#"Error Writing File"
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Alec,
Several of my students are in the process of recreating a local auto
accident with 3ds2 as a project to work on while learning 3ds, acad, ani
and other programs for creating presentations. they bare having fun with
the project but there are a lot of tricks to learn. they all have a good
mastery of AutoCAD and Animator and have completed the tutorial in 3DS.
File sizes are a problem in a classroom lab setup. We are using some of the
auto and truck models from Viewpoint that ship with the CD. We cre3ated the
landscape in ACAD11 3d. rendering time on a 486-33 in too long. What tips
can you suggest for keeping file size down?
Are there any general tips for setup and modelling of accident scenes. How
accurate and to what detail do the animations have to be??
Thanks,
Pat Vernon
That depends on what you want it to look like. If you don't want it to look
that good, you can tunr thingsd off like Phong to Gourard. Turn the shadows
off also!
Pat,
I'm not really an expert on vehicle accident animations — I may be
starting my first one soon.
The amount of detail required for forensic animation is generally much,
much less than what most real animators like to see. After you work with
3DS for a while, it is very difficult to resist the desire to use all its
wonderous features and resources to make EVERYTHING as photorealistic as
possible. But the truth is that in court, no one cares about all your
high-res reflections, textures, and lens flare; in fact realistic detail
can actually work against getting an animation admitted in court if the
animation becomes more "dramatic" than illustrative.
The level of detail you need with forensic animation is simply the minimun
amount (or degree) needed to accurately and clearly demonstrate the facts.
Keeping file size down is a difficult problem. I have trouble with large
files myself. I use many techniques to reduce file size but none work very
significantly. Good luck.
Alec Jason
Thanks for your input. It's really great to have this forum and all of the
super people here contributing.
What happened to the seminars?