This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#43900-
#Backface 3D Studio
Message #44360
Michael: I see what you mean… problem is, I don't have a 21" monitor to keep all the lines that you would be dealing with clear… Mine would look something like a spider's web . I think your idea would work… I generally create a 'modular' set of surfaces that…
#43997-
IPAS Routines
Message #44359
Rolf: I find the Silicon Garden most useful and don't mean what I say as a criticism… I would just suggest that you clarify this in the docs (unless I didn't see that when I read them…). C#
Michael: Autodesk just answered the AME situation over on the AutoCAD forum. They stated that they 'will continue to support the product'. This is the same thing that they said about AEC. What is really amounts to, in between the lines, is that there will be a reasonably priced upgrade…
Force two sided is an option in rendering in 3D Studio… essentially, you don't have to worry about which way the normal is facing. I have never had any problems to speak of in using DXF conversions from AutoCAD to 3DS and vice-versa… except where normals are concerned. 3DS 2.0…
Michael: Well, check out Visual Link… That's by Autodesk and allows you to build 3D models in AutoCAD ready for 3D Studio. You can force 2 sided on and you'll never notice whether the model was built in AutoCAD or in 3DS… Or, you can learn the proper techniques to…
Martin: I saw an article in InfoWorld… and their experiences sounded entirely foreign to mine. The said that DiskDoubler is the problem… and an MS spokesman said that their testing methods were the problem… I agree that caution should be used, but I have received enough benefit from it already…
Martin: Wheel Bearing Grease… no kidding. C#
Greg: Maybe he's too young to remember? C #
James: For starters, you don't have to wait for the tape to rewind and reset each frame. In theory, I suppose, you can stream to tape because there's enough speed in the memory to lay the data down to digital tape. C#
#42621-
3DS Frustration!!!
Message #42759
Yeah, I digressed into the wrong section. I should have said 12… . C #
From my experience, it is real easy to get a graphics memory/network driver conflict in high ram, which is what QEMM is doing. Try shelling out of 3DS and running manifest with and without the network driver loaded. You >should< be able to see where your conflict is and then…
#42616-
#3DS and Dos6 compression
Message #42757
Well… I haven't seen a single problem. I would look elsewhere before I start sticking it all on the back of disk doubler… not to say that I'm sure it isn't DOS 6, but Norton's Smartcan, etc. have generated much of the problems originally attributed to DOS 6 in the…
Greg: O.K. Thanks. I thought the safe frame was for the smaller TV's. What do they call that, Marque' or something like that? How much does a small picture TV crop from a normal TV? And I thought a TV screen displayed 410 lines… or thereabouts (getting old is not…
Thanks. I'll do that. As far as your name goes… uh… it was just a wild guess . C#
Kerekt materialz azzignment? You mean you put clothes on the model, Colonel Klink? C#
Oh. THAT explains it… HIGH END decks… no wonder I didn't know anything about it . I did see a great digital suite when I was in CA last… too bad some of us have to live in the boonies. I get on here and feel like I'm in a…
Oooo… cool. Maybe my anwser has been found… at least about back ups and archiving, anyway . Thanks, Gustav. C#
#41417-
#3D Studio and DOS 6.0
Message #41452
Nope. It musta been ol' sticky fingers, then… I'm not doing any field mode rendering yet… I'm waiting for you to send me one of your extra Sony LVR's… . C#
Alan: Have you ever exported GIF's or PCX's from Corel of 'selected' components? We are having a terrible time with the palette of these… C#
Rachid: You need to address your request specifically to Jeffrey Pike, Sysop… 76702,531. C#
John: Well, now, I remember things as concepts and where to look them up, not as a tutorial or reference manual so bear with me… but if whomever you are asking this for is using 2.0+ 3DS they will find the ability to make a material self illuminating in the…
#glow inside glass
Message #36915
Mitchell Check out a self illuminating material… that may work for you. C#
Ron: You can get good models from Wizard… they are mentioned in the latest Cadence, I believe… C#
Dan: Well, I don't know if 3DS can use virtual memory when it loads a DXF file… but you would probably need a lot of disk space if it does… You can separate the DXF into sub-components by freezing layers and outputting smaller DXF files, then bring each of them…
Kenneth: I might agree that ALL memory managers who use page frame access to expanded memory will show some form of speed degredation… and I don't know how the size of the memory cache on the motherboard will affect the results. Nonetheless, if you use extended memory only with no…
Jack: I have seen examples of VMI's Cobra 8 bit 'photorealistic' color which are pretty darned good… whether they are using the same techinique in a non-proprietary fashion, I don't know… C#
