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#Box & Face Maped Mat
Message #188996
I'm having some trouble getting a bitmap that I created with Corell Draw 4 to map properly on a box I created in the 3D editor in 3DS3. I brought the bitmap into the materials editor and set it up as face maped with 1×1 tiling. Then I went into…
#Wireframe Express?
Message #188988
I've seen and add in Visual Software's 3D Catalog for a product named Wireframe Express. The program allows you to create a 3D mesh from photographs and exports it in DXF 5 format. Has anyone here tried to use it for 3DS? I'd like to know if the $199 price…
#Different Modelers?
Message #159791
Could someone explain what the NURBS & MeatBalls modelers do. What is missing from 3DS3 that these other modelers add? -Andy
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#MeshPaint 3D Near Done!
Message #159790
Brent, What is MeshPaint 3D? Is it a tool for painting a texture directly on a mesh? How much will it cost? Does it work with 3Ds3? -Andy
Martin,
#RenderFarm Proposal
Message #141082
I work for a data processing solution provider in Pennsylvania, and I'm thinking about submitting a proposal to the management to allow me to use the networks and PCs at night as a 3DS render farm business. The company has three classrooms each provided with at least 15 networked 486…
#No Splines In R4?
Message #140313
Am I correct that R4 does not contain the spline modeler that was mentioned in the press release? If it does not, what happened? -Andy
Heard about DUCK yet?
Message #118410
I read about a new video delevery system call "Duck" in TV Technology. Duck is a software only comprender (compresser / renderer) that is bringing HDTV to the PC (DOS, Windows), Sega, 3DO and Mac comming soon! They have been working on it for the last 4 years and rolled…
Watcom C++ v.10?
Message #118409
Hi, I've seen Watcom's C++ version 10 in the stores and would like to know if this compiler is OK for creating IPAS's. What does one need other than 3DSr3 and the Watcom compiler to make and IPAS? Do I need to buy Pharlap too? -Andy
Jeff, Let's hope that the new look for Chicago is incorporated in NT too! From what I've seen in the magazines, Chicago does look a lot like X Windows! Just think how jealous that will make a those Mac users! -Andy
Jeff, 3DSr4 on Unix – sure! But why not support the other 99% of the current user base with a port to NT3.5 (or better) with OpenGL too. That way 3DS will still be usable to all of us that can't affort an SGI (yet). Where would 3DS be if…
Bob, I'm confused! Are the new 3DSr4 'Plug Ins' included in the r3 to r4 upgrade for
M.G., Can you explain to me what a Bartlett filter is and how to use one? What is the box default filter? -Andy
Mike, Your book sounds real interesting! I'm not going to SigG this year. 🙁 Can you tell me more about it, like what it covers, how many photos and drawings, co$t, ISBN #? Thanks a bunch! -Andy
Craig, I'm currious, what certification is Autodesk offering? -Andy
Murph, Since your using the DOS version of CIM, you might consider trying TAPCIS. TAPCIS will automate most of your CI$ mail and message usage better that CIM and probably cost you less. Also it's easy to reformat messages with it, just open the forum's message file and use the…
#Alpha w/Bitmaps Mat'ls?
Message #109480
Hi, I'm playing with video post to learn how to use it. I've set up a box in the 3D editor and applied the Birdshow flick to it as a material. I've also set up one of the beach targas as a background in the renderer. Using video post I'd…
Animators wanted.
Message #109174
Larry, I missed your original message for 3DS3 animators, can you send me info on what your looking for? Thanks! -Andy
Osman, I jumped in this thread late, can you bring me up to speed on what GLiNT is and what it will do? Is this going to be big news with editing sound and video as well as graphics? -Andy
#Using AutoCad To Model
Message #105704
Hi, I'm still not clear on what I would need if I were to use AutoCad as a modeler for 3DS3. Does AutoCad's 3D output load directly into 3DS or is ther another program needed to translate it first? How musch does all this cost? What discounts are available to…
#Mapping & Skining IPAS?
