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#Microstation MAC to 3ds?

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#176852From: Gary L. AngleJun 23, 1995 8:53 AM
All I have a possible client who is Mac based Microstation cad, they have the latest ver which does everything short of posting nasty MAC messages to the Adesk forum (G)!! They swear that they interviewed a student lately who has some AMAZING results from Microstation rendering (I doubt it) What I need to know is whether or not there is a conversion utility to give me a usable and reliable mesh that can be imported into the 3d editor from Mac based Microstation! I've already told him "hey no prob"! <gulp!> The problem I've noticed w/ some offices w/ Microsta. is that the team wants to model everything down to the Weyerhauser logo in the conference room!!!<G> The resulting file is large enough to be converted into the real thing, should that kind of conversion utility become available from someone such as Mark Meier!<G> Any help is GREATLY appreciated! Gary Angle
#177061From: Paul LempkeJun 24, 1995 2:48 AM
Gary, I recently taught a 3DS class at a school that had several PC Microstation systems. I found that they produced better than usual DXF files. There was some normal flipping needed, but nice looking models. They didn't have the Mac version and after I switched everyone to 3DS modelling I stopped experimenting with conversions, but all in all it wasn't too bad <G> -Paul