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win-util.viewers(3ds,et
Message #192538
Hi, Does anyone know of Windows utilities that allows viewing (and hence sorting) of files used with 3DS? I have been too busy to check into what MAX will include, but a "L-View" like utility that runs under Windows and reads dxf, paths, shapes, 3DS and loft formats would make…
#perception board
Message #189423
Hi, I want to use the current (DOS) 3DSr4 with the new Windows 3.11/NT Perception Video Recorder …. ..any reason why I can't due that? What I had in mind was rendering the flics in the DOS OS and then copying them to the dedicated PVR drive and work with…
Jonas, I missed the who and how for 3DS Max $500 pre-release offer posting you said would happen one day after my last post. Can you tell me which message or who and how? FYI: USENET postings were very favorable for 3DS Max, by those who saw the demo at…
Kevin, My mistake, I thought your firm was a reseller. I am not happy at all with the local firm that I bought 3DS from and thus I am looking for a better firm. As a single customer who has arranged over $20k in sales in the last 6 months…
Hi Kevin, Who and by when does one contact for the pre-release NT option? (If your firm is an option, please drop me an E-mail note) Thanks, jhg
Nik, I got my free manual very rapidly after I requested it from you, thanks! I have found the manual very helpfull. I did note in several places the text is duplicated …. hard to tell if this was by design or oversight i.e. page 93 Time Actions page 95…
Martin, Where can I learn more about interfacing my Indigo2 with 3DSR4? I asked the vendor who sold me 3DS and got a big dunno. This transition phase for 3DS is leaving me in a real bind. We have ou new network coming on line with a DEC Alpha, a…
Peter, Perhaps you can help me with this question, it is in response to your post where you mention SGI-NT. I have been politic'in to advance image analysis in our toxicology laboratory into the 3D world. Last week I got the go-ahead to order an SGI (R4400)Indigo 2 with XZ…
Hi Kyle, Your article is in the mail to me from the publisher. Who makes meshpaint? I guess I have missed your comments on that product. thanks, jhg
Hi Mark, As a first version owner of Animator, Animator Pro and Animator Studio let me say I am pleased with the development of the product. I expect the learning curve for AAS to be 1/2-1/3 that of Animator due to the online help system for new users (ie to…
Wow…. I can not wait for this …CI comic-book edition for learining 3DS. My 4 year old is now watching all the animation tapes and laser discs we can find …. he is a great judge of what draws attention. With CI we should both make rapid progress in many…
Hi Kyle, Thanks for responding. I have downloaded several of your files from the library, in fact they influenced me to buy the product. What I would like to find first are articles on the product. Lee mentioned a publication I need to get. I would really like to see…
Thanks Lee, How do I contact the publishers of Metaballs? I just purchased metareyes and would like to read what others are doing and how. In the long run I want to make anatomical organs (liver, kidney, etc) tissues (3-d histology-like) and cellular/subcellular structures (mitochondrea, peroxisomes, phagolysosomes). My direction (with…
#metareyes metaballs
Message #174429
I was wondering if anyone could point me where I could find documented tips & tricks for theis metaballs modler. thanks, jhg
Hi Zachi This in reference to your post (#:174219) in the ASOFT forum. i.e. lungs Viewpoint Datalabs has lots and lots of 3D files. They are in Orem UT @ voice: 1-800-dataset or fax: 801-224-2272 or u-pay 801-224-2222. They also cost lots. They will happly send you a free catelog…
Hi Jeremy, Your close …. I figured it out today drive d: is 1.3GB with 600MB free (installation site) but the tmp file were written to drive c:, which only had 2.2MB free, thus the tmp files ran out of space Thanks jhg
#AAS install failures
Message #173813
Hi All, A little frustrated tonight. After rushing home to install by new AAS (my order was back-ordered 2 weeks), I can not get it loaded. I have tried loading it several times via the CD, met with a failure message, deleted the directory, deleted the animator.ini file and cleaned…
Hi Zack http://sunservert.r2.uni_duesseldorf.de/~pannozzol.3ds looks like this might be a posting of 3ds file sets from several CDs
RE: internet vs CI$ Any chance that Autodesk would load the 600+ 3DS files that they have on the internet into a library here? Viewpoint also has 3DS files on the net. This forum offers certain values that are not available on the net. I would hope the vendors don't…
Hi Robert, I just got RazorPro and only have had time to run the installation. I plan to buy a PAR but have heard that the next version will allow more hard drives and be SCSI II, thus I have been holding off until I can sort out the information.…
Happy New Year Tim, Thanks for your reply (ref: new par). If I had a contract in hand I am sure I would have your view point. But for now I am slowly building up the capability and March or April '95 is okay for me. I hoped someone will…
#New PAR, when?
