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Gregory, Will do. Hopefully when things are a little quieter next week, I shall post the trials I went through to get 3DS running from a central location off the network… It didn't go exactly as planned, but it works ok…. Mark K.
Nik, Thanks for your reply. It turned out to be a problem with the way DOS interprets the "=" sign in a batch file. The "=" is dropped….. Maybe this could be wishlist requirement: maybe change the command line parameters for a future 3D Studio. I'd suggest something more along…
Brian, Sorry for not getting back to you earlier.It's been a crazy week…I managed to find the problem. Thank you all for responding. >>Why not just have the proper 3DS.SET file for each machine be on each >>machine? Could you explain why you need the set= statement again. Good question.…
Brian, Thanks for the reply. I have configured the one setup for the new cards, and I did get a 3DS.SET that would work with the new PCs. (this is 3DS running in a network server directory) Now the new machines work just fine with the new 3DS.SET. I took…
#Matrox Animation Xpress
Message #160798
Anyone using the Matrox Animation Express bundle? It is a bundle consisting of a Matrox Illuminator Pro card, a Rapid Technology Studio Express card. From what I've heard, this combination will create "jpeg streams" from 3D Studio that it saves to a large SCSI hard drive through the EISA bus,…
#Matrox Impression +
Message #160797
Can anyone give me any information on the Matrox MGA Impression +card? What is you configuration, and how is it working for you with 3DS? I'm thinking of getting them as a new standard for our college lab, but before I jump in head and feet, I'd like to know…
#set=FILE config problem?
Message #160788
To AutoDesk, Yost group, Vibrant and all, We've ran into a simple problem: we're trying to run 3DS R4 with most files installed on a network with two different configurations. The 3DS.SET file is pointing to local directories on each PC. We've run this on twenty PCs running 3D Studio…
Ahh Ken, I owe you a beer for that tip. I'm off to get that file…. Mark K.
Pat, Quick! Get a UPS!
Milt, Are you SURE Wayne doesn't have a sattelite phone uplink in his briefcase? If Wayne gets on a Safari Bus and then calls us up from the middle of the Sahara desert, I'm not going to be surprised anymore. Mark K.
Ahhhh excuse me… >>This is the ASOFT forum, devoted to products like 3D Studio, AutoDesk >>Animator, etc.. Actually, it is not only for that reason. This section of the ASOFT forum is open to ANY educational issue regarding any of the AutoDesk Products. Check out the other adesk forums, there…
Ken, Definitely a Robotel M160 System. There's only soo much you can do with an overhead projection system… The only disadvantage to the Robotel system compared to the overhead is that you can't have a drawing up on robotel while the students work at the same time, while you could…
I don't know if I can quote the prices here (probably not as they're in canadian dollars and these things are handled differently here in Canada). Pat Vernon and some of the other guys here know the US distributor who can give you a more detailed and ACCURATE answer… I…
Joe, The message was about 250 Chars over the 10,000 limit . Have you tried reading a 10,000 char message? you need five minutes just to scroll to the end of the message…. Mark K.
Robotel's M160 system
Message #67475
[Continued] Part 3 of 5…. 3. Teamwork teaching: I can see this option working out in more complicated exercises, or "projects". When you press "teamwork" mode, each "line" from the junction box becomes a separate "Group". The stations and students on every line form a team that is independent from…
Robotel's M160 system
Message #67474
[Continued] Part 2 of 5…. You can also use the system in the same way to present the group with a problem: someone did an unusual mistake and you noticed through monitoring the class in individual mode. You can discuss it with that student, then take over the monitor and…
Robotel's M160 system
Message #67473
Part 1 of 5.. To all educators out there… We had a live demo of Robotel's new multimedia audio/video network setup in one of our CAD labs on Nov. 19th, Friday. This collection of messages is pretty long. Sorry couldn't stop typing. The new system (M160 System) allows for switching…
We will have a live demo of Robotel's new multimedia audio/video network setup in one of our CAD labs on Nov. 19th, this Friday. Most likely we will end up buying it as well. If you're interested in the tech details and how it worked, stick around. I'll do a…
Amen to that! David, Do you know how deadly it is to get a week off while you are teaching? This AutoDesk university in October is just plain nuts…. Mark K.
Dennis, Agreed. I'd like to weed out the teachers, not the students . Mark K.
Bill, I think we're gonna have to agree on that we disagree…. >>Check the student's learning outcomes and course exit competencies… >>This is gonna be tooooo subjective to measure with any credibility Isn't the learning outcome the objective of teaching? It can be subjective to measure? (why? a simple test…
Nancy, Dennis, That's fine. We all agree on the same thing all over. Evaluating an educator is more than just asking "How many circle options are there". We ALL agree on that. Now can you all tell us what we CAN ask an educator in order to evaluate his/her performance?…
#Routine catalogs…
Message #53403
We are in the beginning stages of putting together a Multimedia ATC. As we are now gathering info and data and manuals and books and stuff etc.., could we add to our collection a catalogue of your IPAS routines with the pricing ? Any other literature you think we should…
Ken, Unfortunately I'm having a PPT here in Sheridan College that week (I assume that's the week of Aug. 16)? I don't think I can make it unless I clone myself. Mark K.
