This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Body Parts?
Message #190724
Anyone, I am looking for any body parts I can use as a medical demo that will be part of my WWW page. (human heart skeleton, etc.) Thank you much… -P
#Adding Vertices/Firewrks
Message #190113
Hello Kyle, Long time no talk, How have you been? I'm sending this question to you instead of the Yost Group because you are among the (FA) on the list I downloaded from the forum. I have just purchased the Particle Systems IPAS from the Yost Group and have been…
Hi James, I thought maybe someone knew where I could find an image here on CIS or the Internet. My problem is, I don't have a scanner yet. Thank you much… -Paul
#Beer or Soda Map?
Message #168039
Anyone, I'm looking for a Coke or Budweiser Map. Any clues where to look? I'll settle for your favorite beverage. I will be wrapping it around a can. Thanks in advance… -Paul
Hi Mike, I did what you suggested and this was exactly what I wanted. It was so simple, Sometimes I just forget the power of Video Post. Thank you much… -Paul PS- Thanks to everyone who responsed.
#Morphing Materials?
Message #166448
Hi, I am trying to morph a wire material into a solid material. Anyone have some pointers for me. Thanks in advance… -Paul PS- Selecting the morph material option doesn't seem to work.
Brian, Thanks for your help… -Paul
Brian, Thanks for your response. After spending hours on the phone with several Microsoft engineers about the setup wizard, which by the way was not the first time, I have solved the problem to my dilema. It was far from ASL or the animation file. What I did was pretty…
Brian, I'm sorry you took this personally. My comments were absolutely NOT against you or Jonas or any member of the forum. I have had nothing but excellent results, I couldn't survive without it. Yourself and Jonas reply to my questions quickly and with expertise. My comments were intended to…
Brian, What could be different with this particular animation file that would cause this problem? I have used this same exact program with several different animation files as a test, and all work but this one. This particular animation file is not corrupt. It works within Animator Pro, AAPlay and…
#ASL 2.0?
Message #163026
Hi Brian, I have been working the process of creating distribution disks for days now. Not too productive. I have tried everything possible to figure out what the problem is. My last e-mail to you was the file size. That isn't the problem because I have tried animations 7meg and…
#ASL 2.0?
Message #162810
Hi Brian, I worked around the other problem, but I have seemed to stumble across another. After installing the program I have developed with VB and ASL 2.0 I tried to execute the program, I receive and INVALID FILE FORMAT message. When looking at the original animation the size is…
#Sound With ASL 2.0?
Message #162488
Hi Brian, Long time no talk. I have a problem with timing when incorporating sound in a animation. I have the animation looping and the sound starts 14 seconds after the animation starts, the problem is that the sound file is smaller than the animation so I cannot loop the…
It seems the true meaning of RAM in this case is Read Another Message. Paul.
Hello jack, Like I said "I wish, I wish" I still believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, I thought maybe their member's of the forum. see ya. Paul.
#RAM
Message #160638
Hi All, Wish I had more RAM. If anyone has some RAM laying around that they would like to sell, I'm looking to buy. Of course make sure the price is less than retail. This is the wish area right? I wish I wish. 4,8,16,32meg. Thanks in advance… Paul.
Hello John, I will try reaching him there. Thank you much… Paul. NPD Corp.
Hello Kyle, Thanks for your time. I haven't tried anything like this. I'll give it a shot. once again nice work. Paul. NPD Corp.
Hello Martin, Thanks for the response. I'll give him a call. Paul NPD Corp.
Morphing Car?
Message #159208
Hello Kyle, I just ran the FLC (carmof.zip) of the morphing automobile. What IPAS routines if any did you use to create the special effects. You have uploaded some excellent work. Thank you much… Paul.
#Can't Find JM Developer?
Message #159087
I have been trying to locate the developer of the Shareware BONES IPAS that is in the forum. His name is Joseph Munkeby. I have sent him several e-mail messages through his Internet Address MUNKEBY@NETCOM.COM and have had no response. I would like to send him the shareware fee but…
Shareware BONES IPAS?
Message #158399
Anyone, I have been trying to locate the developer of the Shareware BONES IPAS that is in the forum. His name is Joseph Munkeby. I have sent him several e-mail messages through his Internet Address MUNKEBY@NETCOM.COM and have had no response. I would like to send him the shareware fee…
Hello James, Thanks for the response. We are located in Pittsburgh, PA. I will locate the dealer where I purchsed 3DS for info on publications, Although I have asked them about a 3DS users group and they referred me to the Greater Pittsburgh AutoCAD User's Group (GPAUG). The discussion in…
#3DS Magazine & Books??
Message #157140
Anyone, Is there a magazine dedicated to 3DS? Where can I purchase 3ds books other than the manuals that come with the software? Is there a list of user groups with locations? I'm basically looking for weekly or monthly publications to keep me up to date on the new releases,…
#Making Someone Walk?
Message #145617
Hello Jonas, I downloaded the FLIP.ZIP file. The animation is very impressive. I tried rendering the PRJ. file and I receive an error that it can't locate the shin_I.axp. Can I get this IPAS on-line or would I have to purchase? Thanks… Paul J. NPD Corp.
Hello Jonas, I'm still working with R3. Can I still use Inverse Kinematics with some sort of a plugin? Also, thanks for the response, I can see the interest in character animation. The samples are awesome. I of course ran into a problem when following the instructions to dance with…
#Making someone walk?
