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Me too, but don't you hate it (in retrospect, of course) when you realize that you've let everyone see it?
The 650C ONLY does raster output, as it were, since it's a bubblejet plotter. There was an article in a recent 3D Artist Magazine on configuring the 650 to plot 3d Studio files, I can send you the issue number if you want, or precis the article if you can't…
In response to your survey… I use the manuals a lot. (9+ or so). I would like to see them better indexed, for example I tried to find "Archive" the other day, and there have been a few others recently that I had to eventually thumb through likely sections looking…
Can't recommend a place since I don't know where your are, but in Vancouver, B.C. slides can be made for as little as $5.00 Canadian each, if time not a factor; otherwise usually around $8 to $10, with another couple of bucks for a glass mount. Hope this helps.
The trick is to create the faces in a clockwise direction, as you look at the side that you will want to see. Thus, you can also create the faces in a counterclockwise direction, if you are looking at what will be the back of the face. The UCS is…
VW Beetle Wanted
Message #87756
Well, it's used as an example for the Dview command in the manual, but not on the release 9, 10, or 11 disks that I checked today. But, it must be out there somewhere for it to have been used for the example. Sorry, but I've led you and Colin…
AutoCAD Rel. 9 used to have a 3d drawing of a beetle. If you can't find it give me a call and I should be able to dig it up and send it to you. If you don't have ACAD I could also dxf it to 3DS format if you…
One of the things I like about all these messages is the adventure of mulling through them, not always knowing what they will contain (based on some of their bizarre and unusual headers). Sometimes they're just meaningless banter, other times real gems come out out of threads started from off…
Bright Faces
Message #81828
I got your msg., Robert. Good luck. I don't have someone typically making promises on my behalf, it's usually me who gives the time estimates. What I do get are the project architects coming to me as I put the finishing touches on the project, and mention that the building…
Hiring/3DS Worker wanted
Message #81752
Hello there… I noticed your msg. re: looking for a 3DS Studio worker. I do freelance 3D Studio work in Vancouver, B.C., and would be interested in any contract mesh work you may wish to farm out. I work full time for an architectural firm, so I am not looking…
Last-image file
Message #81750
The "save-last-image" parameter is kind of a safety net, if you haven't set to render to file and discover that you like the image you've created. It isn't necessary, and can be set to on or off in the 3DS.set file. The Installation guide says…"Important: when this option is on…
Bright Faces
Message #81628
BINGO! I think I've solved it. I went into work and got the other building mesh file that was doing the "bright faces" thing. I did the same series of mesh/file reductions as I did on the last one. i.e. 1.) Rendered in 3DS3 (eliminated 3DS2 possibility) 2.) Rendered in…
#Moral Dilemma
Message #81484
Ah, the 3D Studio Political Forum… Responding to msg. #81447 "can't understand someone to make such a statement about this country…the right to freely leave…" As a Canadian I just gotta comment on that one…What you really have down there is a Democracy of the Dollar…Just try emigrating by pushing…
#3D Studio wishlist
Message #80510
Here's a few thoughts for your wishlist in-basket: -have the 3DS flic player load flics into RAM when it plays them. If it can render in RAM, why not play back? I'd rather not leave 3DS to play flics with a 3rd party program. -add numbers 1 to 256 in…
Architectural front end
Message #78439
Now this has been an interesting thread. Architects going at it with their gloves off! I'm a model builder, AutoCAD draftsman, 3d Studio renderer in a medium-small (11 person) architectural firm in Vancouver, B.C. Although we have two project architects using AC12 (1 @ 2d, 1 @ 3d), none of…
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