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>> Personally, I have no qualms with the barrowing of terms between industries as long as the analogy drawn by the barrowed term is accurate and concise (which is the case with "re-architecture").
If your interested just ask for it [program for hidden line removal]. I'm interested. Perhaps others, too. How about uploading it?
Please send me a copy of your For Sale list.
>> The way I build models is …
I believe I've heard the following is an old Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times" >> The transition might be a little interesting, but …
>> they sure render smoooooth Good for you! I, on the other hand, am still having a bit of trouble getting the renders =smooth= in the intersection area. I'm sure it's just that I'll have to be a bit more careful to match (and increase) the vertex "densities" of the…
>> there is no way to turn off this feature And so said the warden as he released the cyanide capsule. Thanks for the confirmation, Brian. Such feachurs'll be the death of me, yet!
>> But something I haven't heard alot of discussion about is the "smooth" program. Wow! What an amazing bit of work that is. To me its pretty close to the price of admission, alone! Hey, me, too! It's the "fillet" capability I and others have asked for in the past.
Brian, is there a way (switch, etc.) to make AAPLAYHI run a script without first checking out the existance of every blinkin' image file in the script? With a long script and many images (and those residing on a CDROM) there is a looooong delay before display begins as the…
>> didn't see any upgrade packages for those that already have version 2.1
#Flashing faces
Message #139851
>> You probably didn't want all this but maybe someone else will.
>> now re-install Liquid Speed. Use the update disk in your 3DS R4 package
#1-
file Re-install util.
Message #135269
In compulsively playing around with R4 plug-ins (only moments out of the box) and checking out the Randy egret before reading the tutorial, I inadvertantly saved the file (ch6tuta1.3ds) in a most disreputable state. No big deal, just grab another copy off the diskette, right? Easier said than done, especially…
IPAS Newsletter
Message #135268
Your Entire Message to David Camp read: >> looking foward seeing anything of value from you!
>> Re: Abnormal Termination. Do you have Vibrant's Liquid Speed for R3? If so, remove the .VLMs.
#R4 Page Fault's
Message #134691
I've just installed R4 "over" my existing R3. When I attempted to execute it for the first time via: 3ds vibcfg I immediately (before the "Starting 3DS" message) got the message: Abnormal Program Termination: Page Fault CS:EIP = 000Fh:0026BEE9h I am, as before, using HIMEM. Help, pleeeze!
>> The first cervical vertebrae can translate on the occipital condyles. Huh????!!! < Oh, you know: "Da neck bone's connected to da head bone!"
>>…I just don't understand… all the wild assumptions that were made by the forumites. > …they aren't going to charge more for it after it was promised.
>> …and I cannot file the file SCENE-3A.TIF And worse than that, 3DS can't find it, either. I just picked up my copy last night and can confirm your "loss." But, it seems to be used only as a reflection map, so probably most anything would do. For example, I…
>> [you are] the first person I've talked with that is using os2 / 3ds.
I've tried this, but it only creates a "backface" sort of line removal–not complete hidden line removal. So I also create an opaque clone inside each object (and slightly smaller) which does the trick. Thanks for your help!
>>If you expect my little team to provide every feature imaginable…
>> I also tried 3DS.PRJ…
>> NPR … "All Things considered" Hee, hee–thanks for a good yuk! Will somebody puhleeeeze turn off the acronym machine?!
>> DesignCAD probably expects Acadr10 DXF files… 3DS outputs r11/r12…
>> Render to wireframe only…
>> …Modify/Edge/Autoedge… (Was that confusing enough? )
>> too many people complaining too much will prevent Autodesk from saying anything about future releases until the day they ship, which would be even worse, IMHO.
>> What about from the Keyframer's Display/Geometry/Backface?
>> you can always do a screen dump to a file and crop what you need.
Heytudio 14-Oct-94 20:32:04 >> you can always do a screen dump to a file and crop what you need.
