This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Murph'; >> I certainly will keep and all those interested posted. Thanks, Dennis
Jonas; >> "please come visit our boot at Siggraph I will look forward to meeting you there. It will be nice to put a face and name together. Dennis
Greg; >> 1) I have an Exabyte 8505XL. I tell it through software which drive >> to emulate, the 8505 series or the 8500. Does this software come with the drive, or is it special, or extra cost, or ??? >> 3) Both are supported directly on my Accom, I…
Larry; >> There is still called something an "CPU instruction set", even under >> NT . Thanks for helping me understand why this could be a problem. So, what I really need, is input from Autodesk on whether the DEC Alpha is to be included as an NT capable CPU…
John; >> I think they're as happy with those units as I am with mine. Thanks for all your help. Dennis
James; I just received your FAX on the seminar. I noticed that the Courtroom Animation seminar is to be video taped. Is there any chance of purchasing the video tape? I had already made plans to be at another week long seminar (for the family) the same week in August.…
Greg; Thanks for your input. I just sent you a mail message for an order for the Sunpath IPAS. Dennis
John; >> but I've never regreted backing things up… never.) That is why I am looking at either the Exabyte, or something else. I just finished a 2400 frame animation. (So far, I have only been doing about one animation per year for hire. Hopefully that will change, and I…
John; >> you mentioned a year… alot can happen… I was wondering, if the new replacement for the PAR will make the Exabyte's non-essential. If that were the case, then any tape backup would work fine to be just a tape backup. I'm just thinking out loud, wondering if others…
Anne; >> I've moved your message over to the Marketing section. OK. Thanks! Dennis
#NT, 3ds, and DEC Alpha
Message #178207
I guess I was just naive, but I thought that if 3DS went to NT, it would work on any system running NT. The DEC Alpha specifically. Is that not true? I was considering purchasing a DEC Alpha set up with NT because 3DS was moving in that direction. However,…
Greg; >> Holler if you want more info! I would like to make an animation for my son (5-1/2 years old) that shows the sun and at least our nine planets. Does the "Sunpath" come with the planets set up and in position for animation, or will I need to…
Michael; >> most post houses here in L.A. still have the 8500 which is directly >> supported by Abekas. Thanks for the info. I will keep this is mind as I look into a purchase later. Dennis
John; >> 500 series has been discontinued >> The 8mm format is still the most reliable… as far as I know. Thanks for your help on this. I will look into this further. Maybe prices will go down also. Thanks, Dennis
John; >> (they have been discontinued for those that don't know… Have they been replaced by a newer version, or what. I was considering getting one of these probably within a year. Mostly because they are compatible with the Abecus. Is there something better? Would a 4MM DAT drive do…
#Upgrade Price Animator
Message #178136
Mark; I am a registered user of Animator Pro. Is Animator Studio an upgrade for me? I didn't receive any information about any upgrade possibilities. Thanks, Dennis Fenske
Help! Cut render time?
Message #178085
Michael; >> >> big flat surfaces (panels covering the machine). >>Then the only thing to do is: render views from the 'panels view' and assign >>them as reflection maps OR create an automatic reflection map and update it >>never or seldom >>(material editor click on 'A' in the reflection-slot and…
#Solar system data?
Message #178076
Gus; >> The first version of the Solar Path PXP I wrote will create a DXF path >> (in real scale) of any body in our solar system. The new version is a KXP Where can I obtain this KXP Gus? Who sells it. Thanks, Dennis
>> PMJI, do you use automatic reflections on the chrome materials ? Yes. I have many big flat surfaces (panels covering the machine). Thanks for Jumping in. Dennis
>> "I built a fenske around the garden to keep the wascally wabits out" Say What? 🙂 That's cute. I always like your humorous closing lines. I was considering flat mirrored faces. However, I had not tried them on this project. I may do that. I need to do that…
Mark; >> As far as shelling out to DOS and firing up a user defined editor Thanks for your reply, and for your IPAS. I appologize for not responding sooner, but I have not had time presently to look further at it or anything due to overload of other work.…
Help! Cut render time?
Message #173543
I have been offline for a couple of weeks because of what is explained below. 1. The Background. I have been working on an animation for about two months for the company where I work. The deadline is June 15th, but can be pushed out about a week. Most of…
>> The 64K vertice and face limit is on a per object basis Whew! That's good. I presented some stills today of an animation I am preparing for, and everyone was pleased. But if I was going to have a problem, I needed to know now. Thanks for all your…
Mark; WOW! That is a really GREAT IPAS. I want to compliment you on how you documented how to use it, and for providing the .PRJ file to get started on. This is one time I believe "Online Documentation" works. I was able to shell out to a text editor,…
#Not enough RAM for that?
Message #170449
Jonas; You said something about a 64K limit? I thought I recalled something like that. So I opened my latest 3ds animation file, and checked. I had 52K vertices, and 95K faces. I am able to render stills. Am I looking at a problem and don't know it? Then I…
#Not enough RAM for that?
