in Software Dev Kits for some ideas.. jonas[adesk]
Jonas, Thanks I wil try the KXP kxp_chooset_node to get the light info but from what I understand from the Animter.zip he was only able to get frame 0 info and I need to get the light source and target location for all frames. Guess I will just link object…
MCIAPP.DRV
Message #196251
I am looking for some documentation or sample code on how to integrate the MCIAPP.DRV with an AAWIN.DLL played Flc.
Glenn: Here's some info from a previous thread: >>>The library files you are looking for are 3DSMAX1.GIF, 3DSMAX2.GIF and BIPED.GIF. The 3DSMAX.ZIP (also in Library 3) include 3DSMAX.DOC, 3DSNEWS.DOC BIPED.DOC and README.TXT most of which is in the forum messages mentioned in the first paragraph.
Dev. kits for DOS
Message #196155
I am programmer in a company where my colleagues uses Animator Pro and 3-D studio. I do not know much about the programs, but I would like to know wether a kit for making a TSR player for flic files in DOS exists. Regards Soren Kastholm
#3D MAX
Message #196143
We are thinking of equiping a suite at University College Salford with a suite of 3D Studio pentiums. Having seen 3D MAX at Siggraph, I`m interested if anyone knows when it will really be here, at what price and if Win 95 has enough OpenGL to support it.
Autodesk VBX to Play FLC
Message #196091
I have the Autodesk VBX that plays the FLC and FLI files. But does anyone know of a list or have some sample code that uses all the functions. I am making some headway but with out a good list or even samples I end up loseing vaiable time. What…
We tried that. It works in some cases, but not all cases. Is there any way we could talk to the engineer that wrote it? Or could he send us the algorithm?
Hi Peter, > Have you tried using the kxp_get_[node|key].. for a light and target from an AXP? Have you seen the file Animte.zip in the software dev kit section? There are limitation in making pxp and kxp calls from an AXP at rendertime. Animte.zip identifies some of the pxp limitations.…
#AXP questions
Message #195958
2 quick questions about AXP's. 1. Can an AXP get spot light info(target position and FOV)? 2. How do you get a pick dialog to select objects. I could not find a gfx_?? call to do this. Peter Watje Spectral Imaging
VRML.PXP
Message #195942
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 18, 1995 11:45 AM
– Reply to message #192081 (already scrolled) Hi Martin, I'm afraid you're not going to get an answer for your problem. The VRML Ipas is one of those really unsupported applications tossed out of Autodesk's back door. You might try looking at the VRML file to see if its really…
Thanks Grant Carlton
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 17, 1995 5:45 PM
Hi Carlton This information is available in the 3D Studio Files Toolkit. For more information call Autodesk at 800-964-6432. -Grant Blaha [ADESK]
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 17, 1995 3:29 PM
Hi Mark, >> My first question is, to which point are the pivot and keyframe position data with respect to.
Mark, Thanks alot, that just made my work alot easier. Hmmm, it seems so obvious now. ——-Will
#3ds files; pivots, keyfr
Message #195664
For the local .3ds file guru, I'm using the 3D Studio Release 3 File Toolkit to read a 3ds file that represents a simple mesh heirarchy. My first question is, to which point are the pivot and keyframe position data with respect to. Secondly, I noticed that the child mesh…
#loft file info
Message #195537
Will, > Path\Get…\Disk can load a DXF path. Mark
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 13, 1995 4:17 PM
Hi Andrew, It is possible to do fullscreen playback in Windows 3.1, but only through an undocumented feature in Win 3.1. This feature doesn't always work for all display cards and it doesn't work with Windows 95. – Grant -Grant Blaha [ADESK]
Andrew: If you use AAWIN (Downloadable from our libraries here) you can chose the PLAY FULL SCREEN option from the menu to get full screen playback of any .fli or flc. To keep it smooth just load the whole animation into RAM. – Bob Ritger
#3-
d playback
Message #195210
How come when I play a .fli file from 3-D Studio's View flic menu command the result is full screen animation? The same is true for flic playback in the AAPLAY program that ships with 3-D Studio. Is it not possible to duplicate this effect in a windows environment. This…
#3ds.prj file format?
Message #195126
I'm a sculptor who has backed into the computer world….oops! I'm talking with a bunch of sharp unix heads at the hospital radiology department of the university where I teach about doing some joint projects with MRI scans and 3ds. They have a program that converts voxels (mri image data)…
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[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 12, 1995 6:20 PM
>> What do you mean by 24 bit display ? I am using 256 color 800×600 under windows , not using the fullscreen option??? Is that any help !!!
Hi Peter, You cannot specify the execution order of AXPs and the names of the created object is not available to other AXPs. jonas[adesk]
——Are you doing the fade on a 24 bit display? —– -Grant Blaha [ADESK] What do you mean by 24 bit display ? I am using 256 color 800×600 under windows , not using the fullscreen option??? Is that any help !!! Why does the color white I think (the…
#AXP interaction
Message #195079
Does anyone know if it possible 2 AXP routines to interact with each other face/vertex data? For example is it possible to write a particle system that could use collision detection on an object that is using Bones Pro. I am not sure how to get the name of an…
Hi Philip, > please check out… File Info for FAX748.TXT Section: PS Technical Papers Contributor: 74764,1443 Size: 1462 Submitted: 8/25/95 Type: Text Accesses: 50 Title: Distribution Policy Autodesk Animation Player Keys: DISTRIBUTION POLICY AAPLAY PLAYER This document outlines the distribution policy for presenters, programmers, or developers who are using any…
Licensing AAPLAY
Message #194716
My company wishes to license the Windows AAPlay DLL without needing to display the copyright dialog. Can anyone here help me? Philip
Lost CD ROM under DOS 95
Message #194429
To all, A while ago, I saw a few threads regarding CD ROM's not showing up when going to DOS from WIN '95. Some had complained that when starting 3D Studio or PAR.EXE (DOS) from Windows, sometimes the CD ROM drive would not show up. I had the same problem…
From:
[F] Grant Blaha [Adesk]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 5, 1995 1:10 PM
Try contacting: Autodesk SA, Europe Headquarters Phone: + 41-22-788-2121 20 Route de Pre-Bois FAX: + 41-22-788-2144 Case Postale 766 CH-1215 Geneva 15 Airport Geneva, Switzerland -Grant Blaha [ADESK]
I am from Vienna , Austria , but the local subsidiary is not able to send me this development kit. Thanks, Jan
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