There are utilities (I don't know who makes them…) that will convert TGA files to digital files… which you can put on the exabyte tapes. To do this (until a driver from someone comes out for 3DS) you of course have to render each TGA file, convert it, copy it…
Mike: Renderman support, what there is of it, is addressed in the ACAD forum.. and don't ask me about the reasoning behind this. C#
Martin: I have had problems with Lantastic and a graphics card that has 8 or 16 bit ROM accessibility… the Vrams that we had had to be set to 8 bit… I don't know if Artisoft has fixed this bug… C#
Guys: Based on my experience with the quality of the drivers provided by Summa, I would first look at Summa as the problem but since the Summa is directly supported by AP, then I would guess that Summa gave the Yost group the wrong specs . C#
Michelle: Strata Vision is MUCH slower at handling large models on a Quadra 700 with a Radius Rocket than 3DS is on a 486/33 with 16Megs of memory (Don't know if a 900 makes much difference). Strata documentation sucks when compared to 3DS but they are helpful on the phone……
Greg: A combination of concerns… differing primarily in the number of generations required… In house presentation to clients (Hi-8 would be my current guess) with the ability to produce OR obtain (via service bureau) promotional video composites that require multiple copies… I'm guessing that either A.You take the PC into…
Greg: I was being serious… I wanted to make sure that I understood their function… can you use them for anything else? Do you think a waveform generator is necessary? What about other esoteric (to the PC world) hardware? C#
Greg: Does that translate to 'They allow for capstan speed variance?' (TBCs). C#
Roger: I use a standard module for masonry of 2'x2' for the tile… no matter what type of masonry I'm creating. I created the pattern in AniPro and mapped it to each face of the building based on the direction of the face. I create the maps in 1024×768 and…
Michael: You can upgrade by taking the #1 disk in to your dealer… I don't know what the cost would be in Germany. C#
Roger and Gary: This conversation sounds alot like the comments I used to make on the Autodesk forum about 5 years ago… I had dealers that went bankrupt, dealers that lied to me, dealers that had no business selling calculator much less computers who were also selling AutoCAD to help…
David: It has been my experience that closed volumes will transport well either way… open volumes and planar surfaces, on the other hand, often need hand 'diddling'. C#
John: I am not offended by stupidity or bull-headedness… just disappointed. As far as language goes, I'm no better than the next guy but we have to draw the line so that things don't get entirely out of hand. C#
#30370-
Offensive word
Message #30516
Bob: Well, maybe we can arrange it so you don't get support here, either… in 24 hours or in two weeks. The decorum of this forum is up to Autodesk and your visitation here is a priveledge. If you wish to abuse it, so be it but I wouldn't recommend…
Stephane: You need to GO ACAD and ask for the driver over there… this is the ASOFT forum and for 3DS, etc. I haven't heard of a specific driver for your setup, but that doesn't mean that it's not there. C#
Eli: So… you can render in 24bit color with the Vibrant drivers? C#
Chuck: I have set up a Diamond Speedstar with a VESA driver… it comes on the driver disk, but if I remember correctly, it was difficult to find. C#
Doug: You need to contact Josh Gordon in the ACAD forum (go ACAD). This forum is for 3D Studio, Animator Pro, and some of Autodesk's scientific series software. C#
Ang: Congratulations… I have a good friend who had the same problem. The fool quit after four daughters and the family line is done… . C#
Angelo: The ATK lisp kit was written by Jamie Clay for R10 and I >think< updated for R11 AutoCAD. I don't know if an update has been posted for R12… The Animation Tool Kit allows you to place a camera path in AutoCAD, for example, and automatically output slide files…
Ronald: You can place ads that don't sell a product in the Classified message section… I don't know which one that is but you can find out by typing SB ? at the forum prompt, I believe. C#
Roger: I believe that the debate caused by R12 among educational issues is intrinsic in the design of R12 (which I would term… adrift.). I personally feel that the best approach is to teach the basics because typing will always be the fastest form of input until voice is improved.…
Mike: If you want to use Windows, for example, plus Autodesk products then QEMM is the painless way to go… you don't have to keep separate config.sys files since QEMM will create extended or expanded memory upon demand. I did a test and noticed no appreciable difference on my machine…
Phil: I just got my AniPro 1.3 upgrade the other day. Looks like neat and useful new features… I had no idea this was coming out. Were there some notices and ads that I missed, or is Autodesk selling so many copies that they don't need to hype the release…
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