This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Montreal sees Max Oct 16
Message #194694
Hi to everyone, This is a reminder that the Montreal 3D Studio Users Group will be meeting on October 16 1995 at 7 pm at Dawson College in Montreal. location: Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West, Room 3 G 13 time : from 7 to 9:30 PM Open to everyone…
Bruce:
Any Dublin Users there?
Message #181941
Hi everyone, I'm wondering if any of you 3DS users out there might be in the Dublin Ireland area… I'll be there for a couple of weeks during August. Regards, Bob Smith [Archi-Media Productions & Montreal 3D Studio Users Group]
Dave, As already mentioned to another query: Sorry for delay in replying but my software did not identify your question.. I'm replying in e-mail.
Zac, Sorry for the delay in replying but your message was not caught by my software so I'm replying thru e-mail.
Ann, Thanks for the info but as you may have seen I've re-posted with a request to e-mail me and I'll leave it at that.. You are correct that even though using the e-mail system for reply's does not remove all cranks it certainly would cut down somewhat on the…
#PAR card for sale
Message #177090
A local user has a PAR card for sale but he does not have access to CIS. If you are looking to buy this card NOW, contact me thru e-mail only and I will give you more details about cost . reply to Robert J.P. Smith 72640,1306
Montreal 3DS meet 7/3
Message #175983
Hi again, This is a reminder that the Montreal 3D Studio Users Group will be meeting on July 3rd 1995 at 7 pm at Dawson College in Montreal. location: Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West, Room 3 g 15 time : from 7 to 9 PM FREE Admission.. On the…
ed: Went thru the info you sent me with the guy who has the Kodak printer and he says that the printer he has is the XLS 8300 and takes in RBG files only.. goes up to 300 DPI he says it does not take CMYK info … Meanwhile, must…
Edward, First thanks to you and James for the info sent over the weekend but as I just wrote to him and said: I have a bit of a problem with part of what you said:
James: By the way, did Bill Allen reach you ? He was thinking of putting in that article of yours on OS2.. It still works with Warp also and that's why he was interested.. Anyway… Here is another question on the problem I'm having concerning some slight differences in "some"…
Ed: you say:
#Printer output& format
Message #174681
Hi everyone, Just read the thread on the printer output and need extra info please. Have an associate with Kodak Color printer with 300 DPI resolution. Actual print size on paper ends up being 7 1/2 (high) by 10 inches wide. Rendered test.TIF image at 800 x 600 with aspect…
Nik,
Warp upgrade is where?
Message #170336
Sorry to ask what has been repeated before but Warp corrupted 2 months worth of CIS messages and the answer was among the files that are are now gone.. So here goes: Cannot get 3D Studio to render in background mode or even in slave mode.. the moment I leave…
Montreal 3DSmeeting May1
Message #166865
Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder that if your in the Montreal, Quebec area on monday May 1, 1995 you are invited to the next Montreal 3D Studio Users Group meeting. It's at Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West, ROOM 3 G 3 from 7 to 9 pm Free Admission..…
Montreal 3DSmeeting May1
Message #166864
Hi everyone, A friendly reminder that the next meeting of the Montreal 3D Studio Users Group is scheduled for May 1, 1995 at 7 PM at : Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West room 3 G 3 in Montreal Free admission I'll be covering the 3 IPAS routines from Animetix…
Michael, Sorry for the delay in replying but your message was posted in the IPAS conference and I dont go into that section at all.. I am reposting this message to your e-mail address so you can contact me there.. Bob Smith 72640,1306 (e-mail checked daily)
#VP under command lineHOW
Message #160018
Hi all, Anyone have a good idea of how to access the video post thru command line rendering.. Cannot find it in the advanced user guide manual… thanks in advance for your suggestions..
Montreal March meeting
Message #154286
Hi everyone, here is a reminder for any of you who might be in the area. The Montreal 3D Studio Users Group will be holding it's next meeting on Tuesday March 7 th at 7 PM at Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West, room 3 G 3 in Montreal. (Atwater…
#How to drop into water
Message #152261
Hi everyone, Am trying to figure out how to make an object drop into a glass.. the crystal glass and all its reflections are Ok, it's the liquid ( red wine) that I'm trying to animate so it shows the Plop and the upsurge then the circular wave… Boy it…
#OS2 Warp and 3D Studio
Message #138590
Since last months meeting of the Montreal 3D Studio Users group where we talked about the use of 3DS under OS2 Warp, I have installed OS2 and have been stunned by the improved rendering times I get under OS2. This is when using project files so large that my 16…
#Montreal Users meeting
Message #109849
Hi again, the Montreal 3D Studio Users group will have it's meeting on monday July 4 from 7 to 9 pm it's at Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West, Room 3 G 13 in Montreal (across from the Atwater Metro station) on the menu: Review of Inside 3D Studio, questions…
#DPS_PAR
Message #109336
Hi Karl, just spotted your exchange about the DPS and your question about sound .. I just got off the phone with Bob Unida at DPS in Toronto and he says that at at the upcoming Siggraph they'll be showing off the feature of doing Audio and animation output simultaneously..…
Paul: Simple, you render to the Par drive the first frame and it becomes say: test000.ani … you then make sure your blue line on the PAR software is on that file line..click on duplicate, then to frames, choose loops 30 (for 1 second) you do the same for the…
#Montreal Users meeting
Message #101563
Hi everyone, The Montreal 3D Studio Users Group will have it's next meeting on tuesday May 24 from 7 to 9 pm at Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West, room 3G3 in Montreal (the Atwater Metro station) * A demo of the Autodesk Texture Universe CD-ROM & the Noumenon Labs…
" You have dialed a number that is not available from your calling area… 9141P "…
G- Problem is that most of the folks in my group do not subscribe to Compuserve so they cannot contact you directly, secondly the 800 number does not work from here.. So I'll simply hold up in the air the one copy I have so everyone can see it… While…
Ok.. I've heard a bit about PAR but am not sure what it is. Is it a JPEG system? The PAR card goes onto your motherboard and has it's own dedicated IDE Hard drive attached to it.. Three HD are currently recommended and once connected to the PAR card cannot…
G.. I received the Ipas Boutique brochure yesterday and it looks very good.. Could I ask you to send me 15 ? I want to have them available to the members of my Montreal Users Group for our upcoming meeting on May 24. I'll be downloading the demo files that…
Hi Michele, If you cannot find someone quickly in your area let me know, I have the PAR card and can do it for you or if you absolutely need frame by frame there is also my Single frame controller.. Regards, Bob.
