This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Jonas, Hope this isn't too late. Oh well, here goes anyway. 1. which_sel() is omitted from page 106 of the final docs. 2. pxp_draw_item() only draws the vertices of the given object when in Display/Geometry/Backface mode. 3. Is item #10 "SelectObject text needs to be black" referring to the selbyn.zip…
Well….
Message #97325
Thank you to all who provided feedback. Here I go…..
Yes, I was talking about you. No other John is having memory problems as far as I can remember (am I having memory problems too?) Generate an executable with symbols. I need to be able to track all calls to malloc() and free(). If you do any other type of…
John, Thanks for the detailed summary. This is the kind of material that I need. jonas[adesk]
I had two memory-related bug reports. The earliest was due to my expectation that 3DS was reloading a newly compiled copy of my IPAS after I'd shell'd to DOS to recompile a bug fix. Once I stopped expecting that to work, and restarted 3DS from scratch, those mysterious crashes on…
Is the "John" mentioned here "me" or someone else? I'd be glad to send you the executable for the Wavefront converter… if you could tell me how you snoop on it to deduce what's happening, I'm sure your teachings would benefit us all.
Thanks alot John!
thanks alot gus!
From my narrow perspective as someone who wants to make IPAS routines that load and save different 3D file formats, I'd say, yes, please rev the IPAS R3-compatible toolkit. I can implement my file filters, but they're severely crippled by the lack of functions to make and set the attributes…
A couple of quick notes: Regarding the gfx_get_path() function (old question). That's not a bug. It was just a misunderstanding. When I read "GFX_3DS_PATH" I was thinking of being able to get 3D Studio's "root" path. The function (as the name implies) returns the current ".3DS" mesh file path (the…
#Draft Summary #1
Message #97028
Here is a *rough* draft of some of the topics extracted from the threads that I can bring up at the meeting. Favorites? I know it looks brief but I imagine some of it will ring a bell if you've run into it recently. I'm listing an issue and some…
Draft Summary #2
Message #97027
#10.Make text in SelectObject black a. provide source b. IPAS3.5(?) #3. KXP's to create objects. a. IPAS 3.5 (?) #14.How to determine the position of a linked node from it's moving parent ie. implement new kxp_get_parent routine a. IPAS3.5(?) b. Provide code examples c. compare to key_upload
IPAS3 +(?)
Message #96933
Hi everyone, I'm going to a meeting on Friday to present my views(your life) to the follow questions. *Please* share with me here or in e-mail issues that you'd like me to predsent and stress by Friday morning. 1. Is the IPAS3 Toolkit working sufficiently for developers? 2. What bugs…
>> and will try to keep up the good work.
John, " I'd also like to mention that Jonas and Nik have been doing a terrific job" … Your kind thoughts to not go unnoticed. We appreciate your comments and will try to keep up the good work. I have been sidetracked lately by a project at work called "Supportdesk",…
Thankyou Chris. I look forward to our continued association. We on the other side of this virtual corporation need the kind of support you've given. Here's to great things in the future. I'd also like to mention that Jonas and Nik have been doing a terrific job on the forum…
Thanks John! %^) X.
Thanks Jonas, I know things have been kinda out of sorts and you've been covering during the transition. I really appreciate your help and look forward to working with Max in whatever capacity that may entail. I'd also like to acknowledge Chris Allis's help and support with this IPAS development.…
John, I think that everything will be revisited with the new Sr. Manager of Developer Relations, ie. Max. I expect to have him up here soon. jonas[adesk]
#NDA
Message #96628
Jonas, Just to follow up on the NDA, it occurs to me that everyone who is a registered developer has to sign a Third Party Confidentiality Agreement for AutoCAD, but I don't know if that's the case for 3DS. If it is and everyone who is in this section has…
Danny, Thank you very much! Keep 'em coming! jonas[adesk]
Jonas, > Here's a couple of wishes; 1) Documentation for the internal commands of the SDK. This is vital for anyone wanting to create "hybrid" routines. I could really have used that for the stuff I'm working on. As it is, I basically had to reverse-engineer the toolkit to get…
IPAS3 Open issues review
Message #95757
I've summarized what I consider the 34 current open issues and concerns that you have posted since IPAS3 ship. Please review the file IPAS3O.txt and let me know if I can drop any of them off the list before I push for resources to solve them. This is in addition…
Doug, > In addition to Grants previous thread, his complete thread on this issue occurred between John Foust and Grant a few weeks back. You can find this thread in IPAS3Q.zip in "SDK" section of the lib. jonas[adesk]
John, > Thank you *very* much. Everyone else, please add your additions _today_ if possible. I can fold them into a report that I'm presenting tomorrow to Max regarding the state of 3ds and ipas3 from my perspective. Who's Max? From an internal memo…. "Autodesk is pleased to welcome Max…
Doug, > Grant writes: Every Pharlap program gets its own code segment and data segment. Initially, unless modified by MAXDATA option, the data segment starts out small. If malloc tries to allocate memory, and there is none left in the segment, it will increase the size of the segment with…
#3DS R3.1?
