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No Splines In R4?

    15-Dec-94 12:18:26
Sb: #141897-No Splines In R4?
Fm: M. G. BATCHELOR 71532,1214
To: David R. Swoboda 74354,331
<< and I think you have great incentive for a comprehensive, integrated modeler program. >> Please don't misunderstand my points. I am NOT saying the current modeling system is any substitute for an integrated spline modeling system. But within the limitations of what it is intended to accomplish, it is very good. And many of the skills utilized with it & the IPAS routines are applicable to working with higher-end integrated spline modelers….a prerequisite, really. But if you need results TODAY, which have some of the characteristics of spline modeling/animating, you're not completely lost….it is possible with a little work. << Take a look at page 67 in Computer Graphics World NOV 94 and then please get me a towel so I can wipe up all the drool on my chin! :>) Santa, I've been a good boy and would like an SGI w/ Alias and then a DEC Alpha with NT 3DStudio and Lightwave NT and ………… >> Geez! You've got me drooling all over myself, too. <g> BILL