Message #103120
I've been thinking about buying the skinning IPAS, but I have a question first! How does this IPAS work with mapping? Does it somehow wrap any bitmap around the object? How can the mapping be controled?
Thanks for the info! I tried to contact Max Hoffman at the number you mentioned and got disconected three times. I called the (800)# and then another # they gave me and no one picked up! I'm E-mailing Max @ 74404,1322 – I hope this is the right max!
#Multimedia Explorer?
Message #102592
Hi, Can someone tell me what Autodesk Multimedia Explorer is, how much it costs, and what I can do with it? Thanks! -Andy
#Unrolling Mapping Cords?
Message #102416
Adjusting bitmaps to complex geometery is too hard! I'd like to investigate reading the mapping coordinates from a *.3DS or *.PRJ file and un-rolling them to create a 2D morph target for bitmaps. Do this sound do-able? Are the file formats and the method 3DS uses to apply bitmaps to…
#Making Checkered 'I's?
Message #100952
Hi, I'm experimenting with texture mapping by trying to create a checkered capital letter "I". The idea is to get the "I" (using BARREL.FNT) to appear nicely wrapped in a seamless checkerboard using a material with ACHECKS.TIF as its texture map (this image is included with 3DSr3). Unfortunately my efforts…
Jonas, I was hoping that you and others would relate your own personal path, the one you took, that got you to where you are today. I am looking around and learning on my own, I'd just like to get to know you all a little better! So how about…
#How'd you get so good?
Message #100324
Hi, In my quest for greater knowledge, I'd like to know how other people cut their teeth learning the black arts of 3D graphics in general and 3DStudio. Although I'm certain that it's different for everybody, I'd like to hear your story. Please don't be shy let it all gush…
#Starting VoTech Classes?
Message #98898
Hi, I'm located in Delaware and I've been advocating that the local VoTech school offer 3D-Animation/Desktop-Video classes. As far as I can tell there are no accredited schools or universities in this region that currently offer any training in these subjects. The only 3DS training is provided by dealers, Desktop…
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3ds3 & Pentium
Message #98519
Tim, I've got a Gateway 2000 P560 and have had great success! When I purchased it late last year, the 66mhz wasn't available. It came with 16mb RAM, 520mb hard disk, 15" monitor (this supports the "green" timeout shutdown), ATI PCI AX0w/2mb, MS-DOS 6.1, MS Windows 3.1. At the time…
Why yes it is! I need about 40 minutes to reach Philly from my house. A drive to DC takes about two hours and there's a good chance that traffic during rush hours will add considerably to that. How about opening a DTI branch in Delaware?
#User Groups?
Message #98284
Is there a user group near the Delaware area for 3DS? If there isn't one in Delaware philadelphia is only 40 miles away, how about up there? -Andy
#Wish List!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Message #95062
Gary, I just can't stop with the wishes! How about meatballs? I'd like to get water or mercury drops to join. Inverse Kinematics and whatever it takes to get objects to move one another like gears and levers. I want to see things like to make piston/rod/crank assemblies animate corectly.…
#Wish for Training!
Message #95040
Gary, Another late wish – a uniform training syllabus! With several options for training available, I'm finding it difficult to compare who's training is complete, or even up to par. I'm not sure of what I need to know in order to get the most out of 3DS, or if…
#Wish List!
Message #94969
Gary, Sorry I'm late, but then I always was late with my homework! I've been using 3DS3 since late last year and my previous 3D experience is only with Plamation – which I did not get very far with since it is so S L O W ! (sorry Mr.…
#The BLUES!
Message #92037
Hi, I'm trying to figure out why bitmaps I edit with CorelDraw4 PhotoPaint are blue shifted when they're used in 3DSr3. These bitmaps appear with the correct colors in WindowsPaint as well as Corel, and even bitmaps from the 3DS CD Rom that go through PhotoPaint get the blues. I…
Tiling Bricks?
