This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Greg; >> And we will break in plenty of time for the ASOFT party, I promise!! Ok! Sounds Good. Thanks, Dennis
Greg; >> It looks like there will be a two-day advanced 3D Studio seminar What does it take ($$$) to be able to attend this seminar? Dennis
Michael; >> I found that if I turned off the "unify normals" option when importing I had found that also. I don't know why, but I too turned that switch off when using ACAD AME files. It's not a bug, it's a feature! Thanks for sharing that though. It would…
Michael; It was created in a 3D Solids package called Euclid. The part was DXF'ed out and obviously had problems. Many other parts were able to have their faces unified without any problems. Dennis
David; >> If you've got Optimize normal editing is much easier Thanks for the tip. I will probably get this. I wanted that one anyway. This will give me a better reason to get it. Dennis
Jack; >> You should probably turn on Display/Geometry/All Lines and Backface >> mode to help see what you're dealing with. I did finally do this, and found that if I selected a face that was correct, it would turn red, but one's that were incorrect would not turn red. I…
Tim; >> Have you tried using the object/unify command? Thanks for your reply. The part was an unusual one. I tried this, and it wasn't able to fix the problem. After reading all the information I could find, I was able to flip them a few at a time and…
#Flipping out normals!
Message #163708
I am having problems with normals facing the wrong direction. It seems that as I flip the faces, it just alternates back and forth. I select the faces I want to flip. I flip them and then the ones that were correct are wrong. I have read 3D Studio Applied…
Kevin; You should forward that to the person that asked about it in this thread. I just changed over to AMMEDIA, and lost all history. Dennis
James; I am far from any expert, but I did attend a presentation by Silicon Graphics recently. They are pushing their hardware to provide the services for a HOME PAGE on the NET. If you "http://www.sgi.com", you will find information on "Web Force". Check with them. Also, I believe Greg…
Richard; >> have a hardware cache controller of some sort. Thanks! I had not heard of this. Then someone at work on Friday mentioned the same thing. It sounds like just what I need. And the phone numbers are my area code (San Jose, California). I will look into this…
Richard; >> I would recommend an inteligent hardware disk cache, such as from >> Promise. I have not heard of "Promise" or any other. Do you have more information? Thanks, Dennis
David -Digimation; >> You want hair on your landscape? ROFL! That is good! How long did it take to "build" those landscapes? How long would it take a new person to the program to "build" those landscapes? What is involved? Thanks, Dennis
Ed; >> but at half price I will do it. Thanks for your reply. I also received the discount offer, but I am not sure I can use it at this time. I was just curious what others (like yourself) would use it for. Thanks again, Dennis
Ed; >> I just got the Penello half price offer. Just what ive been waiting >> for. What can Penello do that you have been waiting for? Dennis
Roland; >> It actually works quite well, with reasonable speed. I thought so too. I've only had this capability for a week myself. Glad I could help. Dennis
Bill; >> Though one can break up the net render jobs into FLIC segments of the >> total then piece them together in ANI PRO. Right you are! Dennis
Roland; >> All I get is ANY and that is it. That's what I got at first. I don't specifically remember what it was, but it seems that you don't have your other computer set up to be looking in the "network" directory in 3DSNET.SET. I just read the manual,…
Camor; If you do a rendering of your object, and after it is done, you press the "?" key, it will tell you if you used any swap space. This is space on your hard disk because you didn't have enough RAM. If you didn't use any, you don't need…
Sue; >> Is it possible to network render 3DS4 on Windows for Workgroups ? I cannot say for sure, but I believe it should be possible. I originally purchased Windows for Workgroups thinking I could network render 3DS4 from DOS on both machines. I found that I couldn't connect to…
Glen; >> Depends upon the machine, the disk, Thanks for your help! Dennis
Greg; PMFJI, but >> should have been gpyros@pyros.com, I was "playing" on the Internet today using Netscape at work. I was trying to find your "Home Page". Then I thought, "Maybe Greg doesn't have a 'home page'". If you do, it better have some animations on it! 😉 Is the…
Thomas; I told my dealer I was in no rush, and I received my upgrade within a week after I ordered it. If you are in Sunnyvale, Campbell is not that far away, and my dealer is in Campbell. Tell them you are in a rush, and ask them what…
Glen; >> Try routing your network path in 3DS to your server – you'll get >> better performance from your slaves by not making them perform double duty >> of rendering and saving files to each other… At this time, I only have two machines, so one must be a…
Paul, or anyone; Is it possible to remotely start 3ds on a "slave" from the "server" in a peer to peer or even a server/slave environment? If I change to the 3ds directory on the slave and type 3ds, it starts on the server, and then gets all confused because…
