This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 9, 1995 3:11 AM
>I just finished doing a IGES translation then a 3DSOUT from ACAD Rel 13c creating a 200,000+ vertice file and every object translated just fine. Well thats the good news, the bad news is that R13 does not have IGES support so I have purchased the IGES Translator from Autodesk…
>And take into account that Russian programmers can be accused in anything, BUT writing bloated or slow code!< That is what I heard. They don't release programs that are 20-30MB like some of this crap from MS and Lotus. The excuse over here is to get more RAM. At least…
>Oh good. that seemed like an awfully high price jump. Do you know when it will be available?< Toward the end of the year.
>I know the 128 is supposed to be the best/fastest, but is it worth the extra cost. I can *almost* get two Diamond Stealth 64's for the cost of the 128.< I have kept up with messages on video cards. Some people are having problems with the Stealth 64 that…
>I use MeshPaint in conjunction with Photoshop.< Can't wait for MAX to ship so we don't have to boot between NT and 3DS (DOS).
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 9, 1995 3:11 AM
>Does anyone have a good comparision of these two video capture/playback cards? The PVR looks like a choice piece of equipment, but I have heard that it doesn't work as smoothly with Adobe premiere as Razor Pro. I already have Premiere.< Premiere doesn't support the PAR/PVR as well as Razor…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 9, 1995 3:11 AM
>I am working on a project and a portion of a model was done in a CAD program and given to me as an IGES (.IGS) file. I believe that ACAD will read this file and I could write it out as a DXF or 3DS file frm there except…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 9, 1995 3:11 AM
>Need a little creative help. I have a project which needs to have one object "sucked" into another object- No its not anything really strange- The first object really needs to look as though its stretching and flowing into the other object . Much like getting absorbed This needs to…
>Hey there – I've still got an Amiga 1000! I still think Shadow of the Beast is one of the best games ever made. The thing still runs though – it was ahead of it's time really. Anyone remember Sculpt 3D raytracing a sphere in about 3 hours?< I still…
#LenZFX Help
Message #189911
I'm trying to do an effect with LenZFX and it isn't working correctly. If you have seen the SIGGRAPH 95 tape there is a logo for Triumph Films. I assume they used LenZFX for the effect. I can't get my flare to fade as the omni light goes behind my…
>Yep, the Imagine 128 is not supported, ARGGGG! I was trying to stay ahead of the bleeding edge when I bought this new system, but not *that* far ahead.< I got one of the first Imagine 128 boards when they came out last October. The lack of drivers at the…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 6, 1995 9:10 PM
>"Some users can work with a single monitor for 3D Studio, but it is highly recommended to have separate displays for modeling and rendering. With a single display, you cannot see the rendered output while you are modeling or working in the Materials Editor, adding to the overall time required…
#Glint/openGL cards?
Message #189468
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 6, 1995 9:10 PM
>I've heard the name "GLINT" mentioned many times and I was wondering if there is any definitive information (FAQ or otherwise) on the capabilities of this chipset and it's derivatives?< I have a faq from the Internet regarding info on Glint/OpenGL products for the PC. Covers all manufacturers. It also…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 6, 1995 9:10 PM
>ps. Since all this work is being done to develope 3DMax, would it be much of a problem to make a Power-MAC and SGI 3DS version too?
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Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 6, 1995 9:10 PM
>I doing some work for realtime rendering. We're having to do a lot of face-mapped materials. Because of this, I've just received the message: "Can't apply material – already 255 in the scene" Does anyone know how to get around this limitation.< The 255 material limit is supposed to be…
RE: KPT 3.0 price >It IS going to cost $1k??? depressing….< No, the price should be close to the current price. I was saying I heard KPT 3.0 would be 32bit. I was in agreement with you, not the other person.
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 6, 1995 9:09 PM
> There is a tutorial on the Digimation tapes that uses that method How long was the strip of road? We use road models several thousand feet long and the mapping doesn't seem work that well.< It shouldn't matter. The map will repeat. The road on the Digimation tapes was…
>I just want to know that if an NT specific version of KPT (not Bryce) came out, its not going to cost a thousand bucks. (considering that the existing KPT 2.0 only costs around $150).< That is what I heard also. KPT 3.0 will be 32bit and run on NT/Win95.
