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#13222-#Importing DXF into LW
Message #13723
I may be missing something, but I own Lightwave 4.0 for the PC and for the life of me I can't find the load dxf options…either in Modeller or in Layout! What am I missing? -Bryan
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#13626-Byte articles on 3D
Message #13681
Please send me an order form, and Text on your VRML converter. Thank you D A Ridgway
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#12898-New Media Article
Message #12902
John, Thanks, we figured out that it was Schrieber's Imagine line of IPAS routines. I've seen some of their plug-ins, or rather the results of them, and they are very, very cool. -GreG
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#12883-Shall I buy LW on SGI?
Message #12895
…if I ever get that far… You are right, before having seen how the SW will fit into my needs (and budget), I do not decide. I will analytically proove SW and then choose the Hardware. What the whole thing becomes more difficult is this: need a parametric modeller and…
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tS French
Message #12894
Hi, My local computer shop (near Brussels, Belgium) was very impressed by tS, and asked if I could find out if there is a french-language version….. Well, …is there? Thanks . Alistair.
#12853-odd behavior & file crpt
Message #12892
Non of my TSR's have changed in quite a while. After I started having the crashes I bought the Norton virus and disk programs. >> Did you try booting with “clean'' Config.sys, and Autoexec.bat files? > Also, what about your mouse, or graphics drivers? > Have you run a diagnostic…
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#12889-Which animator?
Message #12891
>> Don't waste your time with Imagine.
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#12846-#Which animator?
Message #12889
Terry, I just found this Forum recently and find it a breath of fresh air. I'll be adding another platform to my studio soon and Love all the multi platform input here. I'm a life long Amiga user (O.K. 10 years :^), Things are a little different over in the…
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#12842-Lighting weirdness
Message #12888
GreG- Thanks for the info. I knew, more or less, why it wasn't working, I just figured there was a way to make it work. You told me what I needed to know in that regard. I actually thought of both transparancy and fog and even thought I tried to…
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#12882-Errrr..when 2.0?
Message #12886
>> Not again! But hey, save me the call….when is 2.0 due out? I have just recently purchased a Matrox Impressions + 4 meg VRAM PCI card and wanna try it out! Give me a hint! Any kinda date would be greatly appreciated!
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#12866-trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12885
Terry, my understanding is that the Millenium does support texture mapping, but not perspective-corrected. Loyd Case
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#12846-Which animator?
Message #12884
Terry, In regards to LW PC, it is currently in a "pre-release" status. This means it is for sale (at least for Intel-type processors), but that some features are not yet implemented. Primarily, this means it supports only Raw, Targa, and IFF images, and does not yet properly import DXF…
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#12719-#Shall I buy LW on SGI?
Message #12883
Norbert… You'd have to eliminate Alias Studio, which may be the fastest modler and maybe the easiest to use… because of price. I suggest you wait until SIGGRAPH and try all the software on Macs, SGIs and PCs. \\\. ========================= >-===– >-==*- /
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#Errrr..when 2.0?
Message #12882
I know…. Not again! But hey, save me the call….when is 2.0 due out? I have just recently purchased a Matrox Impressions + 4 meg VRAM PCI card and wanna try it out! Give me a hint! Any kinda date would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, JP
#12839-Lightwave vs Real 3D
Message #12873
Can you put me on an E-mail list to let me know when it is finished? Alan Ridgeway
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#12855-Animation Program
Message #12872
Tim, It's starting to look more and more like I will be Pentium based in the new setup. It has a number of things that I like. The main one being that the market I have in mind is all Intel machine based. The Pentium will allow me to write…
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#12835-#trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12866
>> Does it support texture mapping ? Nope.. Sorry. Not *this* product, but..
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#12848-Update 1 -> 2
Message #12863
The info from Mr. Obermueller is correct. The only free upgrades are from the English 2.0 to the German 2.0 version. You were better off buying the English version of trueSpace at a special price at CeBIT and upgrading than if you had waited to buy version 2 straight out.…
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#12844-furniture wanted…
Message #12862
This sounds like an interesting project. We are working on a 3D environment that will be accessible over the World Wide Web and would be interested in seeing some of the furniture. If we include any, you would get full credit, of course. The tutorial for trueSpace2 will include tutorials…
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#12847-Update schedualing
Message #12861
John, Also, please note my user id above (74774,232). The one you used before (75300,1641) is no longer active. Wouldn't want any mail getting mis-directed. -GreG
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#12847-Update schedualing
Message #12860
John, I don't have a concrete date as to when 3.3 will ship. Impulse really went at the attributes/texture/brush requestors in terms of usability and functionality. I spoke with Impulse today, and it is being finalized. In fact, a feature (not yet announced) has been moved up for the 4.0…
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#12154-skin on an object
Message #12857
Hey Ken, you oughta be a writer as well as an artist. Thanks for the intriguing fog idea. Unfortunately, I was not able to get it to work. I just ended up fuzzing out my object, and the lines were still quite distinct. Great idea though! I hope you post…
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#12803-#Animation Program
Message #12855
>> My question is, is there an animation program as good as Lightwave 4.0 that I can use with the Media/Mac system.
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#12815-Which animator?
