CompuServe Messages

I believe most spline modelers can export DXF (more or less… not all DXF's are created equal <g>). The problem is the only ones I know of are in packages that have gotten mixed reviews – Real3D, Playmation/Animation Master. I've been playing with another package called Caligari Truespace that's kind of fun. It's got a very nice, easy to use interface, and has a nice, very useful deformation lattice tool. I don't have any firm opinions on it yet, but its fun to play with. First impression is that it's not competition for 3DS, though it has some features I'd really like to see, like user plane, moveable, scaleable windows, paint faces on model, moveable/scaleable mapping that is constrained to the surface of the model, raytracing, constraineable movement axes, etc… I'll be using it as a modeling companion for 3DS, and to render some models for compositing in VP. I don't think I would use it to create an entire animation, but I've got to mess with it a little more before I can say that (or anything else) categoricaly. John Tissavary (La Luna cie)