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Hi Alan, As I mentioned in my post, I mainly want to use my personal current 486 system for learning 3DS and for small jobs. I definitely want to increase my RAM from 16 to 32. I'm not sure how to go with the hard drive? I have been thinking…
#Upgrading System for NT?
Message #188856
Hi Everyone, I want to upgrade my system to be able to run 3DS Max. Does anyone have any suggestions? I currently run 3DS 3 via DOS on a 486DX2-66 with 16MEGS of Ram. I have a 340 MEG hard drive with only 70 MEGS of free space. I am…
Jeff, What do you use Premiere for? Chris
#3ds & Premiere 4
Message #167704
Can anyone tell me if and how Adobe Premiere 4 can be used with 3D Studio files? Thanks, Chris
#3DS & Hard drives
Message #166205
Hello Everyone, I am a new 3D Studio user. I am running 3D Studio 3 on a 486Dx2-66 with 16megs of RAM. It has a 340meg IDE hard drive. I have about 100megs of free disk space. I plan to get a larger hard drive soon. I was wondering what…
#Premiere/Director?
Message #158089
Hi Jonas, I am still relatively new to 3D Studio and animation as a whole. I have seen the products Adobe Premiere 4.0 and MacroMind Director 4.0 advertised in various magazines. What are they and how would you use these programs with 3D Studio and Animator Pro? I have been…
#Animator Studio?
Message #157177
Hi, Is there a ship date for Animator Studio? Chris
#Hardware Locks
Message #155950
I have Autocad 12, 3D Studio 4 and will be getting Liquid Speed. They all have hardware locks. Rather than having them all hang off the back of my tower, can I plug a 6' cable into my computer, plug the hardware locks into the end of the cable, then…
I use Wincim and I would only be downloading specific threads, not all of them. Chris
#Message deletions
Message #147665
I am going to have to cut my ASOFT forum Compuserve expenses. I would like to just visit the forum once a week. How long do messages typically stay on the forum? Which day do you usually delete old messages? I don't want to miss any messages, but I personally…
#3DS Ipas Toolkit?
Message #144488
Has anyone heard of the 3D Studio IPAS Toolkit? If so, what is it? Chris
#What is CDK?
Message #143836
Hi All, Would someone please tell me what the Cyberspace Developers Kit is? What is it used for? How could a 3D Studio and Autocad user make use of CDK? Chris
Hi Jonas, What are these SMACKER and NEWAGE programs? How would you use them for motion study solutions? BTW, How are the slopes? Chris
Wanted 3DS Instr.Tapes
Message #141852
I would like to buy a used complete set of Digimation's "In The Studio" video training tapes for 3D Studio Release 3. If you have a complete set that you would like to sell, please E-mail me directly with a description, short message and a price. Thanks, Chris
Hi Dave,
Hi Martin, How are things with you?
Hi Connie, Thanks for the info. on FDP. I will check it out on the graphics forum. Chris
#True Color Paint Program
Message #138083
Hi There, I have Animator Pro & 3D Studio 3. I want to get a "true color" paint program to use with 3DS. Does "true color" mean 24-bit? Can anyone reccommend a good paint program(s)? BTW, I already have Lotus Freelance Graphics that is included with Lotus Smartsuite. I have…
Tim, Do you think that I should put this in my computer's autoexec.bat, or in a batch file that just starts Animator Pro? I have Windows on my machine and I would rather just have one autoexec.bat file that runs whether I will be using Windows or Dos programs. Do…
Hi Connie, I was able to get the higher resolution following your and Ted's advice. Thanks Chris
> It works! Thanks a lot. This also solved a problem that I have had with the 3DS World Creation Toolkit. I had never been able to get VGASHOW to work. All it would do would just flash the screen on and off. It works with the Vesa driver loaded!…
Ted,
#Screen Size/viper
Message #137042
I have had Animator Pro 1.3a for a couple months but this is the first time I have used it. I would like to change my screen resolution from the default of 320 x 200 to 640 x 480. How can I do this? I have a Diamond Viper VLB…
R4 & Liquid Speed
Message #137035
I read a thread this week which mentioned that a version of Liquid Speed is included with 3DS4. I have 3DS3 but I do not have Liquid Speed. Is Liquid Speed required for using 3DS4? I plan on upgrading next month. Also, is the Texture Universe CD included with 3DS4?…
#R4 Problems?
Message #137034
What kinds of problems have you all been having when upgrading to release 4? I will be upgrading soon. I would like to know about potential problems and how to correct or avoid them. I have noticed some messages regarding video driver problems. The way to correct them appeared to…
#Animation Trade Assns?