Message #95691
Beyond my posting of my IPAS R4 ideas, I'm wondering if Autodesk has planned any 3DS R3 minor bug-fix upgrade? This might be a way to integrate new IPAS functions before 3DS R4.
#IPAS R4 Ideas
Message #95690
As requested by Jonas, here is my April 1 list of IPAS improvement requests… —- More orthogonality in functions From my perspective as a maker of foreign file import and export routines, I want enough IPAS functions to create a complete object including geometry, hierarchy and materials. (I'll leave motions…
Memory usage with IPAS..
Message #95542
Jonas, How's things? Got a quick (maybe quick) question. I have found that with certain meshes my pxp is paging somewhat. With all the calculations that I have made, my code could only be generating about 6mb of usage at any given time and free's up the memory as soon…
Jonas, Sorry to hear you weren't feeling well. >> I'll do what I can for all of you.
Danny, I think that there's much less traffic here. There is a list of open questions that I've been compiling. As you all know there are still discrepencies between what you *might* expect and what you get with IPAS3. I haven't been able to answer these open questions myself. (i…
#Mapping Coords
Message #95139
Hi Jonas, I know you guys have been EXTREMELY busy lately but… I posted a message about a week ago asking for help with mapping coordinates in an AXP. Here it is again in a nutshell; is it possible to assign a material requiring material mapping to an object generated…
prep_node?
Message #94573
Sirs, Could anyone explain to me the _when_ and _why_ you should use kxp_prep_node and kxp_update_paths? I've found that unless I use a prep_node before I switch key types the viewports in Studio are NOT updated, but once I go into track info for the object and come back out…
Danny, Grant should have returned today from NAB. Let's hope that he's able to answer some of the open issues. jonas[adesk]
Hi Doug, Actually, I'm trying to use mapping coords with an AXP. I haven't figured out how to do that. I'm probably just being dense and overlooking the obvious. I start to get that way after having spent too much time staring at the same lines of code. If I…
Danny, Do you mean that the u and v coordinates of the XVData struct do not work? I was just going to start looking into texture mapping myself, but alas, so much code, so little time… If you hear anything I would be obliged! Later, doug
#Mapping Coordinates
Message #93728
Has anyone had a chance to explore mapping coordinates in IPAS3? I'd like to be able to create a mesh in an AXP or a PXP and have the mesh retain the mapping coordinates of a texture mapped material from the source or stand-in object. So far, I've only been…
Yes, the $1000 package is what you'll need.
This is somewhat of an aside Gus but I've been checking with the Phar Lap and Programmers shop and what with the notes I've been able to ascertain on about IPAS development, what I need is the Metaware Hi C/C++ and the 386 DOS extender from Phar Lap. Phar Lap…
I'm using QEMM 7.03 and have no problems running 3DE. These are the two lines of my Config.sys that matters: DEVICE=C:\QEMM7\QEMM386.SYS EMB=73728 X=B000-B0FF X=F000-FFFF FRAME=NONE RAM FEMS R:1 DEVICE=C:\QEMM7\LOADHI.SYS C:\QEMM7\QDPMI.SYS SWAPFILE=DPMI.SWP SWAPSIZE=10240
3DE and QEMM
Message #93210
Besides 3DE being frustrating to use, it appears that it will not work in some QEMM environments. Will everyone that is using or has executed 3de at least once post their memory manager type and version numbers, please? jonas[adesk]
Doug, Thanks for the upload! jonas[adesk]
New as of December or January, meaning 7.01?
#Select Objects source
Message #93055
Friends and Neighbors, I have just uploaded a file: SELBYNAM.zip to the Software Dev. Kits Library. It is the source code for a Select Objects by Name dialog in your r3 IPAS routines. Please check it out and if there are any comments/suggestions please direct them to me. Hope you…
John, > I wish I knew where to start… What version of QEMM are you running? jonas[adesk]
Uhm, have you forgotten my bug report that I can't even get 3DE.EXE to run on my system? It generates a QEMM error. Can I do anything on this end to help discover the problem?
I'm sorry to hear that you're still having these face problems Doug. I can think of two things that may or may not be affecting your objects. First, are you welding the vertices? I had a problem, when I started writing the blob code, that had to do with assigning…
Jonas, First thing I did was download IPAS3Q per your suggestion. Thanks, it makes for some intresting reading. (Only because I'm really interested in seeing what I can do with IPAS 3. ) -JE
Jonas, >> I expect ~300 participants[lurkers} in this section by years end.
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