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Peter Pan & Lost Shadows
Message #197326
When I create some items in 3ds and try to render them some of them don''t cast shadows. I have tried moving my lights, changing the materials, embedding other objects within the master objects in the hope that they would cast the shadows and rendering on different machines. The shadows…
Cool, thanks for the info. I heard you can add a video frame grabber to that card as well as a lot of upgrades. Timothy
#Want to buy 3D Studio r3
Message #195626
I heard that you could buy new copies of 3ds r3 for $500 at discount stores. Does anyone know where to look? I need a fully upgradeable copy of 3ds r3. Timothy NVisin Inc. & Digibotics
#Matrox Millennium 4m?
Message #195619
I know some of you out there have upgraded to the Matrox Millennium. I haven't heard a thing about it. Any comments? What are the features over a standard Diamnd Stealth 64 PCI w/4M? Any software out there to support it yet. Why should I upgrade? TIA Timothy NVision Inc.…
Rick, >>The mapping images have to be loaded from the hard drive I guess I should move the maps over to my fastest drive in that case, and rerun the mapping tests. I'll give it a try when I get home tonight. Timothy Nvision Inc. & Digibotics
Thanks for the speedy reply Kevin. Your help has been… well, helpfull. Timothy Blazing on Win95 and SMP55CMS NVision Inc.& Digibotics
#Rel 4 Spline plugin ques
Message #191398
What ever became of the new 3DS4 Spline patch modeler plugin that was never shipped that was supposedly being shipped to rl4 users? If you have it, does it work? Can it import splines? what formats? TIA Timothy Blazing on WIN95 and SMP55CMS 8{)>
Mat, Each time someone writes a new 3d package they have to come up with a totally new interface to avoid outright copying of another package. It seems to me that there are only so many ways to do it and most of the good ways have been used up.…
Undoubtedly, you get what you pay for. I have 3DS and Truespace. When it comes time to do production work I get out 3DS. I have tried using Truespace and spent to many hour getting nowhere. Compared to Truespace, 3DS is simply a better, more intuitive modeler. However I do…
#Which dual pentium?
Message #184432
Does anyone have any recommendations for a dual pentium mobo? Timothy NVision Inc. & Digibotics
Hi Nik, Thanks for the help. Yes, I believe that you are correct. Now just to find a good Dual Pentium Mobo. By the time I decide the next generation will be out! Timothy NVision Inc. & Digibotics
Hi Tim, Thanks for the info! From what I had read in other threads I thought that you had already purchased a mobo. So please disregard my previous questions. There I go thinking again! >I'm looking to get an ASUS board also. I have seen single CPU boards for around…
Dual Pent Mobos
Message #184411
Hi Tim, If your not too busy… I noticed that you said that you had a dual processor pentium. I am looking to build a system and I was wondering what kind of motherboard your running in your system and would you recommend it? If not what would be your…
#Hot 3D P5 Motherboard?
Message #184260
Is anyone aware of how well the ASUS PCI/I P55TP4XE motherboard performs on 3D and animation? I am consideering purchasing this board. Is there a more ideal solution? 3D does seem to be steering toward WIN NT. However I can't afford a multiple processor board at this time. Any help…
Bob, Sounds interesting, I can't wait to see the interface. If it's an IPAS though it will have to convert the nurbs to polygons before exporting back to 3DS, right? That would certainly help with modeling but not with animation. Morphing could prove useless if each converted morph target b-spline…
Thanks, The model of the dragon was sculpted in clay and then digitized. The wings were generated by hand using 3dstudio. The Digibot II Laser Scanner is for sale and we also offer full-service model creation for those who don't have the time or money to purchase there own scanner.…
Hi Andrew, Check in Library\Mesh\Project Files\Lofted Bolt PRJ file. From the description James Coulter left it sounds like this is exactly what you are looking for. With some minor tweaking of course. Timothy NVision Inc. & Digibotics
While the 2D editor and 3D lofter support bezeir curves in the creation of POLYGONAL objects, 3D editor and Keyframer do not output or support B-Splines. 3DStudio is a polygonal modeler. There are B-Spline plugins for 3DStudio, However, they must convert the B-Splines to polygonal before exporting them back to…
#3D Laser Scanning
Message #184151
I could use a little feedback about the free mesh of a dragon that was posted last week in library/mesh/projectfiles/free 3d laser model. What do you all think? This is a rapidly emerging technology/service in part due to drops in cost. I'm sure you have all seen the hand-digitizers for…
FREE 3D Laser Models!!!
Message #183646
DIGIBOT II 3D LASER SCANNER AND MODELING SERVICES Here is a 3D Dragon, the first installment in a series of FREE 3D Models digitized using the Digibot II Laser Scanner (see Library/Mesh/Project Files). This new awesome revolutionary breakthrough technology automatically generates highly detailed 3D point clouds which can be decimated…
Albert, Since I am also in the market for a MB, I checked out go INTELP posted the Q. What MB to buy? and was told that ASUS and Super Micro currently have the hottest MB's with Micro's being the most upgradeable (they both use the Triton Chipset). This may…
>>What would you charge for, say, a human skull, reasonably detailed, and I provide the skull? Tim, Gee, I dunno, I just work here (cop out). I'll have to check with our Sr. Marketing Rep. I can tell you that it would cost more than purchasing an existing data set.…
#Gargoyle mesh needed
Message #166691
I work for a company called NVision. We offer rapid 3D custom modeling using the latest in 3D Laser scanning technology. We have made gargoyles, dragons and other fairey creatures for our customers. We also offer custom sculpting (with clay, to be scanned) if you need it. If you are…
Ditto
Need better grayscales
Message #66632
I have a problem when doing grayscale rendering to file – I cannot find a way to get more than 256 levels of gray, which is not continuous enough. If I render to Mono TIFF format, there is only 8 bits of info [0..255] per pixel giving 256 levels. If…
Thanks for the tip to get a representation of the z-buffer – it sounds like it will work fine. Only one question – does the ambient light dissipate linearly or geometrically, or is this a choice that can be set by the user? If the ambient light does not dissipate…
Z Buffer File
Message #64001
I need to find a way to access the z buffer information that is created during rendering in 3DS. Ideally, I would like this information written to a file during rendering, rather than the normal RGB color information. Can anyone help?