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3DTurbo IPAS
Message #102341
Tolek, and anyone interested, For the record my Compuserve node is now 74401,3004 not 76640,2515. Please make a note of this as I do not check the old (and abandoned) node very often (or at all). Thanks!!! doug
As an educational institute you are entitled to a discount per Schreiber. There are so many differences between 3DTurbo and the Yost IPAS that you really need to check out the demo!!! Please call Schreiber at 1-800-252-1024. They will help you out pronto! Thanks, doug
I would also like to see info on Don's q. I use EXP_DONT_UNLOAD with just about everything I use… PS: My new address is 74401,3004, there should be a message in Software Dev Kits about this from my new account. I don't have access to this section yet from my…
Jonas, Hope this isn't too late. Oh well, here goes anyway. 1. which_sel() is omitted from page 106 of the final docs. 2. pxp_draw_item() only draws the vertices of the given object when in Display/Geometry/Backface mode. 3. Is item #10 "SelectObject text needs to be black" referring to the selbyn.zip…
Memory usage with IPAS..
Message #95542
Jonas, How's things? Got a quick (maybe quick) question. I have found that with certain meshes my pxp is paging somewhat. With all the calculations that I have made, my code could only be generating about 6mb of usage at any given time and free's up the memory as soon…
Danny, Do you mean that the u and v coordinates of the XVData struct do not work? I was just going to start looking into texture mapping myself, but alas, so much code, so little time… If you hear anything I would be obliged! Later, doug
#Select Objects source
Message #93055
Friends and Neighbors, I have just uploaded a file: SELBYNAM.zip to the Software Dev. Kits Library. It is the source code for a Select Objects by Name dialog in your r3 IPAS routines. Please check it out and if there are any comments/suggestions please direct them to me. Hope you…
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pxp_draw_item w/backface
Message #92925
Jonas, I've got the 'Select Objects by Name' attached (selbynam.zip). It has a few extra handy functions that I use all the time. They are in xpxp.c and xdialog.c (for xtra pxp and xtra dialog). The tstsel_i.pxp is ready to run and test out, and the .c files are ready…
Danny, >> hard drive taking a dump… Ouch, not something that makes you sleep well I'm sure… I had a friend that had spent about 6 months on a MAJOR project and lost his drive, and his latest backup was more that 2 months old! (I haven't heard much from…
Jonas, I'm going to try a few more things first (my snippets would be fairly dependent on alot of extra code right now). If I don't have any hair left after tonight I will cut a snippet out for your QA guys. Thanks! doug
#pxp_draw_item w/backface
Message #92744
Jonas, How's things? I've got a bit of a problem: when I use pxp_draw_item, to draw a new/changed mesh, and Display/Geometry/Backface is active, for some strange reason all I get are the vertices! If I am in a user view and press an arrow key it redraws correctly and stay…
3DS Cursor Control???
Message #92227
This may be a stupid question, but is there a way to toggle the cursor while in a direct call dialog interface? I am exiting the interface to pick an object (a Pick Object button) and when it returns from the pick the cursor is still in the pick mode.…
Jim, Cool, Very Cool! Jonas told me that you have a killer version of 3de.exe… I don't know if you have fixed these bugs, but here goes: 1: If the text in a box/string/etc. has a comma in it, it will accept it, but upon RE-loading it really screws up…
You might find a few things, (like the way they laid out the docs, does anyone know what method of sorting they used? It certainly wasn't either logical progression or alphabetized or ???) Anyway, nice to have the final shipping version!
Aha! Well, I can relate to the importance of writing future products. I have written a 'Select Objects by Name' dialog (mimicking the standard 3DS dialog in every way except making the text black). By the way, is there a way to make the text black? (I might be blind…
Gus, ooh, looks like fun, but just so you know, I got my r3 docs today (Monday)! Still no pxp_pick_object() but hey, I wrote that last night anyway. You might see your docs today too (Fed Ex is really cool). later, doug
Direct Call Mesh Pick
Message #90973
Jonas (or anyone…), Thanks for the downloadables! I have another question though: Is there any way to invoke an 'EXP_PICK_OBJECT' type function from the Direct Call libraries? I didn't see anything like: pxp_pick_item() but my documentation is Feb 4. Is the only way to access this by chopping my direct…
Gary, Found the file in Software Development Kits (is that section 14 or 13?) Anyway, got it! thanks doug
Gary, If it's there, I can't see it! The section is still empty! Do we really have access? Can someone confirm access status? thanks doug
Danny, I agree, I have had good response up here. As for item 1, I'm into it right now… I like the other items as well, maybe others would handle vertex and face selection as well. ( I could use vertex selection myself right now. ) Hope to have something…
#Selected…
Message #90428
Danny, Do you think if we get enough people to beat them up about the ItemMesh flags that we could get a better response than 'can't do that!'? I'm at least as frustrated as you are. Have you built a dialog similar to the 'Select Objects by Name' dialog? I…
Grant, I don't know about anyone else, but this is a major disadvantage! My pxp's are designed to possibly modify all of the objects in any given scene, is the only way to duplicate the 'Select Objects by Name' dialog box? (the one with tag/untag/all/none…) Has anyone already duplicated this…
Jonas, It's 10 March and the latest 3DE is not in the MM Dev library, (that's where it's supposed to be right?) Just checking for it. doug
#Selected Objects/Faces/V
Message #90267
To anyone that knows, I've read in the R3 dev kit that 3D Studio currently does not properly update the flags field in the ItemMesh struct. This means that I cannot access selected objects! This is a major problem for me. Does anyone know if and when a fix will…
IPAS memory use?
