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#sgi
Message #4332
Brian Hi What did you find out the files I sent you ? We have been using the rnnderer and find it VERY GOOD and fast. we do not have the PC and the SGI's on the same net and so must use the exabyte to move files around .…
Thanks Jonas why don't the .vus files get more play as you say thay reset ihe mem. for each render and thus solve one of the big problems with rendering in 3ds ? how does render time compair ?? Ben
#vue files,farlap-mem.
Message #152437
Hi all could someone give me some pointers on using vue files? whais one to put on the command line to use them . It's not clear to me and I have tryed from time to time use them with no luck. and if you do render from the command…
help with printing
Message #152435
Hi all I an having trouble rendering to my lj-hp-printer I have the driver set and turned on in 3ds.set but when I tyy to render to the printer I get a little picture about .75"x.75" so I set up the res. in the rendorer 2000×2000 and then 9999×9999 but…
Thanks Phil I will give it a try I don't see what set the file type but I gess it will become clear when I try it. Ben
#print shaper 3ds
Message #145431
Hi I would like to print out the images from the 3ds-shaper I tryed print-screen with no luck can some one tell me how ?? thanks Ben Barron
Yes as I thought but it wou be nice to be able to put cros hair on pick boxes is in setting up crossectiond for deform fit I can do ti wi tape but it's slow how about a patch to shaper code Ben Barron
#cross-hairs
Message #145194
Hi I have been looking for a way to put cross hairs opick boxes in 3ds-shaper mostly for use with segment refine I was told Tom Hudson had a file at chinalake that would do it. I got the file and don't know how to use it xhair_i.ixp if this…
Hi Rudy Yes had invalid shapes but shapes/assign/check sead thay were OK what was going on was that there was a valide shape on one layer of acad but under it was a haft shape so if you clicked on one side it check out but if you click on…
Hi Stuart yes the units aer the same the problem has to do with the mirroring in acad allso I have just fond that some of the lines are duble Ben
dxf in to 3ds
Message #142450
Hi All I an reposting this as I had ti wrong befor. so I will try again. I have some Plines trace into acad and then mirrored in acad then dxf-ed to 3ds in the shaper the problem arises when you go to assign them for the lofter. some time…
Hi Nik yes I wilsend you a disk or drope it of at autodesk but I will try this first with acas-13 if its ok then I may just let it go Ben
assign shapes from acad
Message #141274
Hi I can't bleave this I dxf in some plines from acad to 3ds acad sead thhat were closed and joined in 3ds I ATZ ASSIND THEM some of them were not good shames so i zoom in to have a look thay loog look good to me and then…
autosurf to 3ds
Message #138955
Bob hear is the dope on making a dfx in autoserf enter autocad-as type a 4 return select autosurf pick creat surface select the sphere that is make a sphere then selecy surface and click on the sphere than hit return a box comes up (surface display) thats it name…
Bob I have not been in autoserf for a few days as I have been learning about scanning images into autocad and traceing parts. so I nead to go back to autosurs and see just what to do. I will do this in the next day or two and send…
Thanks Bob I have founf out how to transfer from asurf to 3ds OK now. some one on the inter net that teach autoserf clued me in. I allmost gave up because there was an article in cadence that said it cant beone. I would allso like to ask about…
Thanks Terry Ben
Thanks I thought the limit was 64k max and not for each part. Ben
Hi Terry Thanks I did not know that i could have separt parts thanks for the help I have a lot to learn about molding Ben
thanks Bob I would like to see some space devoted to autosurf in the autodesk forum this stuf we have been talking is not in the autosurf manual or if it is I cant find. there neads to be more light on the subject. allso I tryed to get on…
Hi Bob Yes one must convert to a polymesh befor dxf-ing to 3ds and it works great autosurf has real power I an having lots of fun with it. but I have a lot of work to do to make any tral use of it. I thinnk autosurf can be…
Hi Terry the wings should jone the fuselage with a fillet this can't be dune in 3ds or if it can I don't know how . I it can be dune acad 13 or autosurf as for not joining the parts I will haft to think about that if ate…
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No ram for attach
Message #136955
Hi Bob no I get ehe error when I attach the wings to the fuselage I seem to be able to move dxf files back and forth to and from acad and 3ds OK . I have not figered out how to move splin curves from autosurf to 3ds howaver.…
THANKS Bob there must be more to this memory stuf than just face count as I have 10 meg. free when i get textvert mismatch:fuselage verts:29664 tverts:0 not a word about faces anyway do you model in 3ds I have been using deform fit but I an trying to get…
Hi Alan Thanks for the help. I an trying to make a model airplain I have made the wing and and fuselage and cant join them !! I still hafe to make the tail prop and wheels . the prop will nead to turn and the wheels will nead to…
Thanks Martin sounds like an intel problem 64k-1 is the number of nonzero ints. in 16bits I will nead 32 bit int. of verts. to do this job , wavefront ????
