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Hi Kelly, PMJI, >>Oh, and Rick, if you're looking for writers for the Alabama Bar Assoc., hey I'd be interested in writing something for you.
Hi Rick, >>Ok guy, lets get your *** in gear and get that article done!!! Feel guilty enough now.>It is stalled at 22 companies for the last few months. BTW, do we need to get your name on the list, aren't you a forensic animator?
Hi, >>This one got misinterpreted from the get-go. Sorry If I misinterpreted! >> Bob had some other ideas and one was about grammar- not architecture-ie "lawyering" "doctoring" "architecting" ie nouns used as verbs. "Open architecture" is not Open architecting. Healing is not "doctoring".>On another topic-did you see the October Cadence…
Hi, Do you mind if I jump into the fray, I happen to be the author of the article in question. >>If the word "architectural" is used in an article, it'd be nice to know if the author and "architectural" renderer is an "architect" in fact…>"Gone are the pencils and…
Hi Rick, >>Congratulations on your article in 3D Design, very nice writing. Are you becoming a writer in stead of an animator now.>How did the article for the Alabama Bar Assoociation go. Have you had any luck getting the article published with them?
Greetings, Until someone comes up with an architectural modeling IPAS for 3DS, the most common solution is to use either AutoCAD or Microstation to do the CAD side of what you are wanting. The advantage of using AutoCAD becomes clear when you consider the number of third part add-on packages…
#Portable pres. help!!!!
Message #179555
Howdy folks, I have a client who wants to have digitized video running interactively on a notebook computer so that his outside sales guy can carry it all over. If anyone could help me answer a couple of these questions, I would be indebted! 1) Are there any notebook computers…
Hi Joe, Set the Luminance value for the light you are lighting the scene with to 0 at the beginning of your animation, then set it to 255, or whatever your ending values should be (all of this in the Keyframer, by the way). Then adjust that light to exclude…
>>I'm still playing around with 3DS's lofting capabilities, to get an intrinsic feel for how it "thinks". The lofter seems to be one of 3DS's great strengths.
>>If you just created the component image elements separately (ie all roofs, all trims, all sidings), you could use a program like DTA to composit them on demand.
>>Hmm. I would have thought that would have simply created a chamfer around the bounding box, not around the complex curves of the shape you imported.
Hi Andrew, Thanks for jumping into the fray! >>Maybe the solution is to include prices in ranges, like $5,000-$10,000, $10,001-20,000, etc.
>>how is the collection of data on your end going. How many people have shown interest.
Hi Jerome, >>A perfect example of what I'm talking about is chamfered text. You see it all the time, yet the creation of such chamfers manually for such curves could be intensive.
A simple solution would be to pre-render, or create ahead of time, all the possiblities (unless there are a prohibitively large amount of them) and have someone who does multimeda authoring (try the MACROMEDIA forum) to create a program that will link these images together the way you want. If…
Hi Paul, >>I am willing to edit the tape of samples together for the group. Let's here some more ideas from people on that.
Hi Rick, >> You can't make an objective comparison between two completely different animations, even in the same case. At least not based upon your present criteria.
>>OH! You feel more comfortable with your price if it is within a "fixed" range compared to everyone else's price.
Hi Paul, Thanks for backing up my thinking on the "whether to include fees in the forensic animation list" issue. In reality, its up to the individual submitting the info for the list, because he/she can simply leave that field blank if they want to. Maybe I had better make…
>>I wasn't questioning your motive, just the effective result. Oh, sorry I misunderstood. >>There is no reason to know how much is being charged for an animation. That's previledged information. There still is no set of standards to measure performance.
>>I can't wait till the memorial day gets here, my deadlines have past and I can take a deep breath.
>> I think it would even be a great idea to have everyone submit one particular sample animation, compile a tape to show off examples as well as to educate on the process. Give everyone credit for their submission and give info on conteacting each company. Combine our efforts and…
Hi Rick, >> Why would I or any other sensible animator "bird-dog" them for you?
Hi Kelly, >>I assume you're involved with forensic animation? Yep, but we really specialize in architectural visualization. >>I'd like to get my hands on that list and maybe even talk with you about a possible article on the process for an upcoming issue of 3D Design
Call for Submissions!
Message #169523
Greetings, A list of Court cases in which computer animation have been used is being compiled for download by all forum users. If you have worked on forensic animation projects for court room use, or if you have access to information about such cases, please address the following list of…
Hello, >>How do I cap the top and bottom of an extruded polyline areas 3dsout from AutoCAD R13 to 3ds? Or how can I fix them once in 3ds?