Paul; Thanks for replying. While I have your ear (eyes) 🙂 , I have another question. Since I am new to net rendering, I am discovering some things I hadn't considered before. I have two machines and they are connected via Microsoft's "Workgroup Add-on for MS-DOS" peer to peer, and…
Net Render Compliment
Message #159722
I want to compliment the Yost Group for the fine job they have done on the network rendering portion of 3DS (it's all great, but I have just discovered network capabilities, and that is my current focus). After setting up my network, and beginning to "net render", I was having…
>> It sounds like you are trying to render FLC files. Thank you Brian! You are so right. I read the entire 3dsnet.txt at one time, but I have only been searching it for what I thought I needed, and obviously missed that part. I tried it and it works…
Paul, or anyone; I have just recently gotten Microsoft Workgroups for DOS to run, and am attempting to get 3DS to network render. I cannot seem to get two machines to render the same sequence of frames together. One will render or the other will render, but not both, unless…
Michael; >> Sorry to jump in uninvited…. No invitation needed here! Jump right in. Well, I can get WFWG to work with one in Windows, and one in DOS. But not both in DOS. I can also get "Workgroup, Add-on for DOS" to work both machines from DOS. It will…
Jamie; >> NAB is the National Association of Broadcaster show. It is held in >> Las Vegas. Thanks, Dennis
Paul; >> I've had great luck getting 3DS running under Windows on some systems Thanks for your reply. I will keep that in mind. I called Microsoft, and was informed they have a "Workgroups, Add-on for DOS" that allows one to run DOS machines. I have gotten it up and…
Brian; >> Review pages 95-97 Thanks for your reply. I called Microsoft, and for a few bucks, you can get "Workgroup, Add-on for DOS" which will allow one to network DOS machines. Had I known this, I would have done it first and skipped WFWG's. I have gotten them to…
Kevin; >> hold the shows If I am not mistaken, they were taking about 2210A HD's (1 GIG). I posted some info on 2217A's (1.5 gig) a couple weeks ago. In Sunnyvale, CA a company called NCA was selling them for $609.95. This price was supposed to end on March…
Brian; >> one machine running Windows, I just purchased WFWG because I was told it worked very well as a peer to peer system. After spending many hours attempting to get it to run in the DOS only mode, I am believing that this is not possible. It seems that…
Tim; >> April to see what comes up at NAB. Do you or someone have information on this? I have heard of it, but haven't had the information on where it is, or costs, etc. Thanks, Dennis
Kevin; >> Why is it that whenever I hear of purchasing dedicated hard drives for >> the DPS PAR that the Micropolis is the only one I ever hear of? This has probably already been answered, but—- There were only a few drives that were recommended for use with the…
>> Glad to here you got things working! Buying a 1.6 gig drive and >> having it format out to 540 megs wouldn't make anybody a happy camper. Yes! Not a happy camper indeed. I knew it would work, because I had done it before, but this one was really…
>> Just be sure the card you get specs. say: "support for greater than >> 540 meg HD." OK! Thanks Don, Dennis
Bill; Thanks for your help. Dennis
Mike; Thanks for your help. The problem was the older I/O controller card. When I put a new one it, it did finally work. I'd still be fighting this without your help. Dennis
Don, The problem was indeed the I/O controller card. When I put in the VLB card, I was able to get it to work. Thanks for your help. I'd still be fighting this one without your help. Dennis
Don; >> need to get a new IDE controller card Thanks. I just got on to let everyone know that I had some success by using a different machine. (See note to Mike Morgan) I was thinking it was the BIOS. One has Award and one has AMI. AMI was…
Mike; >> 540 meg is a DOS limit and this is where DISKMANAGER comes into play. >> purchase an Enhanced IDE controller. Thanks for replying. For some reason, Diskmanager would not work for me at all. I decided to try setting up the drive on a different machine, and it…
Bill; >> make sure your BIOS is capable of handling large IDE disks. Thanks for replying. I have a new motherboard (January 1995) with new BIOS. It finds and recognizes the drive fine. It is just that when I try to access it, it says "Invalid media type reading drive…
#Partioning HD –HELP!
Message #157085
Help! I have spent the best part of this day attempting to get my new Micropolis 2217A hard disk formatted and working. I can format it at full capacity using the "Disk Manager" software that comes with it, but then the computer won't find it. In the "Disk Manager" software,…
>> Did you hear that another forum member got a refurb drive and it still >> had some partial animations on it from someone else I didn't hear that! I guess I better install it and check it out. Dennis
Greg; >> We toss all the Targas after the job is complete. Thanks Greg, Dennis
Don; >> If each frame runs more than 6 minutes rendering or so I usually >> render to DOS disk first Thanks for this input Don. Dennis
Don; The box the HD came in had a small red label on it. It said nothing. It was checked by QA in November 1994. The disk is in a sealed anti-static wrap with the micropolis label on it unbroken, and they said it had the 5 year warrentee. Also,…
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