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Hi Gary, …been offline for months, working on something. Congratulations on showing the new product. It looks very interesting. I should be around again soon, if you need anything. Best Wishes, BILL
Hi Kerry, I have no idea what type of simulator you're talking about, but if the thing renders geometry, it certainly could be rendering NURBS surfaces exclusively, rather than polygons. NURBS is not a file format nor a "tool", but a specific type of B-Spline curve or surface. Specifically, a…
Hi Kerry, I'm really sorry for the delay. I've been working lately, barely able to keep up here, and then I got sick for a week. > I wouldn't jump to SGI just to work with NURBS alone. Just hang on for about 6 months, and I believe you'll have…
Hey, thanks a lot for the additional information David. It sounds a little better each time I hear about it. I've got a demo coming, sometime soon. Yes, if a NURBS implementation is a good one, there are a number of powerful design tools. I've never seen a really good…
Hi David, Thanks so much again, for the many answers you've given me. I guess I'll have to take a look at it. Regards, BILL
> > It's really a bit unusual that the current R3D release *does* feature an implementation of Trimmed Surfaces, since the current release uses Cubic Uniform Non-Rational B-Splines instead of NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines). (The next version of R3D will feature a nice NURBS implementation). However, when the geometry is…
Hi David, Wow. Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. > So is there *only* a 1-viewport interface, or can you set-up a traditional 4-viewport scheme ? How fast are screen redraws with a lot of geometry present ? > Are you referring to the *Control Polygon* for the B-Spline…
> Could you post the features of this modeler, that is, merely featuring NURBS doesn't mean much of anything. What's special about it ? What OS does it run under ? The signifigant things to look for in a NURBS modeler are: How interactive, in real-time or near RT, are…
LenzFX , paging to disk?
Message #173749
> Here in Atlanta, B. Dalton is a mainstream bookseller that's carrying them. BILL
> FYI, some bookstores carry the 3 volumes making up the NT Resource Kit, and they're sold seperately. So, you don't have to buy the whole thing if you don't need to.
> David, you didn't say where, how, etc.. ? BILL
Contact Michael Bassier @ CIS 100114,1717. BILL
….but true, I'll bet.
Hi Jonas, > I have fooled around with the performance monitor a bit, but I don't have the Resource Guide. However, the title seems appropriate from my experience . Geez, for a newcomer, it's really a huge chore just identifying & obtaining all the necessary documents, updates & other info…
> So, are you saying you have PS working under NT ? I just found a password-protected file on Wacom's BBS that *I believe* addresses this, but I don't have access yet. My understanding is that none of the other drivers support PS. Also, depending on which other tablet-driven app's…
Hi John,
Brandon, I just found the beta NT drivers, and got the Wacom + the mouse running OK. But, the control panel items are all ghosted except scaling, and pressure sensitivity doesn't work. It also used my modem's interrupt. Do you by any chance use the PS stylus, and if so,…
Thanks John. I just got the Wacom & the mouse to run under NT. It works well, but pressure sensitivity is disabled, …..and I lost my modem . I believe this is a beta driver, too. Have you by any chance had a need to configure a SCSI scanner or…
Thanks Alan, I'll follow the directions. BILL
Very interesting. Yep, I like working with film dynamic ranges much more than video. I think working with film/photography for years before CG & video, really helped once I began in these more recent areas….especially 3D CG. With one of my LP monitors, I got very nice results when fooling…
Hi Brandon, > Last night I searched the MS Knowledgebase and found a reference which pointed to the Wacom BBS, but the number given was disconnected. Then I found Wacom here on CIS, and d/l a list of all files since 1992. I found 1 very new driver pak vers.…
Thanks Michael. BB
Hi Oliver, PMJI to this thread, but I too was a beta site for Pennello, gave you a great deal of input, but never got the final version with the canned F/X, etc.,…was allowed to keep the last beta & lock, though. I was wondering what I could do to…
> From looking at it, I could have sworn that it did….but I never heard any credit given to 3DS before now. Do you happen to know any specific elements ? Just curious as usual, BILL
#NT The REAL Truth
Message #168768
Has anyone successfully installed a tablet (Wacom specifically) along with the mouse under NT? Initially I tried setting up the WFWG config I use under NT, it *seemed* to install OK, but after re-boot…it wasn't there, and NT was SEVERELY whacked-out, forcing a complete re-install. Nope, Last Good Config. wouldn't…
> This is actually true. The question is, how much longer does it take before it can handle all the devices that Win 3.xx can ? It has a long way to go. Part of this is of course, the OEM's responsibility, but it still has a long way to…
Hey Michael, PMJI, but is there a NT Rayman (I forgot) ? If not, any plans ? Thanks, BILL
> I was just curious. I have 5 physical drives partitioned into 12 logical devices, and this happened to me as well. You can change the drive assignments in NT to static assignments as you wish, but that leaves the problem of what happens when the partition NT resides on…
> PMJI, but what do you mean "on top of" ? I think he just wanted to maintain several paths to several OS's. Do you mean run Win95 app's under NT ? BILL
> PMJI, but yes…if you use multi-path startup files. I'm running 4 configurations (2 DOS, 2 WIN) plus NT. BILL
Please see REALGI.zip uploaded here. As an additional modeler…yes. BILL
> For a while now, I've used the voice recognition program that comes with the Creative AWE32 card in Windows. It allows you to perform virtually any menu function for any program from a voice command. Actually, with certain applications, this actually turns out ot be quite productive, although I…
> That's great! BILL
Hi Alan, PMJI, but could you comment a little about how you got 3DS running under Win 3.xx ? I haven't tried before, but was about to. I can imagine some problems, though. Thanks, BILL
> PMJI, but I've linked to bones as Lee mentioned a number of times, and it *can* work well in certain cases. The "Car2.zip" flic (something like that) I u/l recently shows an example of this: The severely deforming automobile's headlights used a couple of spots for the anim, but…
Assuming you're talking about a humanoid type of face, Fit isn't really the way to go. Have you worked through the manuals, examples, CD, etc ? Briefly, you want to use either a RevSurf with vertically oriented CS's created in the Shaper, or simply loft a stack of horizontally oriented…
> Remember that early Skin flic (no pun intended) uploaded here during Skin beta, which was related to the JW Bobbit case ? He**, you might could've used it, when she was done with it . BILL
Sorry Tom, I missed this message somehow.
> What in the he** is a thingee ??? > Yes.
I too have had never-before-seen problems with R4, which coincidentally came about the same time as my Pentium & Stealth 64. Lately, things seem to be more stable, but the only thing I changed was (strangely) running SmartDrive. That is, I *started* running it again. I have not been able…
Dave, So, is the Lenz F/X update available now, as well as Lumina ? Can you explain the update & Lumina ? BILL
> That's funny Martin. So he was shy a few vertices, huh ?
Hi Murph, I don't think they go for manuals . But, I completely agree with everything you said. I HATE on-line doc's as the only source for info.. As one whose eyes (and body) has been destroyed by monitors, mice, keyboards, etc.., I can relate. I've always thought if they…
David, Hmmm. I gave you a lousy answer. I'm just spread real thin with this book project, etc.. Anyway, You have complete control over every tool's icon….size, shape, color/no color, what's "printed" on it, how they're grouped, where they go, etc.. Or whether they're there at all. Personally, I've always…
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