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Real 3D to 3DS

    20-Feb-94 14:57:29
Sb: Real 3D to 3DS
Fm: M. G. BATCHELOR 71532,1214
To: John Foust
Hi John, I haven't talked to you in a LONG time. Hope you are doing well. Listen, I have a quick question if you can talk about it. After being heavily involved in the Real 3D (Windows) beta program for quite some time until just recently, I came to 2 conclusions: 1) I gave up on any possibility of using the program to produce serious animation for a variety of reasons. 2) The program has one of the best modelers, especially the uniform B-Spline functions, that I have ever seen / used. My participation in the program led to information that you were developing something for them, or using their model format. Here's my questions: 1) Are you developing a R3D -> 3DS model converter, and if so, what are the details / timing, etc.? 2) If so, would you happen to be developing one of these new IPAS which would essentially allow the R3D modeler to run inside of 3DS – or is this even feasable ? 3) What is the status of Interchange these days for DOS/WINDOWS ? I thank you for your time in advance. Bill – MEDIA MAGIC