Angelo, We already have all that in place…We've been using that for a looong time. The discussion is about the quality of instructors. The ACE (AutoCAD Certification Exam) is supposed to give you a good measure of someone's knowledge in AutoCAD and how that person can apply it to his…
Greg, Phil DeGeorge 71650,2154 Bob Prokopp 75270,1205 Nik Grant 70421,76 They're usually around here on the forum. Give em a holler Mark K.
Visual link support?
Message #49882
Hey Gang, Just an idea that occurred to me. If someone has a question on Visual Link (3DS-AutoCAD) connection, should it be here or on the ACAD forum? Or should the questions be split: If they're more ACAD oriented, over there, 3Ds oriented, then over here? Another one: will there…
Visitor, You should ask the question in the ACAD forum (Go ACAD). This forum (Asoft) is dedicated to AutoDesk's animation products. Mark K.
[>] .Mark Kurdi .Sheridan College ATC .Brampton, Ontario .Canada
Pat, Let's see: 1. Don't know. AutoDesk LSG should really answer this one. 🙂 2. We've standardized on the same video board that Rogen Cusson as in Montreal. We're using the ATI VGA Wonder XL24 with 1 Mb of RAM. Not the best but hey, who has the money for…
Brian, There was an earlier thread that mentioned that you could relocate the area of the "memory aperture" if you had the EISA or VLB version of the ATI Ultra. With the ISA version (from what I heard about the early ones) the memory aperture was non-relocatetable, and it sat…
Michele, Could you give the number to phone to order the books from Canada? I tried the US 800 number from all I got was "cannot call that number from this area code". I now have the numer to call for USA, and for Europe, but not in Canada .…
Ken, PMJI, but what is the Intel SmartVideoRecorder? How much? Mark K. (Curious)
Frederick, As far as I know, there is no new driver for that. But you should be able to use the OBDC driver: it comes with R12/Win ASE. The question is, is MS Access OBDC compliant? Remember, OBDC is a Microsoft approved standard . Oh and BTW, this is the…
Martin, I bet as all that beer went down, you got better and better at animating it… Mark K.
Martin, I bet as all that beer went down, you got better and better at animating it… Mark K.
Roger, Regarding Michele Bousquet's 3DS books… How much of the books dealt with Architectural or Mechanical examples? I'm thinking of our Architectural and Mechanical technology courses here in the college…. Mark K.
#Corel 4 – Great Nothing
Message #48841
Alan, I still hold on to my Corel 3, and I'm staying there for a long while. Sooner or later, the silly upgrade price will have to come down… (Maybe just before Corel 5.0? ) Mark K.
#WinCIS from WUGNET
Message #44741
Bill, I've divided my forums (fora?) between ATO and WINCIS for the time being.. All MSDOS, Windows, and programming stuff is now handled through WINCIS, and Adesk, Cadence, IBMCom forums are handled by AutoSig. WinCIS does a VERY decent job: logging on to eight forums, collecting headers and messages, then…
WinCIS from WUGNET
Message #44596
Roger, Pat and all METS and ETS….and all you educators out there… I just unzipped and installed a new windows compuserve access program called WINCIS. Similar to ATO, but very graphical. It's from the WUGNET forum (Windows User Group network). This thing is FANTASTIC! Roger, you must add it to…
Ken, Agreed, I have the Persona PC speakers at home which I prefer over the KOSS.. Mark K.
Terence, No time, and no brain cells…. Mark K.
Multimedia books?
Message #29862
Pat, We're nearing the end of the semester, and are heavily involved in preparing the final touches for the winter semester. We are in the process of updating our 'required and recommended' book list. One of the things we need is a replacement for: "AutoCAD 3D design and Presentation" by…
Roger, Good point! The real answer is: Every Educator has their own style of teaching, and method of delivery. As long as the final result, (the learning outcome) is a productive strong user, that's what really matters. Teach me effectively and quickly how to be really productive, and that's all…
Dave, I can't really say you are wrong or right, but remember: you are leaving a gap in their education… but seeing that you have only two days to do a beginner's course, no wonder! You have mitigating circumstances. We teach as much as we can, and we are as…
Dave, To add to my previous message: I just read Dieter's response on the ACAD forum. He's right: Grips are used most for block and dimension editing, and I guess that's where I would teach them, near the end of a Level I course. This means the EDIT commands would…
Dave, We've already gone through the argument once before in the college here. We found ourselves divided into two camps: those who wanted to teach grips directly (mainly the Architectural group – they thought grips were very intuitive) and those who wanted to go through the normal Edit command series…
Roger, Have you tried "tiede" for warm? That seems to make sense to me. BTW, looking in my dictionary, I found that PRISE is "to grasp", "hold", "handle". It does sound like an electrical plug to me too! Let's see: Cold grip: Une poignee froid – Une prise froid Warm…
Roger, Que est ce que tu dit a "Les prises des entites"? A mon avis, c'est pas exacte, et ca l'air un peu drole aussi… Mark K.
Thanks Martin. Does anyone know where I can lay my hand on one of these ROMs? Mark
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