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#Education

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#28151From: Edward j. BanasNov 27, 1992 7:36 PM
Does anyone have any ideas for the implementation of 3D Studio in a Calculus or Statistics class? How about Physics or Chemistry?
#28164From: Yost GroupNov 28, 1992 12:54 AM
There are certainly a slew of interesting IPAS routines that you could write to specifically illustrate mathematical or physical processes. And don't forget the the Poco C interpreter within Animator Pro is extremely handy… much more convenient than having to use a 32-bit compiler to write IPAS processes (but not 3D, of course). – G
#28173From: John K. JordanNov 28, 1992 1:39 AM
Edward, I've animated 3d mathematical surface functions by morphing between various surfaces – you can watch the surface change with changing parameters! Would be useful for various disciplines. I generally use MATHCAD (Windows version) to compute the surfaces and output a matrix to an ASCII file. I wrote a short C program to convert the matrix into a DXF for 3DS to chew on. JKJ