This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Ingo, I thought AApro had it but I could not find it. I will check out your suggestion. Thanks! Stephen
#Poco file to #.flc files
Message #56666
Bob, Do you know of any POCO file available that will number a flic file after it is created? What I am looking for is a poco routine that will do like the PREVIEW when you answer YES to number frames in 3DS. Stephen
Targa to Pic
Message #56544
Bob, Is there a way to render to a ".PIC" file rather than a targa file. I have a someone who can take my animation and put it out to Bata SP but he requires a ".pic" format. If 3ds 2 can not, what about 3ds 3? Or is there…
Ana, I was told that PHASE CHANGE technology is better, what do you think. Panasonic has a drive that uses phase change. I was told that it is better than magnito optical. I will render to this drive as well as use it for archive. Also, you mentioned larger than…
Gary, Field-Order = 0 I will try it set to 1. Stephen
Don, Likewise, glad to meet you! If you could send me your autoexec.bat, config.sys and 3ds.set files, we could start there. Send them to me e-mail. I think the problem is in the 3ds.set but I'm not sure. Is your Field-Order set to 0 or 1? Thanks! Stephen
#Rendering to fields
Message #56447
Bob, I have had some problems with rendering to fields. It seems as if I get field 1, then 2, 3, then 1, … 2, 3, 4, then 2, … 3, 4, 5, then 3. Any ideas? All in all, I get better results when I don't render to fields.…
1gig optical drives
Message #56446
Bob, Do you have any recommendations for 1 gig optical drives or drives that you NOT recommend? Stephen
DNA or Helix Model
Message #54224
Does any one know if there is a model that I could acquire of a DNA or a Helix strand? P.S. Does anyone know the price of HIPERCHEM? I heard that you need to be a HIPERCHEM dealer to sell it. Is this true or is a MM dealer good…
I would be interested in knowing if this works better than the .DXF export from corel. I have corel 4.0. I also remember that a .DXF output from corel of a circle looked like a potato, (potato[e]) . Is the AI output from corel any better? Thanks, Stephen
3DSr3 Release Date?
Message #53145
Gary, This sounds great. I am currently working on a 10+ meg 3ds file. It is an animation of a site plan. The building and parking lot are about 1-2 meg and the T-R-E-E-S are 9meg – 200+ trees. I just was not satisfied with the work arounds ( I…
Nik, I believe I sent in my card but I still never received the 1.3 supplement. Stephen
#ANI Pro Bonus Material
Message #49119
Gary, I'd also be interested in knowing about the bonus material. Wasn't there a NEW and improved poco manual with tutorials? Stephen
#Time for another CPU?
Message #36925
Jack, What is the purpose of showing how much ram is "used" and how much is "available" if the memory that has been used is still useable? Stephen
#Time for another CPU?
Message #36924
Chris, I just purchased a Viper and it showed up yesterday. I can't wait to use it. Stephen
Time for another CPU?
Message #36923
Carl, I have a Weitek thanks for the offer. Stephen
Jack, It seems as though you must exit 3ds 2.1 to free up the ram that is being used regardless of whether you have created a swap file or not. Acad 12 seems the same way. Occationally it seems necessary to exit just to free the memory. It sure would…
Kevin, Have you used Diamond's local bus Viper? Do you know if it has any problems with 3DS/AAPRO/ACAD or WIN 3.1? Also, have you heard of any good local bus Hard Drive controllers? Can VL bus HD controllers work with SCSI drives? Stephen
Kevin, So far it seems that all is well in 36meg of ram. My new system will start out with at least 32meg. I notice that the ram is being used. After a long rendering I will come back to 3ds keyframer and notice as much as 16meg of ram…
#Time for another CPU?
Message #36440
Kevin, I am going to be buying another CPU. But what to choose?.. My concern is that I have 600-1200 frame animations that are taking 12 to 24 hours. I currently have a 486/33 36meg ram w/ Wietek always about 400meg free on my 1.6meg HD's. In December 1991 I…
#tgaps.exe
Message #35736
Kevin, It was nice to talk to you the other day. Thanks for your support. I had a question about your file conversion. Is the *.ps file that you produce a *.EPS file or another type of postscript file? Let me explain. I did a "COPY FILENAME.PS LPT1/B" to the…
DXFIN 'invalid ratnest'
Message #28127
Bob, I have had this error a few times while dxf in to 3ds. My model was created by Acad and SoftDesk's AutoArch. What I would like is to search and delete any entities that are causing this error while in acad before I create my dxf. Do you have…
Thanks! I'll check with Bob. Stephen
#DXFIN
Message #28044
Regarding invalid ratnest in dxfin. It would be real helpful if you could isolate what types of AutoCAD entities might cause this error. This may not be possible because this error may be produced by a combonation of entities. Let me explain my problem. I have a co-worker producing drawings…
Panacea\Speedstar\3ds2
Message #18700
I have one of the new 24bit speedstars and the panacea drivers that shipped with it. My problem is when ever I render anything and then go to the materials editor my system reboots. Any other comments would be appreciated. Thanks! Stephen
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#Monitors
Message #15329
Kevin, I would like to have a 14" monitor that would: – Not "shake or shiver" because of the interlaced signal. – it should work in Windows/AutoCAD/Dos. for the purpose of output to consumer brand VHS tape. I would like to make instructional tapes. I have used the windows driver…
TARGA+64
Message #11732
After "some" looking around it seems that the targa+64 is one of the best solutions for output to VIDEO in its price range. Are there any competitors? Most of my work is in AutoCAD, is there a driver for autoCAD? I have a Diamond Speedstar that does just fine. Will…
#TARGA 16/24
Message #11143
Is there a AApro driver for the Targa 16 or Targa 24? Stephen
Small/Simple Poco files
Message #10880
Does any one have a collection of a poco files that are small in length (5 to 10 lines) and do something usefull? I am looking for something to help my learning curve. I have done a "little" C programming, so anything small and simple would be helpful. Stephen
Graeme, Thanks! The combonation of flic and play into and .exe sounds great? Any Ideas about when it will be available? Stephen
Thankyou! Thankyou! I have a real bad headache. Stephen
Water flow
Message #4139
I'm looking for direction to simulate water flow through tubes in AAPro? Could anyone refer me to a location in the manual? Thanks
For tutorial purposes 16 colors would be sufficeint? Could I configure for 640x480x16 filcs.. and will your play.exe read it? Stephen
#PixelPop
Message #4064
Is it possible to turn off the buzz while using PixelPop? Thanks, Stephen
Grant, Play works great so far. I still have 2 concerns. Can it be run w/o a SVGA board (ie. VGA). I would like to run 640×480 filcs, so I don't need SVGA. Also, could I create an .exe that will run itself so I don't have to copy the…
#ANIPLAY Limitation?
Message #3901
Grant, I would like to create some acad help animations. I would like to be able to start from lisp shell out of acad to start a .bat file or script that runs an animation and then return to acad. 640x480x256 would be ideal. Which or your suggested options would…
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#Driver for Ani Pro
Message #3900
Brad, What is PanaMate? I have an STB EM/16 and I have the STB VESA but I can't get any higher than 800×600. I have configured Acad for 1024×768. Any ideas. Stephen
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