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#Opinions

    29-Mar-88 01:41:07
Sb: #Opinions
Fm: John Foust 72237,135
To: All
I'm looking for some feedback on a program I have. My program converts DXF files to Amiga 3D graphics formats. I don't sell a rendering program, you can buy those separately for about $200. On the Amiga, with my program, you can convert a DXF 3D drawing (normally rendered in AutoShade) into an overscan 350 by 420 pixel, 4096-color full ray-traced image, suitable for NTSC video output. With this same rendering program, you can do animations and walk-throughs through the scene, too. You can also do shaded polygon renderings and animations. I did the X-29 object in 16 shades of grey, 640 by 400 pixels, in about ten minutes. All this on a $1000 computer system. The Amiga has great color hard-copy output options, too. So, I'm looking for opinions on how this product might fare in the AutoCAD third-party market. Would AutoCAD users buy a cheap Amiga system just to do great renderings, animations and video titling of AutoCAD 3D drawings?