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James, I'm interested in your asking price for the copy of Rel 4. Thanks, -Matt (Active Media Graphics) Y 50 /g fM/
#3D design Siggra mention
Message #195195
I was very pleased with the first issue of 3D Design, except for the mention of Autodesk at Siggraph. In the News under Everything's Coming Up NT the say that Autodesk didn't have much to show at Siggraph, but they made some dandy promises. Did they go to the same…
Rick, The error when you select no display with without disk output is normal. The reason that this is used (I think) for these benchmarks is to take the video card out of the loop. Your system is pretty quick, but try with shading to metal, changing from phong to…
Reza, >CHEVY.3DS at 640×480 with all defaults and no DISPLAY and post your result.< I tried the test on my 90mhz Pentium w/32mb ram, it's one of the early Intel mobos (July 94) with the Plato chipset. The test ran 1:50 (110 sec). Matt (Active Media Graphics) Y 50 /g…
Scott, Another site on the web to check out is Lockheed/Martin's Real3D site. It is at www.lockheed.com/real3d/ it covers the Real3D chipset. It will be faster than the current Glint chip. It supports texture mapping on chip, not yet supported by Glint until the TX version is released. It should…
Don, You can check out the Glint web page at www.3dlabs.com. They also have a page dedicated to MAX and Glint. They will be shipping a HOOPS driver along with the OPEN GL drivers when MAX ships. You might also take a look at the REAL 3D chip from LockheedMartin.…
Jeffrey, When I was looking at the demo, I didn't even look at Morph. I already have Elastic Reality and if Morph was worthwhile it would complement ER not replace it. But F/X looks great just what I need for F/X. -Matt (Active Media Graphics) Y 50 /g fM/
Mark, Antivesa? Is that why it takes so long to boot? I thought that 3DS just took a long time to check my MAP-Paths. I'll download it and use it. I also confirm the Vibrant drivers. I run at 16.7m and 1024×768 and 1280×1024. Great card INMO. -Matt (Active Media…
Dave, I'm getting a copy of Black Belt Systems' WinImages. It is actually two programs (Win Images F/X and Win Images Morph) bundled together for one price. Someone mentioned that they liked the program for effects like lightning and glows. I downloaded a copy from Animation Vendors A Forum and…
Tim, My car was in Hawaii, and now its in Arizona. It wasn't carried by an airplane during any part of the trip. And it can't even swim. I think this is a great thread, look at all the things covered so far. IPAS routines that can be worked around.…
Take a look at Maui Rendernet's web page at www.maui.com/~rendernet , they can render your files on the IBM SP-2 at Maui's supercomputer center. That one will crank over 100 GigaFLOPS. Kinda makes a XM-P seem a little slow. They will be releasing their software this year to allow the…
Jerome, A nice solution that is now available now is Wizard of OS from Modular Software Systems. It is a Boot Management program that will allow you to boot to DOS, OS/2, Win95, WinNT, and UNIX on the same machine. It can handle up to 100 operating systems on a…
Rick Check out Font3D I think that there is a demo available here or in the showcase forum. I have only looked at the demo but at less than $50 to register it is a great price. It runs under Win and allows you to play with the extruded text…
Kevin, From my poking around in the NT forum I've come across these figures for adding extra Pentium processors to NT. The second processor adds about 60% of the performance of the first. The third ads only about 40% of the performance of the first. And the fourth and subsequent…
Terry, I had a similar problem when I first used the program. What I think you need to do is Hide your reference spheres after the metashape is created. Because of the way the shape is created it is often smaller in places than your reference spheres. The effect you…
Tim, I have to second your opinion about Truespace and 3DS. I had mulled over upgrading to TS2 but them MAX was born. This leaves no doubt in my mind where my money will go. Truespace was neat, but not nearly as easy to use. The "Natural user interface" is…
Accelerated Performance
Message #184717
Did anybody happen to get any info from Accelerated Performance Inc. They were in the Deawoo booth #2605. I would like to find info about their systems, and anything like their address or contacts would help.If anyone does, I would appreciate it if you could relay it to me. Thanks…
Albert, I feel the same way. Why would I want to load a program as large as Word to look at a text file. I don't mind .WRI files Write isn't the resource hog that Word is. I won't buy word anyway. I find that AmiPro works fine for my…
Scott, One way for the seller to be somewhat assured that the money is actually real is to have the seller get a money order/cashiers check for the amount of the transaction. The buyer can then send a fax of the document to the seller before the item(s) are shipped.…
Scott, I have done a very detailed model of an F-350 dually pickup and I understand your frustration. I originally started with Deform/Fit and Boolean to create the cab and after many frustrating hours of great progress followed by the "unable to complete boolean operation , please adjust geometry" error.…
Jack, Sorry about that, good books though. You read so many messages sometimes I can't tell if they are comming or going. -Matt (Active Media Graphics) -Matthew Vaughn
Jack, You might try looking at some of the good books available on 3DS. The most readily available are Inside 3D Studio and 3D Studio Special Effects. You should be able to find them at any good bookstore. Just to get an idea of what is possible, take a look…
Richard, I was pretty new to Compuserve a year ago. Now that I discovered Asoft and Amedia forums I download around 150 messages a week. Using messages that have interesting info, I have begun a "notebook" of messages from forum members. What I have found indespensible in my search and…
Doug, I'm jealous, their carbonara is outstanding. I eat there at least once a week while I saw living there. I also have not found a match for their seafood stew (cucuccio (spelling may be off)) truly a great experience for those of with a warm spot for good seafood.…
3DS R5 speed?