thanks Alan I will look into the size of my airplain parts but a 64k limit is probley way to small . thanks tor the help this is not a mem. problem I have lots of mem unused. Ben
#No ram for attach
Message #135071
I tried to attach two objects in 3ds4 and got a message {Error:no ram for attach} . I then recieved a second message{ textvert mismatch: fu fuselage verts:29664 textvert:0} ? sais vets= 37538 f= 74492 my available mem is 24346 which seems small as I have 36 megs. What is…
thanks Ben Barron UC at davis
#.3ds to .dxf
Message #124622
Hi Two quwstions when is 3ds4 to ship ???????????????????????? and I have a buntch of 3ds files I would like to convert tp dfx files as in put to wavefrount so I can tender them on the SGI do I haft to go into 3ds33 to convert them one at…
clouds-thanks
Message #122928
I want to thank you for two very insightful answers I received to my question about clouds I did not reply at ounce so I lost the senders I.D. one was Michael eny way Thanks Ben
Thanks Michael I have ipas-6 and will give it a try but I think this will be a long way from real looking clouds I got vistapro thinking it would make clouds but it only has clouds backgrounds. by the way have you ever seen any rough water in 3ds…
#clouds gen.
Message #122184
I wish to make some clouds in 3ds3 not backgeound clouds ones I can run a path through so is there a cloud generator or a ipas that would do this ??? thanks Ben Barron
making clouds help
Message #121950
Hi ALL from Ben Barron I woulds like to make some cloude in 3ds3 not a cloud background but clouds I can pas a path through and fly through is there a cloud genarator around ? please leave me mail here or at babarron@etcheshop.berkeley.edu Thanks Ben Barron
empire state ?
Message #117667
Hi from Ben Barron I nead a model of the empire stat bulding maby a dxf file can you help thanks
alpha out
Message #115372
Hi from Ben Barron I an trying to use an AT-VISTA board with 3ds3 and I can't get out any thing on the alpha channel if I use QFX I get the mask OK I am rendering 32 bit with alpha on is this a driver problem who wrote the…
IPAS for path in 3ds3
Message #113697
Hi from Ben Barron I think there is a IPAS routine around that would Let me take a seen from vista-pro and inbed a path in to the surfes so that as a truck drove along it would stay on the ground as it should. If you know of this…
3ds shadow help please
Message #107298
Hi from Ben Barron I have a ? about shadows in 3ds. I made a file in corel draw it is all black with text in it. I then inported it into 3ds took it to the m-editor made it texture file and opasety file maped it onto a box…
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CalComp board 3ds3
Message #101889
Hi Scoot yes but ccmouse /A maps the shapper into a 6 inch squar in the drawing mad and as i want to trace plans into the 2dshaper its not to good Ben
CalComp board 3ds3
Message #100379
I have a calcomp drawing board II that I am trying to use with 3ds3 it is setup up as a summagaphics 1201 but when I try to use the driver in 3ds it cant find the pad . Can anyone help I called calcomp thay werent mutch help. thanks…
seting orden
Message #96038
Hi is there a way in 3ds3 to set a new orgen i.e. if I make a box and then I want one corner to be 0,0,0 can I set that corner to 0,0,0 in 3DE and 2DS thanks Ben Barron
new targa eisa help
Message #95416
Hi from Ben Barron to ALL I recived a new vista-pro targa board with 4k going to be using it with a uvw1800 and 1954Q monitor and ofcorse an eisa computer won't o yes a diquest controler too. Any one gone through this before its all componet I don't know…
3DS3 to UVW 1800 ?sp?
Message #95414
thanks Don _____ BB
Don what is CGI I am retired from UC but as I started to go nuts I had to go back io work haft time I am into video just for fun at this point but there are people that want me to do some video rendering to tape for…
Hi Don I an in berkeley ca. I work a UC berkeley and UC davis You are wright about DVW and D1 ect. my son useing the harry and henery but this stuf is out of my class at least for now I thank you for your input and I…
Hi Don It is not 1 or 2 volts it is the ratio of v1 over v2 =2 But that is all for this noise bisunes I have Heard from sony and thay check on what the tec. did to check out 1800 thay had eng. call me sead the…
Thanks Don I have solve the noise problem from the targa atleast to sum extent but as to how I came up with 6db we setup white probley from the switcher and then put it into both the 1800 and the 2800 then set the tbc in the 2800 so…
Thanks Any Yes I could get a TRANSCOADER I would nead two the prices I have would be about $1800 that is if I wanted to go in and out of the targa. I desided to spend $2900 and get the new componet targa board whitch has higher res. I…
Hi John I am using 3DS3 with a targa64+ the RGB from the targa is going to a tektronix 650HR monitor. The s-video from the targa is going to the 1800 and then on into a sony pvm-1954q monitor . If you remove the 1800 you get a good s-video…
DON I did send my 1800 back to sony I asked them to measher the S/N when recording and in EE and to give me the numbers thay sent it back and sead ti meets there specs. no data so I called thay sead yes its noisey but its beter…
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