Message #90264
Are you saying that your code is that large? Wow! (how large is it?) If that's the case, then I don't know how to help! But would be very interested in your workaround! later, doug
John, When you are making calls to malloc and realloc, are you also calling free? I have found with some of my routines, I'll use 16m RAM and swap 30m+, but if I call free on ALL of the variables that I can after using them in each subroutine that…
Jonas, Thank God!!! I've got lots more grey hair now, but hey, thats life. Anyway, I am still using the R2 SDK, because I didn't want to risk any bugs that might still be in R3! Oh well. Are there any positive id marks on the 'shipping' version of r2?…
DOS Shell Bug???
Message #88420
Jonas, or anyone who can help, I have MetaWare 3.04 and Pharlap 4.1. I am pretty much finished with my pxp routines, except for one real problem. I compile, link, load 3DS, load the pxp file and run it, everything works great, except that when I shell out afterwards, my…
shorter types(2)
Message #88087
Grant, I was hoping you would say that! thanks again, doug
Jonas and Grant, I'm not proposing to change the type declarations for the FaceIO struct, just my own copies of the info for my external code. I just wanted to know if there is any pertinent data in the high order bits… Type conversions should not affect the operation of…
#shorter types(2)
Message #87595
Jonas, Just wondering if you had heard anything about using the shorter types with 3DS's data structures… (ie. using 'char flags' instead of 'unsigned long flags' in struct FaceIO) doug
thanks for correcting my err! me dint meen too luuk stoopid, but do you know of any reason for me not to use the shorter types? even bit fields for the flags?
Jonas, Yeah, I guess I could be a bit more clear (I was in a rush…) (from memory, docs at home…) typedef struct { unsigned int face; int a, b, c; unsigned long flags; // these are the ones I was talking about unsigned long sm_groups; unsigned int material; //…
Jonas, Sorry about the message cut short there… The flags variable in the FaceIO type is an unsigned long (32 bits), the only valid values for that are 1 | 2 | 4, only 3 bits, shouldn't an unsigned char be used instead? Just curious but there are more of…
Jonas, >> 'only 100's of minutes left' Is that when we might see SDKr3? Cool. I have another question for you, I found some unexplained types in the FaceIO (sorry I don't have my docs here) but flags is an unsigned long. anyway gotto go. doug
#Thanks for the message!
Message #86323
Jonas, Thanks for the message you left me yesterday. It has been a while since I've been on CompuServe. Here's a quick question (now that I'm here): I am about to deliver a PXP bundle titled Turbo Charger. This code is complete using the IPAS SDK r2. If I plan…
Yep! thanks, and i'll redirect those pesky ipas q's to Jonas and Brian! thanks mucho
#Selected Vertices, ipas
Message #75828
I am nearly done with a new IPAS .pxp but cannot access any selected vertices that are in an object that is selected using EXP_PICK_OBJ. Is there any way for me to request this information from 3DS while in ClientUserCode??? Otherwise??? desperatly seeking conclusion,
There will be an IPAS to reduce the number of vertices in a pline (2D Shaper) or mesh (3D Editor). It is called OPTIMIZE.PXP and will be available through Mike Davis of ADCO. This routine is VERY nice, it prompts for an error threshold… at 0% only the completely unneeded…
3DS Morph – diff # verts
Message #55836
To anyone interested, Al Dass just reminded me that there is a problem morphing objects of different numbers of vertices, it can't be done in 3D Studio. I was just talking to Mike Davis of ADCO (602) 596-9050, and he said that there is a package to be released soon…
Al, I just talked to Mike Davis of ADCO (602) 596-9050. He said that there is a package that will be able to fix these objects for # of vertices, and will be able to make them morph together smoothly (much unlike what tesellation would do). He is not sure…
rendering error
Message #55829
Bob, It's Doug, and I'm using David's ID for now (we have a corporate account here at Intel) I'm not sure how to change the name on the ID but feel free to send messages to me @David Stafiey's ID#. talk at ya later… douglas holt
rendering error
Message #55825
Bob, If you look at your swap directory, you will find some (or all) of the temporary flc images. If they are not all there (ie. $fli0000.tga…) then use Norton QU to unerase them, put them into a different subdirectory and video post them together. You can render the missing…
How to pause aaplay?
Message #38334
I have been using aaplay.dll to run "flic" animations, and have been successful in playing and stoping them with aaPlay(windowHandle) and aaClose( ), but when I try aaPause(windowHandle) or aaStop(windowHandle), they will not affect the playing animation. Why don't these commands work? I know they have been declared when I…
AutoCad viewer programs
Message #10870
Does anyone know of any utilities which can quickly display AutoCad .dwg files, and allow you to pan and zoom, such as Autoview or Slick?