Bonjour Michele, Just let me know where they can be ordered, I know that Digimation carries your three first books so if they do the same for the other three that will be one source.. However, for the bookstore that is looking to sell it locally, maybe you can forward…
no problem… it will probably be arriving by monday..between waiting for the doodad and reading Inside 3D Studio… I'm going to burst with all this new and interesting data to learn about.. Bob Smith
Hi Michele, I see your back in Brighton, since your last visit here when you taught me about single frame animation, one of the things I set up was a 3D Studio Users group here in Montreal that meets once a month. If your ever up here visiting let me…
Gary, Any chance you can sent out one of those IPAS Boutique Doodad's to my Montreal Users Group? the address is: Bob Smith Montreal 3D Studio Users Group 3488 Cote des Neiges, Suite 1113 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3H 2M6 Bob Smith [Archi-Media Productions]
Evan: thanks for the info..
Hi Joseph, A company here is an ISO 9000 certified manufacturing facility .. They carry a 90 Mhz pentium as well as the Intel DX4 100 Mhz chip… they also have a converter for reducing the power since the DX4 takes around 3.3 volts and my DX50 mHZ takes 5.5…
#DX4 100mhz CPU tested?
Message #99840
Has anyone been trying out the 100 MHz DX4 CPU ? This week I'm hoping to do some tests with one that will be installed in my system.. Currently I'm on a 486-50 with 16 megs of RAM, EISA motherboard and the ADAPTEC 1742 A EISA Busmaster motherboard.. So upgrading…
Hi Mark: Nice to hear from another 3DS user in the Montreal area.. Check your E-mail for more details about the monthly meetings. I can also be reached during the day at (514) 933-6188 Bob Smith [Archi-Media Productions {Montreal 3D Studio Users Group}]
#97241-
Montreal Users meeting
Message #97804
Roger: The meeting went very well, sorry you could not make it, I always post a notice of an upcoming meeting on Compuserve and on various Internet animation conferences for those who are not yet registered as members.
Thanks, there's nothing like finding a good intestin in the morning… or for that matter a river of liver or mending a broken heart !!.. (Combo quote from BJ's and Alan Alda in M.A.S.H)
Viewpoint has internal organs, some with interiors as well. Do you have one of our 3D Dataset Catalogs? No.. Ask for Casey if he is available. John, thanks for the info, I called earlier today and he was out, if you see him on wednesday tell him I'm in in…
#Human organs where?
Message #96873
One of the members of the Montreal 3D Studio Users group asked me to post the following: Does anyone know where .3ds files showing internal human organs like a heart, liver, kidney's etc. Anyone have a spare exterior view of an intestin or the inside of an intestin ..
Montreal Users meeting
Message #96217
This is a brief reminder to all 3D Studio Users in the Montreal, Canada area: The next meeting will be on Monday nite: April 11 7 pm at Dawson College, 4001 De Maisonneuve West Room 4E7… On the menu: – demo of the DPS-PAR card – Liquid Speed These products…
David, thanks for the suggestions on Shadows… I'll be working on them this weekend and will let you know how it went in a day or so.. for this project I kept it at one spotlite kept high in the sky and the effect from a distance was a soft…
Dave: So if I understand you correctly, I shouldnt necessarily shy away from a really Grassy looking material.. just check the size of the shadow map ? >
Greg: When you say: In your case you probably go to one of your inhouse printers but if I am handing over one huge file that will become an 11 X 14 color print, is there a favorite resolution that I should use ?
#93975-
PAR card & shadow proble
Message #94070
Don: Thanks also for the insight.. As I said to Alan… that file is gone and now it's start over again from scratch and watch the backups!!!Also thanks for that hint about the moire pattern.. I'll change the grass material for something a little less" hallucinogenic".. Bob
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