#Thanks
MM: I gather that you attended Gary's session on IPAS. How was it?
Anything you can share about it? I really wanted to go but couldn't
afford the trip.
DM: Yes I did. Gary Yost and Bob Bennett ran the presentation and
gave a good overview of how IPAS gives 3DS more capabilities and more
flexibility. Gary ran the IPAS part of the Siggraph reel to show the
basic idea of IPAS, and then demonstrated how a few routines were
operated. Some time was spent on IPAS-3 functions KXP and BXP. Gary
hinted that within a few months we may see some kinematics ala KXP.
He also promised that the IPAS SDK will be far richer than it was for
R2 (in particular, better documentation).