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#3D STUDIO VEGETATION

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#147679From: MARK REEDJan 18, 1995 7:07 PM
WHAT IS THE BEST PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR 3D STUDIO THAT INCLUDES TREES, PLANTS AND VEGETATION? HOW ABOUT ONE FOR FURNITURE ETC…? THANKS.
#147715From: Byron D. BowlesJan 18, 1995 10:43 PM
Mark, You shouldn't use all caps, it hurts peoples ears. I have Silicon Garden by Yost and Imagine Nursery from Schreiber Instruments. I like them both equally for trees and plants, but you better have alot of RAM and a fast machine. I had them for a year and never used them until I got my Pentium/100. I also have the Blocks & Materials CD by KETIV. It has a large collection of mesh objects like: planes, cars, trucks, playground equipment, furniture, appliances, computer equipment, vegetation, textures, etc. I have found the collection of urinals and toilets particularly entertaining. The KETIV # is 1-800-458-0690. I think it was around $300. byron
#148023From: Scott RobertsJan 20, 1995 9:22 AM
<< I have found the collection of urinals and toilets particularly entertaining.>> I have a mesh of a soap cake if you need one.
#148143From: Byron D. BowlesJan 20, 1995 7:27 PM
<< << I have found the collection of urinals and toilets particularly entertaining. <<I have a mesh of a soap cake if you need one. Uh, I could really use a big mesh of toilet paper (the soft morphable kind).
#148626From: MARK REEDJan 23, 1995 7:03 PM
Byron, Sorry about the yelling, I've got to switch to de-cafe… Thanks for the info, I've ordered the Silicon Garden disk and should get it in afew days. I'll also check out that CD you suggested. I'm ju 3d-Studio world so if you have any great advice I'd be greatful. Oh ya, I'm running a 486/66 16Mhz… how much more ram would you recomend (if any) [Dthanks mark
#148815From: Byron D. BowlesJan 24, 1995 3:27 PM
Mark, << …running a 486/66 16Mhz… how much more ram would you recomend I got started with a 486/66 with 32M RAM and it worked very well. I grew out of the 32M when I had some large projects (around 100K faces) and using special effects (IPAS). Don't worry, when you need more RAM, 3DS will let you know. I've added two Pentiums with 64M RAM and never had a memory problem yet. If you want to set up a large architectural scene with vegetation, or use USGS land data, you could easily need over 64M RAM. byron