Hi James, Couldn't you just go into the 3DEditor and rename them appropriately? Or are they arranged in such a jumbled manner that picking them and keeping them straight would be a mess? Regards, Brandon DesignTec
Hi James, Sorry, I haven't heard of an IPAS routine to digitize a 2d image directly into 3DS, but there are plenty of other software packages that will take a graphic image and create a DXF vector file, which 3DS will import as a shape or a path, like Hijaak…
Hi John, >> Also, is the animation controller just software or is it another board as well? It is a seperate add-on board. >>I don't have an NTSC compatible video card or an animation controller >> how do you get it on to tape? Put your TGA's on some sort…
Hi Kim, Is the coutour map you have a paper map, or a cad file? If its a cad file, we do this sort of thing all the time. Do you have AutoCAD? We usually digitize the coutour lines in AutoCAD and then use the "3DSurf" program from Schreiber Instruments.…
Call for Forensic Cases!
Message #165094
Greetings everyone, This is Brandon Bartlett with DesignTec in Albertville, Alabama. We need your assistance in compiling a listing of legal cases in which computer animation was utilized. This list, once sufficient entries are compiled, will be uploaded to one of the AMMEDIA (formerly ASOFT) forum libraries for everyone's reference…
Thanks Andrew, some wonderful info! BTW, I just posted another message asking you to do what you just did before I saw your last message, so you can ignore it. I will definitely incorporate your suggestions! I wish you the best of success on your forensic animation book. Do you…
Thanks Doug, I'll definitely check that out. Thanks again! Best Regards, Brandon DesignTec
Hi Andrew, Thanks for volunteering to help out! Would you happen to know what pieces of information about a case would need to be know for an attorney to look it up and do research on it? Here's what I'm thinking of including for each entry so far: CASE NAME…
>>I figured there was ___specific___ info that would be required for anyone to look up the case for themselves.>I would also add a field for the dollar value of the case and another field for any punitive damages.>To impress an attorney with a study, it would have to be documented,…
>>I have spent a lot of time marketing, now I'm up to my A__ in ideas and demands, and still have not gotten a multi-point lab setup on PC's. I am hoping someone can tell me that 3DS has been able to handle most of the load.>THis is wide open…
>>Mailings to prospective customers are less than effective in this situation. Experience says that this is a visual, person to person sell.> I have had success with integrating real video clips, time stamped to animated backgrounds to add credibility to the "animation", master clocking the whole thing together so the…
>>Exactly what info do you need? I don't know, how about the following for starters: CASE NAME STATE DATE TYPE OF ANIM. USED (auto accident, forensic, etc.) ANIM. SOFTWARE USED (if possible) ANIMATOR BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF CASE (preferably mentioning the impact of the anim) what do you think? Anything else…
Hi Rick, >> are you volunteering? That what happened to me, if you mention it, you usually end up getting the job .>I also think that its the money >>Sometimes its just that they don't know that someone locally is available. Its a marketing problem I'm not sure how to…
Yeah, and also maybe a list of cases where animation was *not* successfully used, so we can look them up and see why. Brandon DesignTec
#Forensic animation cases
Message #163408
Hi all, I was just thinking: wouldn't it be nice to have a compiled list of specific legal cases in which computer animations were successfully used here on the forum, like the list of forensic animators? Might that not give animators some good ammo to use when selling the idea…
You could always fake it by zooming in so far and then passing through the clouds as some sort of transition, then using your close up image or even a seperate set of objects for the "up close" fly-by part. Just a thought… Best Regards, Brandon DesignTec – Boaz, Alabama
Oh….Alberto, >>you want to sound like you read all the thread so far, but from the points you raise it sounds to me that you haven't.>Someone didn't like what I said. Talk about freedom of speech. Yes, you have the freedom to say what ever you want, but you also…
Hi Alberto, I was really trying not to get involved in this fray, but I can't stand it any longer… >>I work for television, and when I talk about Avid I talk about the broadcast system. That's why many people don't understand what I mean in all this saga.>Television companies…
>>By the way, are you going to participate in the city by creating a building or two?
We did a couple versions of a facility here in town a couple months ago to let the owners see whether they wanted a lay-in tile ceiling in the mfg. facility or nothing at all (like normal), so we showed a ring of piping around the perimeter of the room,…
Maybe you could animate the liquid simply by using cloudy whispy thingys flying randomly by the camera towards the vanishing point, you know, as if the liquid's density or contents varied slightly. Or maybe particles in the liquid (I don't know what the liquid is, so I can't really be…
>>Welcome aboard! Have you ever done any work for Baskerville-Donovan Engineers in Pensacola?
#Introductions
Message #897
Greetings all, My name is Brandon Bartlett and I am a partner at DesignTec, an Alabama based computer animation and graphics firm. We do work with several local DTV outfits and had originally planned to do that, but instead wound up doing construction related animation and graphics. Anyway, Hi, and…
>>Does anyone have a 3Ds model of an industrial or warehouse space? We just did a simple warehouse facility walkthru. The model is pretty simple, but it might be a decent starting place. What exactly do you need? Regards, Brandon
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