Message #12854
Joe, If you're looking for a well-rounded 3D modelling/animation/rendering program that's fairly easy to pick up, I don't think you could go wrong with Lightwave 4.0 PC on a Pentium, (especially after they get their DXF Import up to speed). But if you have specific questions about other packages, I'll…
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#12824-#odd behavior & file crpt
Message #12853
Sam, What about TSRs, programs running in the background, like a virus detector? Did you try booting with “clean'' Config.sys, and Autoexec.bat files? Did you install some other new software on your computer just before the crashes began happening? Also, what about your mouse, or graphics drivers? Mouse driver might…
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#12708-Metals
Message #12852
Metals won't work unless there's something in the scene for them to reflect, or a Reflection Brush (such as a landscape) on the object. -Tim
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#12772-2 questions
Message #12851
Michael, Last time I checked, the world size in Imagine was 16,000 units for ray-tracing and 32,000 in scanline. 'Trouble is, I can't remember whether that's 16,000 units in any direction, or 16,000 in size (namely 8000 units in any direction). Scanline is supposed to be theoretically of unlimited sized,…
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#12644-Path bug in 3.1, 3.2
Message #12850
David, Is it really necessary to use paths at all? Can't you just set up keyframes were you need the object to be, and let spline interpolation do accel/decel automatically? -Tim
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#Update 1 -> 2
Message #12848
A few weeks ago we talk about update TS 1.x -> 2.0. The American Caligari told updates are free for byings after Nov. /Des. 94. Im a German user, sorry for my bad English, and Caligari Deutschland, Mr. Winfried Obermuller, told me we must pay 399,- DM round about 250,-…
#Update schedualing
Message #12847
GreG, I don't know when this question was last asked (I haven't been around for a while, so forgive me if I'm being redundant), but when is v3.3 due out? -John
#12815-#Which animator?
Message #12846
Hello again all, I've been following your threads on the lightwave vs 3DS vs Imagine. I am just getting started and have no adversity to buying more than one program. I have a number of questions regarding this though, if I may. Can you transfer files/models/renderings etc. from all of…
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#furniture wanted…
Message #12844
We're working in a high-performance 3-D-graphics solution supporting the Caligari obejct format. In this context we're looking for artists who did create (esp. European – german/italian) furniture objects, and for furniture manifacturers working with AutoCAD, truespace or a comparable software in contruction process to exchange experiences about time and costs…
#12840-2 questions
Message #12843
>> You seem to be plagued with nasty little annoyances lately. Good luck with the crash thing…you gotta hate that.
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#12841-#Lighting weirdness
Message #12842
Darin, Ok, I knew where you were going once I read you modelled a light. A light source is defined by the axis of an object itself. In the case of a sphere with the axis at the center, the light is emitted by the axis. Knowing this, lets take…
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#Lighting weirdness
Message #12841
GreG- I ran across a situation that I can't figure out. I was trying to model a street light of sorts and this is how it went. I created the main lamp part (metal or whatever) and then added a sphere for the globe containing the bulb. I made the…
#12823-#2 questions
Message #12840
>> Really? I scaled it down to about 20 (grid size) in the stage editor and still got the error message. Strange.
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#12649-#Lightwave vs Real 3D
Message #12839
Stephen, Thanks for bringing up Humanoid here. >>Humanoid has been in release in LW format for a long time now (2-3 years?).>They are, however, working on a (plug-in?) that will increase the functionality of their already impressive models. If I were to guess (since that's all I can do right…
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3D Art Forum
Message #12838
>> I was really looking for helps and tips to advance my skills to the next level…
#12835-trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12837
trueSpace2 will be accelerated by any card for which there is a 3DR driver available (including Glint chips). This includes the Impression Plus and to our knowledge will also include the Millenium (couldn't hurt to check with Matrox though to get a date for the availablity of the driver). I…
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#12826-#trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12835
>> It is the successor board of the MGA impression+ card
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TS 2.0 exports
Message #12834
Will TS 2.0 be able to export to binary 3DS format ? I love TS but most tools I use need either .3DS or .DXF files. I use DXF for now but I loose colors and textures in the conversion which is a major pain. JD -Jean-Daniel Begin
#12764-Tga files with Premiere
Message #12833
Regarding converting animations to AVI and Indeo "And they will say, run it in 24 bit mode :-)" I hope they will have a bit more to say on the topic….but last I checked you've little choice with Indeo…its is a 24 bit CODEC irrespective of the depth you display…
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#12829-trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12832
Hallo Herr Beckersjuerg! Gehen sie mit go MATROX in eines der Graphic Vendor Foren. Dort heben einige die Millennium getestet. Das Ergebnis: Die Millennium ist verdammt schnell auch unter DOS. Das hat sie einem neuen Chip auf der Karte und den erstmals angewndeten W-RAMS zu verdanken. Weitere informationen zu dieser…
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#12826-#trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12829
>I'm going to buy the new Video card from Matrox the MGA Millennium. It is the successor board of the MGA >impression+ card. I'm considering that, too. But the lack of DOS performance (no, I still can't do without…) kept me from going matrox. Any reports on the perfoemance of…
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#12708-Metals
Message #12828
Hey Bruce. I'm a new user to Imagine, and have had a tough time getting used to the way Imagine uses attributes. The thing you have to remember is that whenever you see a value indented in the Attributes requester, don't put anything there. Only put a value in a…
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#trueS.2.0 MGA Millennium
Message #12826
I'm going to buy the new Video card from Matrox the MGA Millennium. It is the successor board of the MGA impression+ card. You can get it with 2-8MB of the new Window RAM. The W-RAM is even faster then the V-RAM. The Millennium is also fast in DOS and…
#12812-2 questions
Message #12825
>> Of course, you must update the SIZE bar for the objects for it to take effect.
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