Hidden Line Removal
Message #128168
I would like to be able to print a clean-looking image of a 3ds mesh, with hidden lines removed. I've tried the 3ds.mli material called "FACEMAP HIDN LIN," but it looks weird on long objects. The long edges appear sharp, but the short edges are wide and shaded–no surprise considering…
>> Actually, the Alt key concept applies to all of the Keyframer Move/Rotate/Scale adjustments, and it's a pretty abstract concept to include in the prompt line > — unless we had a scrolling prompt line so we could explain everything. ) Well, maybe an abbreviated thingy to indicate "there're some…
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Imagine Humans IPAS
Message #126720
>> I have a serious beef with Schreiber's Imagine Humans IPAS–namely, what's up with the playboy bunny? I was very disappointed to discover that there is no option to remove the high heels.
>> you can move the entire path by holding down the Alt key while using Paths/Move Key.
>> Currently you can run 3DS under Windows as a DOS app and some forum members have had great success.
Nurbs Modeler Demo
Message #120602
>> I uploaded a demo version of our Nurbs modeler
>> the magnifying glass effect. I'm the one who did that animation [on the "Inside 3D Studio" CD-ROM] Well, I give up–where is it, David?! The CD-ROM that came with my book had a scant 5 flc's on it–backhoe, catalog, bball, jump, and ghostfin…period. Where is yours hiding out?
>> Dave is very good at what he does! wish I was that good. Well, sure. Though on that topic I often am reminded of a one-liner of a favorite author of mine: "Not everything worth doing is worth doing well." Cheers!
>> use VideoPost as much as possible to fade from one room to another Thanks for the tips, Ted. Regarding your suggestion of "3DS Applied," I did recall she had a chapter heading on architecture, but haven't been able to find the book locally–didn't want to just order it and…
Thanks for the confirmation, Timothy! >> Oh, by the way, the stairs were fun! Hey, for sure! I've thought that since I was a little kid!
>> Have you tried running 3DS at 800×600? Yes, I did, and it was better for the ipas menu, of course. >> Lust? I wonder where you've been getting your displacement bitmaps from… Heh, heh. What I was trying to say was that I "lust" (def. #2, thank you) after…
>> I don't encourage this exact scheme, Hey, I LIKE it! Your ideas all sound very workable to me. Gives me a direction. Gonna fire up my chainsaw and do a little remodeling! Thank you for your generosity, Dave!
#Arch. Modeling Questions
Message #105122
I am building a model of a home, from scratch in 3DS (not importing from AutoCAD). When finished, I want to be able create a walk-throughs and fly-arounds as well as stills. The model is getting pretty big and messy, and I spend a lot of time Hiding and Freezing.…
High Res=Small Menus
Message #105121
I have downloaded the demo versions of Displace PXP. When I run it in resolution 1024×768 (as I usually operate), its menu does not fill the screen (if I switch to 640×480, it does). But messages that pop up in the normal exection of Displace _do_ display at the proper…
>> the Shroud of Turan That would be the very first Face Map, huh?
>> …never used beige plastic…used blue plastic only once or twice Hmmm, how very curious! But as my father always used to say, "'There's no accounting for taste,' said the old woman as she kissed the cow."
>> The last time I did anything related to combinatory analysis was in High School 15 years ago… Well when I was last in H.S. I don't think it had even been invented yet! ANYWAY, hasn't it occurred to youse guys that Beige Plastic and Blue Plastic are right at…
In your wishlist you have NAILED a number of things that have vaguely bothered me as I've learned and used 3DS. Reading your list was one "Yesss! Someone understands me!" after another for me! Dunno, of course, how many will be implemented, but what you HAVE done is convinced me…
Seamless Seemliness
Message #94799
I just received Autodesk's brochure for Texture Universe which states that it contains "over 425 textures," and that "many" can be tiled seamlessly. While realizing that "seamless" doesn't necessarily imply useful–if it ain't fairly homogeneous, the result will look obviously "tiled"–about how "many" is that?
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