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what a rat's nest…:)

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#110345From: James GreenJun 29, 1994 1:43 PM
Hopefully this won't be too difficult a question… I wrote a converter for bringing 3D objects created in Prisms on the SGI into polymesh DXF format, then they are loaded into 3D Studio (r3). Most of the files work fine — but occasionally we get an error in 3DS, "Invalid Rat's Nest". Can you let me know what this REALLY means, so I can better debug my DXF converter? Thanks for any help, Paul LeFevre LucasArts Entertainment
#110425From: Yost GroupJun 29, 1994 10:15 PM
Paul, it means that the file doesn't follow the correct topological description for an AutoCAD-style DXF rats-nest mesh. That's very clearly defined in the back of the AutoCAD manual. – G