This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Dave: >> Is anyone SURE that the speed of the JAZ will be great enough to serve as a source for a CD-R image, or has it all been conjecture
Margaret: Tag this one on to Alec's list: Make sure the object(s) you wish to receive shadows is set to do so. – Bob Ritger
Kevin: >> The 340 output can actually be very nice.
Dennis: Yikes! Thanks for the heads up on that one. – Bob Ritger
Nik: Thanks for jumping in with all of that info. – Bob Ritger
Dan: >> The good news is that it's due out around the end of the year.
Jerome: You weasel! Didn't recognize you behind the company name. I thought it might be you from that deep baritone voice. I can think of no reason in the world why anyone with R4 C1 would want to switch to R4 C2. – Bob Ritger
Dave: You are right I should drop Ana a line. Wonder what she's up to. – Bob Ritger
Steve: Yep, I checked out that special issue but I think it fell just short of what I'm after. You are right the Tek's got high marks. – Bob Ritger
Dave: You've got me thinking about creating some personalized disks as well. Yep, I'm going to create me the greatest Ska collection ever put on disc. BIG, BIG, Monkey Man … Getting huge mofo files to service bureaus is one use for the JAZ drive which I'm looking at. Once…
Ted: Yep, the slaves render to null but the video card should be set to have the main display come up in 640×480, right? So, there are some calls to the video card. The one machine is now rendering fine and I haven't had enough time to mess with my…
Bill: Did you check the MARS file in the Hardware Library? – Bob Ritger
Jeff: Currently I don't know of any converter which will convert mapping coordinates but Syndesis is working on this item. – Bob Ritger
#Best Printer
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I'm currently trying to determine the best solution to high volume color printing. Do you have a favorite color output device which can print on a variety of papers? If I could afford an IRIS printer I would snap one up but funds are an issue. I need photographic quality…
Stephen: >> After all, we wouldn't want to be accused of "re-architecting" the benchmark, now would we?
Dave: >> I mean, I'm sorry, but I consider 3D Studio to pretty much always have had the most dismal and least exciting ads of all the 3D products on the market.
Dave: I've been burning a disk a day for the past couple of weeks, best thing sinced sliced bread. Coulda hadda lot more sliced bread if I would have waited for the HP. 🙁 BTW, my new PC Mall catalog just arrived with the JAZ drive prominently displayed on the…
Umeadi: I don't have the price handy for the 3D Props CD's. Maybe an Autodesk rep could pop in here and give us the list prices. – Bob Ritger
James: 4 MB of RAM is no doubt your problem. For what I do 32MB is a practical minimum. However, I have gotten 3DS to function on 8MB on a laptop but I did not use any bitmapped materials or cast any shadows. With so little RAM your machines would…
John: I was digging in a desk drawer today and found a demo disk from 4D Vision which I have yet to check out. I got it at SIGGRAPH. I don't know if it has any info on their furniture offerings but now that you mention it I'll have to…
Kevin: Autodesk does not support 3DS under WIN95, however a few users have gotten it to work. You might check out this file for any tips… File Info for WIN95TIP.TXT Section: HWare/OpSys/Video Contributor: 73160,121 Size: 4948 Submitted: 4/20/95 Type: Text Accesses: 334 Title: WIN95 Install tips for 3DS for networks…
John: I'll second your opinion, Blocks and Materials is very useful. I'd be remiss in my duties if I didn't mention the new Autodesk 3D Props CD's, one for residential and one for commercial. Also, Sydesis Corp's 3D ROM's vol I and II are chock full of goodies but not…
Steve: Thanks for your note. I think I have found a possible answer on one machine but I am still searching for what ails another. The one which I think may be fixed looks like a case of some joker remming out a device driver from the startup. Without the…
FKA: C2 is the current shipping version but it differs from C1 in only one way. C2 requires that you call in for an authorization code before your first 30 days of use expire. If you are running C1 you actually have one less hassle than current buyers. 🙂 BTW,…
Anselm: I know little about World Builder but my general take on what you wish to do is that everything you need is already in 3DS. Mess with a .flc in your shininess map slot for shimmering water. Haze and glow around a planet can be simulated with a mapped…
Mehran: First, you had better verify that the CAD files you are about to receive are indeed 3D files or you will have to budget the time to create the 3D model. For animating your model the best software you can buy for your PC is 3D Studio. 3DS is…
Ted: The machines I have trouble with are only used as slaves. I never set them up to be a main 3DS workstation. My current theory is a hardware conflict of the video card variety. I'm going to work this angle with installing newer drivers and maybe swap out cards…
Albert: >> *re-architected* > As I recall, you objected to "re-archictectured" and perhaps you may object even more to "re-architected".