Message #91938
Hi, Can someone tell me how to tile the brick images on the 3DSr3 CD so they don't look like a bunch of squares pasted together? When I tile them, the illusion of a seamless wall of bricks is broken by the edges of each tile butting up to the…
Tiling Bitmaps Evenly?
Message #91008
Hi, Can someone tell me how to get 3DSr3 to tile bitmaps as textures so they don't form a secondary geometric pattern due to luminance gradation in the bitmap? For instance, the photographic bitmaps supplied on the included CD ROM have exposure differences across them and seams form around them…
Gus, Thanks for your fast reply! I don't have the Dr Jobb's Jornal. Can you tell me where I can find it? Thanks. -Andy
#Programing for VESA?
Message #90631
Hi, I'm thinking of playing around with writing my own flic viewer. Can someone tell me where to find the various file formats and the specs for interfacing with VESA drivers? Thanks! -Andy
AutoCad Lite 4 Windows?
Message #88424
Hi, I'm just finding out how using 3DSr3 for all my 3D modeling might be doing things the hard way for some objects. I've seen AutoCad Lite for Windows in the store for around Four Hundred $omething, and thought about getting it for those really tough jobs where I want…
Best Dressed People?
Message #88284
Hi, I've seen a thread here about programs that generate people, like Humanoid and Mannequin, and would like to know how these programs compare to the fully dressed and textured meshes from People For People. I saw the PfP demos off the CD Rom included with Nancy Fulton's book, "3D…
#3DS to 35mm Slide?
Message #88049
Hi, I'm bidding on a project for a local old time movie theatre restoration. I'm sugesting that the powers that be use my 3D services to render photo realistic interior views of the fully restoreed theatre from their architecual drawings. Can someone recomend where I should look for having the…
Trek DWG to 3DS3 or DFX?
Message #86044
Hi, I downloaded your NCC170.DWG but I can't make use of it because I use 3DSr3, and it can't load DWG files. Can you save this file to 3DS format or DFX and re-upload it to the Autodesk 3DStudo fourm? Thanks! -Andy
#Cvt *.DWG to *.3DS?
Message #85940
Is there a way to convert an Autocad DWG file to something that 3DSr3 can use without Autocad? I just down loaded NCC170.DWG from this forum and I can't figure out how to get it into 3DS.
#3DS3 Path Bug?
Message #85489
Hi, I think I might have run into a bug in 3DS3. Here's what happens; I enter the 3D Lofter and create a SurfRev path, then use Path Refine to add an extra vertex in the center of the path segment below the 3 o'clock position. This causes the path…
#Fixing Faces
Message #83668
When I use Boolean Subtraction some of the faces do not blend smoothly when the resulting object is rendered. I've reset object's the smoothing groups with the Auto Smoothing feature, but the underlying geometry of some of the faces at the intersection point of a Boolean Subtraction partially show through…
Brad brings up a good question about editable ASCII lists of a 3DS object's insides. Could we have some facility added so that 3DS would import/export objects as an ASCII file. This would allow to do all kinds of external things like reorder the vertexs or whatever, with out having…
Hiring animator
Message #82857
Tim, Plese e-mail me some details of who is looking for an animatior. Thanks. -Andy
p5 benchmarks ?
Message #82856
I've got a Gateway 2000 P560 and here is a small unscientific speed test for you. Render BIRDSHOW to a 640×480 targa file with pallete set to high, render to disk. The time shown in the "Last Render Time" window is 00:57.
#HP DJ500C & LJIIIp Drvs?
Message #82673
Hi, Does anybody know if there are 3DSr3 hardcopy drivers for the HP DeskJet 500C and the HP LaserJet IIIp? I was given the DJ500C and I'd like to make use of it with 3DS. I'd also like to give the LJ IIIp a try too! Thanks if you can…
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