Message #170617
I was wondering is if anyone out there has the experience to give an educated guess as to the rendering speed of R5. I don't have any experience with NT so I don't know what to expect from R5s renderer. How does software developed for NT compare speed wise to…
Frank, I saw the following answer on a thread about using more than 64mb with 3DS. It seems that one of the fuller featured (more expensive) Memory Managers is needed to recognize more than 64mb under DOS/Pharlap. Hope this helps. Pretty pathetic that you spend $1200 on ram and then…
Ken, I was told by one of our fellow forum members that these were available from B&H Photo-Video in NY. Their number is 800-947-9939 or 212-444-5039. I haven't called yet but I think they will have what I need. -Matt (Active Media Graphics) -Matthew Vaughn
Jeff, I am living and "working" in Flagstaff. I much prefer the mountains, trees, and temperatures to those in the southern part of the state. Don't get me wrong, I do like the desert. It has a certain beauty that you don't find in many other places. BUT I do…
Jeff, Don't say that State sales tax thing too loud. I've heard of legislation to force all mail order companies to charge sales tax for the state that items are shipped to. I know the feeling, Insight Direct is here in AZ I bought my 90mhz pentium from them great…
James, Sounds like a great idea! I have problems ( I assume like everyone ) with tiling things like brick walls, usually look great close. But from a distanse show repetitive banding. I wish that I could help with the programing, but I'm still learning scripting. When you get it…
Paul, Enjoy Europe, my mistake on the UH thing. -Matt -Matthew Vaughn
Jeff, Thanks for the info, as many times as I've seen their ads I never thought to give B&H a call. -Matt (Active Media Graphics) -Matthew Vaughn
#Missing Hawaii
Message #169353
Paul, Are you in Hawaii? >BTW I contacted UH-Downtown as you suggested to locate a possible tutor Is UH-Downtown UH Manoa? Or am I way off? If I'm not, I spent a few years there until I ran out of (positive cash flow) reasons to continue to stay there. If…
Vincent, All you have to do is make a virtual boot disk. Just make a dos boot disk that works to boot your PAR. Then search help for the info to make VBM ( I think maybe VBM ). after you have the file on your system just select it…
#VHS Tapes for Demo
Message #169349
Hello, Anyone out there know where to find short (5-10 minute) VHS or S-VHS tapes? I want to distribute demo tapes, but a 120 minute tape seems like a waste of money and tape both. I know that I've seen them advertised before but I don't remember where. -Matt (Active…
Philippe, First, dedicated means that you have a HD hooked up to the PAR board's IDE controller that can't be used by the system normally, every Targa file copied or written to that drive is converted to the PAR's compressed .ANI format. This means that even though it can be…
Philippe, I've been using the PAR and TCB-IV for about 6 months now. I think you described it pretty well. It is easy to install, use, and the output is great! Just get a HD large enouth to hold the amount of video you need. Approx 8-10 min per GIG…
I have the same problem with connection with a twist, I don't even have a local access number at all. I have to use US West intrastate long distance to call Phoenix. The usual rate is about 20 cents/min night and 30 cents/min day. It was costing me a bundle…
#AMAZING B-SPLINE MODELER
Message #167421
BILL, I am one of those people that hasn't been asking much about the Spline modeler. It seems that with all the new IPAS routines I don't know what to buy next. I just got Metaballs recently and am anxiously awaiting the upgrage. I have few plug-ins so my next…
Mike, You might try calling Decision Vision / Advanced Media Institute in SD. They sold me 3DS3 and 4 and they offer training in Studio and ACAD. Their address is 7050 Convoy Court San Diego Ca, 92111-1017 Phn 619-541-2000. You might check the address it may be different now. Just…
I doubt that you will find anyone with suspension models. It's possible but probably not likely. I would be interested in possibly doing some work on them for you. I use 3D Studio but I can output to DXF format. I don't know how accutate it is when imported to…
Michael, I'm still struggling with the whole concept of pricing myself. One thing that has helped me is the file 3DRATE2.TXT available on here. I don't know which library I downloaded it form though. It is pretty helpful, I say pretty because it really depends on what your client can,…