Message #137031
Are there any trade associations or organizations related to computer animation, rendering, 3D Studio, etc? If so, what are they, what do they do, and how can I contact them? Thanks, Chris
Dean, Thanks for the recommendation on the Fargo Primera Pro. I am a new 3DS user. It will be a few months before I invest in a printer. > Where would I find these programs and which one(s) are you using? Chris
Roger, Thanks for the info on the Fargo. I am interested in hearing if the new Pro is better than your original. Chris
#Color Printers
Message #130582
Can anyone reccommend some good color printers $3000 and under that work well with 3DS?
Jonas, Thanks for the info on render gardening. I am still new to 3DS. I only have one computer now. I was reading in Inside 3D Studio and also the Advanced Users Guide about network rendering. Both these documents said that you could utilized some of 3DSr3's network rendering features…
Sanford, Thanks for the info on render garden. I will e-mail James Murphy today for info. Chris
#Render Garden
Message #130521
I just went to a demonstration of 3DS release 4. The Autodesk specialist mentioned a device called a Render Garden. It apparently is a box of motherboards and microprocessors that can render 3DS files at a high rate of speed. Has anyone heard of such a device? What exactly is…
Thanks for the info on LSpeed. I may get it when I upgrade to 3DS 4. I am looking forward to going to a demo of 3DS 4 on Tuesday morning. I just got Inside 3D Studio yesterday. I am looking forward to diving in! I hope the water's not…
Dean, > I guess that you are talking about a hardware lock? If so, that would make 3 for me also. I wasn't sure whether I should get LSpeed or not. I have only been using 3DS3 for a few months. I am still crawling. I am not sure whether…
#Liquid Speed/R4
Message #129232
Does anyone know if the current version of Vibrant's Liquid Speed for 3D Studio 3 will work with 3D Studio release 4? Are any of you using Liquid Speed? What do you think of it? I don't have it at this time. I was thinking about getting it.
#127083-
File Library
Message #127143
Hi Brian, I just downloaded Liball.zip. It will be nice to browse this file offline. I don't like paying $9.60 /hr just to browse through libraries online. Thanks, Chris
#126987-
File Library
Message #127142
Hi Jonas, > Brian Rudolph (Adesk) said the file name was Liball.zip. I just downloaded it. Chris
#File Library
Message #126978
Is there a file available which lists the files with descriptions that are in the Autodesk Multimedia Forum Libraries? I know that the Autocad forum has such file.
Brian, I have a Diamond Viper VLB with 2mb vram. My driver version is 2.01. I remarked out my viperpath statement in my autoexec.bat. It didn't make a difference. I will try to get the latest driver version off the Diamond BBS. If you have any other ideas, let me…
Brian, I went through my config.sys and autoexec.bat files. I typed "rem" in front of each line one at a time, rebooted each time and tried to run the demo in D: \samples. I didn't have any luck getting the vgashow to run. It acted just as I described before.…
#3ds CD Problem
Message #125399
I tried to view the GIF portfollio on my 3ds r3 World-Creating Toolkit CD for the first time. I can't get it to work right! I changed to the \SAMPLES directory and typed DEMO. The following text came up: The screen then started blinking a light purple color and the…
Michele, Thanks for letting me know. Chris
#3D Studio 4.0
Message #124364
Is 3D Studio 4.0 available yet? I've seen some mixed messages on the forum regarding its availability. I've seen some messages saying that it is coming out soon and some others which sound like it it available now. If it is not available yet, do you have an expected release…
Steven, I appreciate the recommendations on the books. I was browsing at the bookstore today and was overwhelmed by all the books on animation. It is difficult to know which ones would be the most helpful. My current plan is to finish the reference manual, maybe repeat the tutorials, tackle…
Michele, Thanks for the advice on storyboarding. I was browsing at the bookstore today and ran across your AutoCad 3D Design and Presentation. I'll probably get a copy after I work through 3D Studio Applied and Inside 3D Studio. I am pretty familiar with Autocad. I have about 8 months…
Jon, Thanks for the information. I will keep it in mind.
Michele, Thanks for the advice. I noticed that Inside 3D Studio had some info of planning and storyboarding while I was leafing through it at the bookstore. I will probably purchase it when I am done with 3D Studio Applied. Do you know of any good books on storyboarding? I…
Thanks for your help. If you have to answer all those messages, when do you find time to run the company? No need to answer! HA! I can identify with being overloaded! I work for a surveying company and I am a crew chief. Up to this point, we do…
Rich, Thanks for the advice. I think that my first few practice projects for myself will probably be architectural, since I have a civil background. I will get some house plans, draw up a model in Autocad and then do some walk-throughs with 3D Studio. I will probably contact the…
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