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The POLYLINE entity has several variations. At the beginning of the POLYLINE definition before the vertex data, there will be a group code 70 followed by an integer number. That number is a flag to describe the type of polyline. Values from 0-7 mean its a 2D POLY. Values from…
Hi Carmen, If you don't need to use a memory manager for other programs, then don't use it. If you do need to use one (like EMM386), give it all of the extended ram. The reason for this is that if AA Pro detects an XMS driver like HIMEM.SYS (DOS…
Novices are ok, its those darn know it all experts we can't stand. You can call 800/525-2763 find the location of a multimedia products dealer nearest you. -GB-
The majority of AA Pro is written to use high speed integer functions that are much faster than the fastest math coprocessor. Basically, AA Pro is just a big pixel engine that moves bytes of data around. There really are no floating point functions for it to require a math…
Yes Thomas, we have used Desqview and it does exactly what you say. AA Pro does not support any 16 color modes. There is nothing we could do on our end without limiting the functionality of AA Pro by depriving it of the 386 Dos Extender. We do have an…
~Try rendering the tween with cycle draw on, and then use the FLIC/EFFECTS/TRAILS/KEYCOLOR CLEAR option and see if this does what you want. -GB-
Hi Charlie, you've wandered into the wrong Autodesk forum, in the future you should adress your questions to the AutoCAD forum (go acad) instead of the Autodesk Software forum. I do have an answer for you, but you probably won't like it. The object selection commands don't work on objects…
Emily, I think that some people have been able to get the Appian drivers to work, but others have not. My guess is that US Video changed either the chipset or the VGA bios roms at some point causing this descrepency. If you want a sure fire method of getting…
Yes, that mode is available in the R10 version made specifically for the AT&T 6300, but I don't recommend getting it because there will never be any upgrades for it. Its an 8086 based machine, and we've abandoned that level of processor with R11 and subsequent releases of AutoCAD. Really,…
Actually, instead of using the 999 codes for this data, extended entity data would be better. That way it will be able to travel in and out of AutoCAD without alteration. -GB-
Hi Scott, Bug your favorite DXF translator programmer and tell (him, her, it) that if the multiverticed polygons were written out as 2D Polylines with the correct arbaxis data then 3DS would put faces on them. -GB-
Yes, Poco is ANSI C compliant with a few exceptions and there is an fopen function too. The exceptions, in case you are interested, are: – No structure by value operations like Struct1=Struct2 or function(struct). ~ – The Ternary operator: expression ? expression : expression is not allowed. – No…
I think Gary's settings got formatted incorrectly. The EV680 and EV680MAP settings should be placed on seperate lines. Try this: SET EV680=P208,ADC00 SET EV680MAP=6 I know that it won't work with Colorscheme, but see if it'll work with 3DS. If it does, then you'll have to start changing EV680 when…
No, sorry. I'll add it to the wishlist though. -GB-
There is a special version of R10 for the 6300, but I wouldn't recommend it as its the last version we will ever do. The 6300 does CGA and you can find the CGA driver in the obsolete directory on your ACAD driver disks. -GB-
Turns out I was wrong. ~I asked the wrong person at Generic when he was visiting, next time I'll ask Scott. Oh well, I should have checked it myself. -GB-
Are you using a tablet or a mouse with your Animator, and is it Animator or Pro? -GB-
Hi Thomas, the vesa driver doesn't do anything for Desqview. You'll need a VESA aware driver for Desqview or a Desqview driver for you're particular VGA card. I don't know if any of those exist. If you like to make notes, there is a great little text file editor in…
Hi Karl, you can call our (800)525-2763 line for help in this matter. -GB-
Allie, Sure we can help you out. Shorten the EV680 setting to "SET EV680=P208,ADC00" and you should be ok. All that other stuff are things that Everex seems to know about but we didn't at the time. I guess if we had to do it all over again, the driver…
Hi Arlene, you should call Art Machines at (212)431-4400. They can transfer the video for you, and can also sell you the hardware to do it. -GB-
You've got two choices I know of, Greame's shareware player (Play73) up on this forum, and Grasp from Paul Mace Software. You can "go grasp" and ask for more info about it. -GB-
Check out the file RND2GI.ZIP or RNDTGA.COM in the Autoshade DL#4 in the AutoCAD (go acad) forum. They can convert RND files into GIFS or TGAS, both of which can be loaded into AA Pro. -GB-
Well, we are quite reluctant about practicing that kind of censorship up on the forum. You are free, however, to warn other folks away from that file. Finally, if go to the feedback section of compuserve (GO FEEDBACK) and say that you were very unhappy with the file you downloaded,…
You might want to look at Grasp as well. I don't know about Play, but a Grasp script can conditionally check for the resolution of the display and execute different FLC files depending on what it finds. You can even opt to not use any FLI files at all if…
Who makes the motherboard, and how can I reach them? I'll send them a copy of AA Pro to verify that it works with your configuration. -GB-
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#ATI ADI Renderman Drvr
Message #3936
I agree with you. We were thinking along the lines of "Autodesk Software Forum (Multimedia/New Science)" which we might have to change again when Hyperchem gets a message section here. I still wonder what we're going to do when Xanadu and Autodesk Virtual Reality comes online, cause I'll bet there…
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3DS on Irisvision
Message #3887
Last I heard Silicon Graphics was working on a RDPADI for the Irisvision card. -GB-
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#Generic 3D -> 3DStudio
Message #3886
It's okay to beat a dead horse, but you're betting the wrong one. Really, its a million times easier for the cad translator to make the faces, than for a program to look at arbitrary lines and guess at what the faces would be. You should be beating up on…
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#Generic 3D -> 3DStudio
Message #3885
Algorythmically, you are asking for a very difficult thing. A program would have quite a bit of trouble finding closed shapes in 3D space from an arbitrary number of lines with an arbitrary number of coincident points for each line. Consider a cube constructed of 12 lines, for example. First…
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#usvideo board
Message #3884
Your best chance of getting your US Video card to work is to purchase a driver from Panacea, (800)729-7420. Another company that may have a driver for you is Vibrant Graphics at (800)937-1711. Currently, there doesn't appear to be a freely available VESA driver that works with the US Video…
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#aap
Message #3883
AA Pro and any Phar Lap application can use up to 64 megs of ram without any trouble and any ram QEMM finds is ram that AA Pro can use, it just sounds like the simm is bad or the address decoding logic on the mother board is not compatible…
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