Ted / Tim: I have a render slave or two that intermittently crash to DOS with r4. I get a memory protection fault error CIS HEAP or some such garbage on a couple of machines. One thing that I have found true is that the more complex (ie. more RAM…
Eric: I don't know if you've gotten any answers on your jerky text problem. Could it be that you've imported your path from a .dxf file? This may give you a path that is actually a bunch of straight line segments versus a continuous smooth curve. – Bob Ritger
Tim: >> it seems to be safer to render to tga and then stitch them together. > the screen redraws are agony.
Jonathan: I don't know if you've gotten any responses to your querry about saving an applications output in some form of video format. Which application do you have in mind? Do you want to record the mouse moves and what actually transpires on the screen? There are scan converters which…
Jack: >> (By the way, I hear the makers of the movie "Re-Animator" will be coming out shortly with a slasher flick about word-frenzied building designers, called "Re-Architector.")
John: I've been using Corel's CD-Creator and it also has a test mode which will simulate the write and let you know of potential problems. – Bob Ritger
Wade: New baby, that's rocking good news! Way to go you potent lad! I will try my best to repopulate the earth. I can't leave it all up to you . – Bob Ritger
Glenn: Here's some info from a previous thread: >>>The library files you are looking for are 3DSMAX1.GIF, 3DSMAX2.GIF and BIPED.GIF. The 3DSMAX.ZIP (also in Library 3) include 3DSMAX.DOC, 3DSNEWS.DOC BIPED.DOC and README.TXT most of which is in the forum messages mentioned in the first paragraph.
Jack: Sorry to spew forth my etymological dissatisfaction with the CGW article. This has become a very humorous thread. >> Might it have anything to do with the fact that, in _every_ demo I did at Siggraph, I used the phrase: "3DS MAX is the first complete rearchitecture of a…
Dave: >> we "party" and we "network", don't we?
Tim: Just checking in to find out how it went with your show and tell with your client. – Bob Ritger
Dennis: Good news about the chip market, thanks. I think I'll be trying to pull off this swap real soon. – Bob Ritger
James: The term 'architecture' is easily understood in the software industry and several others as well but only as a NOUN!!!! If you are altering a software's architecture you are REDESIGNING the software's architecture NOT RE-ARCHITECTING the software. The word is a noun and has meaning only as a noun.…
Dave: FWIW, Digimation among others sells the decimator chip kit as well. – Bob Ritger
Dave: Nope, the Kodak PCD 225. In today's market I don't think I would pass up the new HP or 2nd choice would be the Pinnacle RCD100. – Bob Ritger
Scott: >> I'm trying to set the gamma correction values in 3D Studio for the PAR.
Paul: I just got the new PC Connections catalog today, no JAZ drive in print but I hear they are taking waiting list orders. – Bob Ritger
Ken: I don't believe this IPAS will generate Quicktime VR files. You could direct your question to Dave Avgikos of Digimation 72320,2042. He may be able to give a more definitive answer. – Bob Ritger
Jeff: Thanks for the info on using the Colorado to restore to the PAR. I'll make sure the PARFAQ.txt file reflects this information. – Bob Ritger
Bruce: For large format printing most would chose to render to a high resolution bitmap format like .tga or .tif. If you are looking for scalability then I believe you have selected EPS format under false pretense. For rendering large files you would select 'NULL' as your device and set…
Dave: Theo. had these questions: >> So…, there appears to be a co. up in VAncouver,BC, Animetix, who has authored sftwre they say can w/in the DOS wor ld perform the very function/conversion we're seeking. The question(s) is: Is anyone ou there familiar w/ the Animetix product? Does it really…
John: >> One hidden issue with CD-R's is the HD you record from.. Do you have a special AV drive that you record off of?
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