CompuServe Thread

Michael; >> >> big flat surfaces (panels covering the machine). >>Then the only thing to do is: render views from the 'panels view' and assign >>them as reflection maps OR create an automatic reflection map and update it >>never or seldom >>(material editor click on 'A' in the reflection-slot and type something at >>'Every Nth frame') Sorry it took so long to respond, but I have been totally tied up rendering since I logged on to get the help for a couple of days in early June. I decided the issue really wasn't my problem, and went to the ones that were ultimately paying for it. They had been happy with the Gouraud shaded images up until then, so I showed them the difference, and said "one week for this, or 5 weeks for that". The response was, "It is a no brainer. We don't have five weeks." So, even though, I would have liked to render in Metal, that stress was relieved. So that's what I did. And one week turned into over two. Anyway, it is at the Video Production house now, and even though it was Gouraud shading, I was getting some very wonderful comments on the animation. People were very pleased with what they saw. It was supposed to be about thirty seconds, but was still a little fast at 84 seconds. For most people it would be very boring. It is a machine going through many steps to move a semiconductor wafer through a process. Thanks for everyone's help. I learned a lot on this one. I also take my hat off to the folks that developed the PAR. I could never have succeeded without it. And the new software (February) is great! I also filled up a Micropolis 2217A with Targa files used as a backup in case of a problem. 13 Megs left. Dennis (may the stress level never get this high again) Fenske