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> David
Yeek ! What type of scenes was he rendering ? What type of thing do you model ? The question about how much work you'll get is obviously a tricky one – the rule here is don't commit to any significant expense without a written contract . Perhaps you could…
Sure, I use Sketch on an 80 Mhz PowerMac myself. However, in addition to the basic spec 80Mhz PPC you might want the following… 1 – big screen, ie 20/21". 2 – 4Mb VRAM to allow 24 bit colour on that screen 3 – RAM. Loads of RAM. Obscenely H…
#Sketch 2.0 review
Message #12663
Hi David, Glad to fill you in on Sketch. Yes, it uses NURBS. It uses a single modelling window rather than a 4 view approach which you may be more familiar with. You can and often do work in a perspective view, construction directly in 3D although standard plan and…
No kidding ! I use Alias Sketch on a Mac and Ray Tracing an image takes 5-10 times longer than a similar Phong version. >> David
> David
Hi John, I read your msg and was wondering if you support the Alias Sketch for Macs file format yet ? I exchanged e-mail with someone from Syndesis about a year ago and was told that you may support Alias Sketch in the future. Any progress on that ? >>…
My biggest problem is with the file size that results from DXF. Taking an informal sample of half a dozen Mac and PC modellers I find that when you save a file from the application's native format into the DXF format, it grows by around 8-10 times. As an example…
Many thanks for the info on the 3DS->RIB convertor status Yosh. I'll keep watching… >> Dave
#3D STUDIO -> Renderman
Message #28142
A buddy of mine who uses 3D Studio has heard of a converter to convert a 3D Studio file to a Renderman file format. Is this something that's available in a library here, or is it available commercially from AutoDesk or somewhere else. >> Dave Sattar