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#min network stations
Message #69580
Question about the new network rendering features in 3DS r3: What is the minimum needed to set up a slave station? Could you have, in effect, a few "rack mounted" 486s, without monitors, without keyboards, etc? I assume you would need at least the following: – Yer basic motherboard in…
I'm ashamed to say Ive just been using the brute force solution to all these flippin' normals: render 2-sided. I've had to guage what was worse, spending time correcting the mess thats left after you bring in ACAD AME boolean objects or just let the machine work a little longer…
Peter: With regards to 3DStudio… >>1. I understand that 3DS is polygon based. Does it have features to create curved surfaces easily?>2. Can you extrude 2d objects into the 3rd dimension?>3. Can you rotate an object about a point to create a new object?>4. What is the "Lofter"?>5. What is…
>>…the only cards which do really good Windows accelleration AND good DOS performance are the Matrox MGA and the various cards based…
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#PCI vs ATI card?
Message #61865
I use the ATI card. The great speed bonuses that it's supposed to give only come through on two types of systems: – Those with *less than* 16MB of RAM (so forget most 3DStudio systems) or – Those with local bus video, which I don't have so I can't comment…
This is a probblem in the way AME solids deal with surface normals. Your faces aren't missing, they're just facing the wrong way so they come out invisable when you render them. You have two choices: – You can go through the faces one by one to find out which…
You never know when a stray comment might call attention to yourself… I work for an architectural firm that's doing a lot of work in China and we're having trouble dealing with getting Chinese characters for AutoCAD. Would your collection be of any help to us? How much work have…
If I remember correctly, you have an ATI card, right? I had the same problem and it was solved by excluding the video area from emm386. In DOS 5.0, the line went: device=c:\dos\emm386.exe x=a000-c7ff 31360 RAM ON on a machine with 32MB of ram. Try adding the x=a000-c7ff to your…
I'd have to agree with you on that one. It's not that I don't think that anyone should be doing the hi-tech stuff, far be it from me to tell anyone what not to do (even if it does look like something more suitable to the side of a muscle…
Upfront
Message #51186
David's reply is correct. You also have, however, the ability to create templates in an external program (we use AutoCAD) and import them into Upfront via DXF. This gives you accurate x,y,z created points to snap to in the "intuitive" Upfront manner. For architectural work, often based to some degree…
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