Message #170229
I have a 7 Mbyte DXF file that I was loading into 3DS4. After 40 minutes, it said "Not enough RAM for that operation" "continue". "Invalid file." "continue." Settings were layers, weld yes, unify no, smoothing 30. I tried it again with colors, weld yes, unify no, smoothing 30. Same…
Jonas; >> Please review the following file for some possibly additional insights >> to several different methods of IK approaches.. >> File Info for FLIP.ZIP Thanks for the tip Jonas! I looked at this file, and at first couldn't figure out what was wrong. I had my Heir* links set…
Paul; >> Did you select the X, Y, and/or Z axes for each joint that you want IK >> to solve for positions with? I have the Y axis selected because that is the only one that it rotates about, and the X axis for sliding for the "hand". However,…
Jonas, I will download it an review it. Yes the legs work just as well as an elbow. Dennis
Additional information. I am not sure what recalculate means, but when I click on it, it says, "Chain is ill formed". My animation in the Key framer does exactly what it does in the interactive viewer. I also shortened the chain to AB and BC and used a follow object.…
Paul; >> purchase the IPAS from Yost. ( When I can find out where ) In North America from 8 to 5 Mountain Standard Time 800 368-4727. Or 303 759-0928. It is Yost Group Disk 7. $300 plus $15 for second day shipping. Just yesterday, I was converting some DXF…
#IK — Help please!
Message #170011
I am attempting to get an IK motion set up an am having trouble. I originally set up an overly complicated (but real) situation and became totally confused. I have read and re-read the manual a number of times. I have worked the tutorial on the "person" and "Randy", but…
Paul; I was having similar problems a few weeks ago, and possibly it was the thread addressed to me. Anyway, the suggestion to download OPTIMIZE is a good one. I ultimately purchased it, and it works great. What I have found is that it will flip all the normals to…
Mark; Thanks for looking. I was able to find just what I needed on the CD that ships with 3DS. I just had forgotten about it because I didn't have a CD player until recently. Thanks for looking though! Dennis
Ted; What was happening at first was the text was the alpha(just as you thought), and nothing else was there. Then on the next attempt, I had no alpha. A few more tries, and I got text white, and alpha behind it. With the suggestions of Lee and Jack, I…
I want to thank Ted, Lee and Jack for helping me resolve this issue. I definitely had a problem with the text being the alpha channel at first. Then it seems that the masking suggestions and tile buttons were also subtle switches I need to know about. All is well…
Jack; I will look into the Decal (or Both) button. And watch out for the Tile button. I appreciate your help. Thanks, Dennis
Lee; Thanks, I will try that! Dennis
Ted; I am on my way. Thanks for your help. I just need to spend a little more time on AC to figure it out. But I am now able to get some visible text. I just have to figure out alpha. I have a legal copy of AC. I…
Ted; Thanks for your suggestion. My text has been on the alpha channel as you thought. When I did a broadcast alpha in AC, the text went away(turned white) on my white background. I created an alpha channel in AC to be the background, and my text to be the…
Gus; >> (after digesting 5,600 Adesk messages)… I wondered where you were. Hadn't seen any posts lately. No reply necessary. Sounds like you had a great time! Dennis
#Invisible Text!? HELP!
Message #168631
I have created two images (using Corel Draw, and Altamira Composer), that will be "Logo's" on equipment in an animation. One is black text on a blue background. The other is black text on a clear alpha channel background that will be black text on a metal surface. When I…
Brian; >> Check out Chapter 7 Thanks, Dennis
Greg; >> But does this mean that I can trade in my two $995 versions for five >> $395 copies? :^) Absolutely! Just call 1-800-4refund, or 1-800-upgrade. That should do it! I have to appologize for the joke. I just got overwhelmed with making a joke, and forgot you probably…
Tim; I looked, and found both the Release 2 and Release 3 CD-ROM's for 3DS, and you were right, a keyboard (with a computer) was on both. There were actually 3 keyboards. One low res, one unusual one, and one hi res version, so I am set. I can build…
#smoothing groups
Message #167447
In regard to smoothing, after looking at the manual, I realize that I can smooth adjacent edges by having the same smoothing group number. However, is there a way to adjust the amount of smoothing. Sort of like adjust the radius of the smoothing. I am thinking of computer keyboard…
John; I forgot about that resource. I will hunt for the literature I have, and maybe order the CD-ROM. I looked at Viewpoints literature. They have a couple of keyboards, but the pricelist I have doesn't list the keyboards. So the CD-ROM you suggest now sounds very inexpensive. Get the…
Tim; I'll have to look there. I just recently got a CD-ROM drive, and totally forgot about that CD-ROM. Thanks!, Dennis
Greg; >> But does this mean that I can trade in my two $995 versions for five >> $395 copies? :^) Absolutely! Just call 1-800-4refund, or 1-800-upgrade. That should do it! Dennis PS. I downloaded the demo version, and didn't fully understand what it would be used for. Just call…
#computr keybrd mesh/map?
Message #167401
I checked (at least I attempted too) the libraries to see if there where any computer keyboard meshes there, or keyboard maps. I didn't find any. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to best simulate one? I am also in need of a separate trackball to sit next…
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