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Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 5, 1995 9:25 PM
>Have PSP 3.11 and sometimes I can get it to AT LEAST color the background the 191,191,191. In fact the 1st time I tried it,it worked beautifully, except I do not know exactly how I did it as I was trying all kinds of things. ON some .gifs I can…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>Try to modify your objects for morphing at the sub-object level.< Can you explain more, I didn't understand. His object was only a sphere.
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>PVR or PAR?< If you have PCI, get the PVR. If you don't have PCI, get PCI and go PVR. >Which Pentium< For 3DS MAX, dual pentium would be best. >Adaptec 3940?< Only if you PCI mobo supports PCI Rev 2.0. My Dell XPS 100 doesn't. >Which drives and how…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>Yes, actually Autodesk had a promotion at Siggraph, which dealers can take advantage of. Anyone (there are limitations for educational and major accounts) purchasing new copies of 3DS R4 would be eligible for the $495 migration to MAX, plus the free Plug-in.< What are the options for educational users of…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>Is there any way to purchase the Stars3 IPAS separately from Disk #1? We already have LenzFX, but need better stars for a current project.< I thought YG was supposed to make the Disk#1 utils available to LenZFX owners.
NT fonts
Message #188796
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
> >> …and that Postscript fonts (via ATM) cannot be accessed in Photoshop So what are you gonna do about that? Convert them to truetype w/ a program like FontMonger?< Actually NT allows you to use Type1 fonts in Photoshop. Use the Control Panel->Fonts applet and load you Type1 fonts.…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>You can add me to that list! This tablet has been a pain in my $%^&!!! At SigGraph I checked out the new Wacom tablets. They are very nice, small and the pen has a much better fell without any batteries to replace.< I'm still waiting for a pressure sensitive…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>>> Now if I could just pay attention when I'm booting up so I don't miss the menu and go into NT when I want DOS. There must be a way to make DOS the default (for now!)< >It's actually quite easy. All you have to do is to edit…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 2, 1995 6:02 PM
>Now if I could just pay attention when I'm booting up so I don't miss the menu and go into NT when I want DOS. There must be a way to make DOS the default (for now!) …or make me pay more attention at boot-up.< Go into Control Panel |…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 1, 1995 1:58 PM
>I wish they would concentrate on adding these essential features…< Who determines what is essential? There is a wishlist section. >…rather than trying to get on the uncertain NT bandwagon.< There is nothing uncertain about the NT bandwagon. Many DOS, Novell, Mac, and unix guys are going to NT. If…
>are there any adesk forum equivalents on the internet?< Not even close. Most of the well known 3DS users are on this forum. Autodesk has a mailing list (3dstudio@autodesk.com) and there are newsgroups (comp.graphics.animation, comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio). The 3DS traffic on the Internet is not at the level you get here. >I'd…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 1, 1995 1:58 PM
>I need a utility that allows draping a 2D mesh (outline of stripes on a roadway) onto a 3D mesh (the 3D roadway).< >Why not create the roadway with lofted mapping coordinates and then use a material to stripe the road?< There is a tutorial on the Digimation tapes that…
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 1, 1995 1:58 PM
>I have been trying to make .gifs rendered in 3DS ver 3 with transparent backgrounds for the WWW. Since the background on WWW is not 0,0,0 but I have been told it is 191,191,191.< There is no set background color for web browsers. Browsers like Netscape and Mosaic can have…
>As for why I don't use my name here, I probably will soon since it does seem to be a Forum Rule now. I've talked again to my boss and the owner of this account regarding this. I don't hide my identity by choice. This is imposed on me. I…
>I can't think of any PLACE where I could not get with my CAR. Can you?< Hawaii, Australia, Greenland. Depending on where you live.