Message #144986
Hello Jonas, Happy New Year. I'm starting out the new year with some 3DS questions I should probably already know, after having worked with this software for over a year now. How do you manipulate parts of an object? I have tried to move legs, arms, fingers, toes, etc. by…
#Tuber.axp
Message #144985
Anyone, I have finally started playing around with the IPAS routines bundled with R3. I have run into a problem when experimenting with Tuber.axp. During rendering as soon as the render gets to (creating procedural objects) the rendering terminates and returns to the 3d editor interface. Rendering works fine when…
Please forward another brochure to the same address. The original was never received or misplaced. Thank you much… Paul J. NPD Corp.
#Purchasing IPAS
Message #144832
Anyone; We are currently using 3ds R3 and would like to purchase some IPAS routines. We have an old brochure that was for R2. We are specifically interested in the particle systems and the procedural modeling.The price listed was $300.00, is this a valid price, or has it come down…
Rick, Is that a joke? I've never heard of such an association. Paul J. NPD Corp.
Court Room Gif.
Message #139581
Anyone, I'm looking for a picture of a court room with a jury. I am creating a scene with an animation window and I would like to make the appearence that the jury is looking at the animation. I have search several forum's, but no luck. Any help would be…
Dave, Thank You much for the help. My problem was I did not have enough hard drive space, only 4 meg left. This has caused memory problems for me in the past. I should have known better. Thanks to all for the help. Paul J. NPD Corp
Theo, Thank You much for the help. My problem was I did not have enough hard drive space, only 4 meg left. This has caused memory problems for me in the past. I should have known better. Thanks to all for the help. Paul J. NPD Corp
#No Ram For Bitmap
Message #136430
Hello Jonas, I'm am running into a problem when rendering. During the rendering process I receive an error message (NO RAM FOR BITMAP). Now one would obviously think that my 8meg of Ram is insufficient, but this is geometry I have rendered countless times without error. Also the configuration has…
Hello again Brain, I am also wondering is it possible to place Command Buttons on top of an animation window? I have tried this and it seems you cannot, Is this true? Thank's Paul J. NPD Corp.
Hello Brain, Thank's for your help, Much is appreciated. I do have the ASL 2.0 which works great with VB. I tried the Pause code which came as a sample with the ASL and it works as designed except for AAS files. FLC and FLI files work as designed. Any…
Creating a Pause in VB
Message #134309
Hello Brian, By adding this to my WIN.INI this solved my problem. Now in one part of this program the user can select from the menu bar a sample slide show which was done by using the Adesk utility VBPLAY.VBX. During the slide show I am trying to create a…
#Page Faults
Message #133110
Hello Brain, I am in the Process of writing a program in VB 3.0. When running the program everything works as designed except for one menu item. When selected, this activates VBPLAY.VBX, the utility from Autodesk which runs animation files. Which then gives me a application error < VB HAS…
#Sound in VB
Message #129319
Hello Brian, I used the wizard setup program that came with VB and that solved my GPF problem. I still took your advice and purchased the MWRK and once again, good call. Wanna try for three? Where can I find Dr. Watson? The book references this and makes it sound…
General Protection Fault
Message #128834
Hello Brian, I took your advice and ordered the ASL 2.0 for VB and it is exactly what I was looking for, Good Call. Now I have a slight problem. I have just completed a windows presentation program that includes four FLC's. It executes fine during run-time but now I…
Brain, Since my last e-mail I have read VBPLAY.TXT and loaded VBPLAY.VBX to my .MAK project and I still need a sample of some the syntax in action. After double-clicking the custom control icon I receive the syntax Sub Animation1_AnimFrame (user as long) End Sub Sample syntax that I could…
Hello Brian, I am in the process of trying to create self installing presentation programs with VB that include FLC files. I am also going to set up a database (Inventory/Parts Identification)on PowerBuilder 3.0. It will consist of still and animated graphics generated from 3DS. I should be able to…
#Using FLC'S with VB 3.0
Message #124795
Jonas, Long time no talk. How's things? I am now venturing into Visual Basic 3.0 and trying to incorporate some FLC's in the design of the program. I have read several chapters on multimedia and it seems fairly simple until it comes to calling an animation from another program such…
Stefan, I tried using CEL *.cel vesa 10. Executing this command returns me back to the prompt immediately without viewing even one cel. Both EXE files are in the same directory as the cel's and I typed the command the same as your example. I downloaded the CEL.ZIP file again…
#Creating A Screen Saver
Message #407
Anyone, I have been working with Autodesk products creating animations and I have found a need for 3D animation screen savers. My problem is that I am not a programer therefore compiling a animation that has a FLC or FLI extension into a SCR to be compatible in windows and…
Stefan, I am not fimiliar with the Norton Commander but I will try something in the File Manager. Good suggestion but something self running would be great. There is 353 files in the directory so even hitting enter for every file could be a frustrating task during a material search.…
Stefan, I downloaded the CEL.ZIP file and it works fine for one CEL map but I cannot create a Batch file to run all CEL maps consecutively like I can in with the VGASHOW program. I also tried using some switches and they didn't work either. Below is a sample…
Jonas, This is what I was referring to as the material viewer. I have seen the TU.GIF file and that's perfect, but the last time I heard the price was $200.00. At this time I would rather purchase some IPAS routines with this money. If I can find somthing similar…
#CEL Viewer
Message #118687
Anyone, I would like to be able to view the CEL maps in the MESHMAP1 directory on the CD-ROM of R3. I have been using the VGASHOW.EXE program that came with the CD to view all the TGA and GIF maps, by creating a directory on the hard drive and…
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