#3D Mech Anim HELP !
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HELP !
Trying to locate a software package for 3 D MECHANICAL drawing and
animation. Must run on a 486 and prefer cost effective (price in 3 digits).
will be used to construct animation for training in the use of mechanical
devices. Will be used in a windows environment.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
(WAY out of my realm).
Chuck
>> Trying to locate a software package for 3 D MECHANICAL drawing and
animation. Must run on a 486 and prefer cost effective (price in 3 digits).
will be used to construct animation for training in the use of mechanical
devices. Will be used in a windows environment. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. <<
i would recommend 3D Studio. know several folks even locally who have used it
for creating training, assembly and prototyping animations. compatible with
AutoCAD also.
-dave
>Must run on a 486 and prefer cost effective (price in 3 digits).
3D studio is not an option here (at least for the 3 Digit part.)
I suggest trueSpace 2.0 from Caligari corporation. Its a windows based win32
application with perspective modeling environment. It includes boolean
functions from primitives and sweep, lathe and beveling functions for 2D
polyline shapes. (Killer modeler) It will accept 3DS, DXF and many other
formats as input. It will output flc's and avi's as well as targa sequencing.
Has integral raytracing and avi and flc mapping capabilities.
Will also do field rendering, depth of focus, motion blur, and animated
deformation)
Best of all list is $795.00 (Street price: around $500.00)
I highly recommend it.
Tim Wheeler
MasterPeace Multimedia