>Here in Maine all the Staples stores have boxes of Win95 stacked up and falling over. Before I buy it (or rather IF I buy it) I want to see it working and get a hands on demo and no one has it set up on the store computers.< I…
>Here in Maine all the Staples stores have boxes of Win95 stacked up and falling over. Before I buy it (or rather IF I buy it) I want to see it working and get a hands on demo and no one has it set up on the store computers. Says…
>I used it in the movie "Virtuosity" where it would have been extremely tedious to create all the different animated maps I needed< I was watching PBS's Sneak Previews and they had a special on cyber themed movies. One guy thought the one good thing about Virtuosity was the special…
#MSVC++ 4.0 for MAX?
Message #187757
I'm looking to get MSVC++ for MAX and other development and saw mention that VC++2.2 is required for MAX. With VC++ 4.0 around the corner should I get that instead? I assume you will be able to use 4.0. Since you can only get 2.2 with the subscription it would…
>I wonder, however – when you launch it that way, aren't you actually launchingn into DOS first, and using DOS commands to launch another OS, as opposed to having a completely non-biased OS launcher on its own small partition to send you to whatever OS you want to go to?…
#3DSMAX and net rendering
Message #187469
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
August 26, 1995 11:37 PM
>I don't think 486's are completely out of the question for non-production educational uses of MAX.< I left you email on this earlier, does that mean MAX will be available through educational channels? Is there a upgrade path for users of 3DSR4 who want to get a commercial license?
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
August 26, 1995 11:37 PM
>Not enough time, energy, concentration, brains and talent to do too many things well.< I hear ya. I've got a five foot stack of manuals to go through. Plus several programs I would like to learn.
Help! – Trains in 3DS
Message #187467
From:
Tim Krego, [pro.image]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
August 26, 1995 11:37 PM
>I am looking for a method of animating trains in 3DS. I have used track copy and time delay to get one railcar to follow another but is tedious for 50 cars. There must be a better way, any help is greatly appreciated.< Check out 3DS Special FX book. I…
#187338-
#Win 95 Question
Message #187466
>So don't believe all the hype you are likely to here on this forum for NT. There are a lot of problems with the current system. I'm waiting for the new interface not a paste on and plug and play support.< If you want hype you got it Windows 95.…
>That was exactly Microsoft's point was to have one API for both systems except for security calls in NT.< MS doesn't have one 32bit API, there are three. Win32s, Win32c, and Win32. >You shouldn't make assumptions about an operating system by reading specifications. You should actually see for yourself how…
>Actually if you can get a custom NT HAL for motherboard you don't need NTAS.< Right now I think only Integraph and Sequent have source license to write their own HAL. Maybe DEC too. With Intel planning to OEM 4 CPU P6 machines maybe Microsoft will ship a 4 processor…
>Anyway, I want top wind up with a small boot partition to allow me to launch NT, 95, DOS and OS/2.< Here is how I did it on a 1.2GB EIDE Western Digital HD. Use DOS fdisk to creat a 200MB C: partition. Install MS-DOS on C:. Use OS/2 Boot…
>Are there any programs like that for PC's.< There is one coming for NT called Lightscape. List for $2995. It is a port from the SGI version. Check out www.lightscape.com, there is lots of info and plenty of sample images.
>Why is 3ds going to be switched to Windows NT and not Windows95?< Win95 is garbage, especially after you use NT. >I'm mostly concerned because I'm sure Photoshop and Painter and the other 2d graphic packages I use will probably be going the 95 route.< I use Photoshop 3.0, Painter…
>Ack! I should be getting the replacement PVR any day now.< Why did you get your PVR replaced, to fix any bugs?
>_I_ believe the choice to stick to NT has much foresight. Besides, what do you have against using NT? All the major 3D apps are going to NT anyway.< There are so many apps going to NT it will be hard to avoid using NT for graphics professionals. Especially when…
>Win 95 will not support multiple processors, but then again how many people have those types of system.< Not that many people had a reason for multiple CPU's. With 3DS MAX coming there will be many choosing Multiple P5/P6's and other CPU's like the Alpha. Though we may see Mips…
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