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Dear Experts, I feel really silly asking this question but here goes !! How do you draw a three dimensional path ? I can create 2 dimensional ones (using the 2-d shaper) but do not know how to create something complex in 3 dimensions. For example, say I wanted to…

David, Thank you very much for your reply, I understood everything you said perfectly ! I have, in AutoCAD already drawn my bike using different layers (eg. Frame, Forks, Seat_post, Cogs, Tyres etc). In fact I do know that it is the 1000 "little AME_solids" (i.e. the tyre treads) causing…

Firstly, thanks David for your lengthy reply, a sign that you genuinely want to help !!! Please allow me to give you some background to my hardware/software, me and my problem ! I have a 486/DX4/100, 16MB ram and I have AutoCAD v12 windows and 3DSv4. I am trying to…

Thanks Guys for your input, I did try converting it to a Binary file (this reduced it to 9MB) but I still couldn't load the drawing (the funny thing is that I have loaded DXF files around the 15MB range successfully before). I think I *have* got "some massively complex…

Dear Experts, Can anyone give me a rough idea of how to calculate (from the size of a file) how much Ram my machine should ideally have ? The reason I ask is that I am currently trying to load a Dxf file created in AutoCAD (size 17+ MB) and…

Can someone throw some light on a problem I'm having. I'm using AutoCAD V12 (windows) and 3DS V4. When I create a 3 d model in AutoCAD (say a cylinder using the Model/Primitives option) the rendered image appears correct. However, when I DXF the same cylinder to 3DS, it doesn't…

Dear Experts, I am a Novice in the use of AutoCAD (v12 win) and 3DS (v4) and I've set myself the task of drawing my first difficult drawing in AutoCAD (my Mountain bike). I intend eventually to export my completed drawing to 3DS and render it there. I am about…