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This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.

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#11331 BUSTER.JPG Message #11396
>> The nice thing about the software though, is that you can always go back and add points to any part of the mesh in any random order.
#11220 #BUSTER.JPG Message #11306
GreG — Oh, THAT alien! The Sigourneyensis gloppyei. Sorry, it didn't register, it's been too many years. I can see that it would be helpful to digitize on some occasions. How many points per minute do you think you average when you are entering an object like this? And is…
#11037- #BUSTER.JPG Message #11218
GreG, This looks decidedly impressive. I have to ask what the model is? Something you made from clay or something? And how many points are in the wireframe? There is an ample amount of detail, certainly. The question of digitization vs point-pulling is like the question of OCR vs key-entry…
#9474 spiral nebula? Message #9512
David, >> this works
#9495 FACEFL.ZIP Message #9500
Hi Rich, There is a second file in the Imagine library called Faceflap 2 (FCFLP2.ZIP). It shows an example of applying a map, and might answer your questions. You wrap z, using all of the compiled image from your animation. For a good fit it seems fairly important to crop…
#9390 #spiral nebula? Message #9437
David, I haven't looked at an astronomy book in a few years, but I seem to remember that a spiral's arm system does not wind up because of gravity waves. I believe that in the accepted theory, a system of gravity waves, like the spokes of a wagon wheel, travels…
David, I take it that the current version will do conversions to Imagine-friendly tga's? GB