Message #143474
Hi, While I was preparing my list of wants and needs for Santa I heard that a new PAR is scheduled for '95 and that it would be better if I waited …. does anyone know of the details? Also I heard that Razor Pro was a good nonlinear editor…
path (multi-use)
Message #139931
Hi, After several delays I have made it thru the 3ds (v3) tutorial once and I am reviewing several sections. I spent about half of today unsuccessfully trying the following (and would appreciate any pointers on my errors). I would like to make an irregular 3-d path and loft that…
Photons, Materials, Lens
Message #130643
Hello All, I just came home from a 7 day international meeting on analytical cytometery (measuring stuff in cells) and thought I would mention some things I learned about. First: A new book, Practical Flow Cytometery by Howard Shaprio, has 200 pages covering the properies of light, how light reacts…
Benjamin, I am responding to your post with the expectation that others will see this: One can stay aware of what is about to be released by simply asking ang _good_ book store what titles are due in the next 2 to 4 to 6 months on a subject (ie…
Hi Jonas, That sounds like a promise Ya'll do great work jhg
Matthew, I got my copy today (Fri 14Oct94), but I ordered two weeks ago. I am new to 3DS but not to computer manuals. This will be another classic, (the animation intent, the method, the alternatives, and the presentation) will be studied for years. Could it be the shortage is…
Jonas, As a veterinary pathologist, I have seen this before; Term: feeding frenzy jhg ps . . . . I am anxious too!
I would agree 3DS is an investment. The R2, R3, R4 are releases of the serial improments of the software over time. The question might be if Autodesk allows software transfer and if they will give you an idea how to best find owners of prior release. I would think…
Sherwood, I too like reboot, we have it on ABC at 9:30 Saturaday (EST). It helped me explain to my wife why I _needed_ to get 3DS, she does "child development" stuff . I do medical/toxicology stuff. One of the things I noted was the lack of shadows, I guess…
Gregory, Please excuse the insert in this thread but I wanted to let you know that I think Inside 3DS is world-class. You and your co-authors deserve an award. Also, thanks for the tip on China Lake as a source for 3DS and DXF files, I have almost all of…
#Confused, 3ds.set
Message #128659
Thanks for your suggestions Jack. You present a great point with using prj files instead of .3ds files. Last night I started sketching the concepts I want to present soon and your tip helped me advance faster! I really like this product and I do appreciate the help that comes…
Jonas, I have not ignored the manuals, I am about 2/3rds the way thru the 3DS tutorial and 1/2 way thru Inside 3DS. I also understand that explaining software via text manuals is difficult because of the unknown reader and often terms can have more than one meaning. For example,…
David, Thanks for the help. I was using E:\, using e: solved that problem. Also thanks for conformation that only map-path can have multiple arguments . .. I was reaching that conclusion thru trial and errors, and you saved me wasting time on several more errors jhg
#Confused, 3ds.set
Message #128215
First let me say I am one of those folks who gets up each day and prays "God give me patience, now". #1 Question After 2 weeks with 3DS, its manuals and now "Inside 3DS" I am confused about the 3DS.set file. The heart of this question is: which *-path…
Thanks Jonas, Don and Gayle! You know it has been along time since I felt this type of excitement to learn a(nother) program. Next week I am going to a week-long conferance at Lake Placid dealing with analytical cytometry (measuring stuff in cells). I am anxious to see if others…
Thanks Don, I just received an info packet about hardware from the Florence Ky office, I did not realize that PAR = DR-2100 jhg
Hi Don, I do not know what PAR.exe is/does. Could you give me thumbnail info? I have used AniPro and just got 3DS, and want to learn more about digital editing, etc. thanks, jhg
Hi Cyberdreams, Do you think (the soon to be released dos version of) Lightwave is offers duplication or complementary features to 3DS? Thanks, jhg
materials
Message #127563
Hi, I am new to 3DS and plan to make some material libraries this weekend. My questions are: 1. Regarding the best way to organize one, what is a good way to name materials to allow for future derivations? 2. What is the advantage of using one file format over…
Thanks to all for the help, hints and info jhg
Thanks for the tips Jonas! jhg
Michele, I just got 3DS but have Animator since it's first release. Does your book mention other complementary ways to use the two packages? I spent part of yesterday being shown what LightWave can do on the Amiga. It had the ability to make "dents" or imprints in a 3-D…
Hi Greg, Do you have an ideas on where to find anatomical DXF or 3DS libraries? Or other DXF libraries for that matter. I checked with the base (WPAFB) multimedia center today and only came up with CGM files. I have Manaquin (by HumanCad) that will do human exteriors/surfaces but…
Hi Lou, I just installed 3DS,r.3 on Friday. and had problems with the P9000 path not being loaded from the autoexec.bat. I have the same card you do. But have done most of my graphics under Windows and hence was unaware of the problem. Diamond told me that the Graphic…
#new 3ds user info
Message #125510
Greetings, I have always loved CI$ for the ability to get help/direction and new ideas. I just purchased 3DS on Friday and I am working up the learning curve. Below are my applications, expertise and questions. Thanks for your help! I am a research veterinary pathologist that hopes to use…
Nik, Thanks for your help, the problem appears to be that the company-installed dos files need to be re-installed . . . . ie even the edit command is not recognized thanks ….. we did get stuff working with AniPro jhg .. ? How can I get 24 or 32…
#mouse problems
Message #78934
Greetings, I just got a 586/60 (Pentium) that has dos 6.2 and windows 3.1, the problem is that AniPro says no mouse is present. I installed the program by copying the Ani directory from a magneto-optical disk which had a functional program because the new pc does not have a…
Phil, That is why I am confused, ie: SB Pro is installed in Windows 3.1, I have the group icons and they all work out of AAplay ….. but no active sound buttons within AAplay. I guess I'll try removing aaplay and reinstalling it with the developers edition I received.…
#sound & aaplay
Message #17291
I must be making a simple error. I can run SBPro from Windows 3.1 but when I use AAPlay from Windows the get sound button (srcipt menu) and play sound button are never active. Any I ideas?
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