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Re: Converting AutoCAD/3D Studio/etc. to .dat with 3DWin
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:12:49 GMT
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Hi Darrell,
My point was that asking people to help someone develop their commercial
software is somewhat of a bold proposition. However, I did not know that
3Dwin had a free version with batch-convert de-activated and that is
something worth considering. Personally, not that long ago, I would have
clinged to that. But these days I simply do not use shareware that I do not
intend to pay for.
Crossroads does not translate into/from .DAT, but it is the only freeware
translator between the most common 3D formats that I know of. Most 3D
programs, free or not, perform similar functions anyway.
Another option to be considered:
Blender import/export (Currently only .DAT to blender)
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=8296
I'm pretty sure there is a 3DS import/export Python script for Blender.
In any event, if and when a translator between .DAT and some standard 3D
format comes through, it will cause for celebration. It is not only the
people with the big toys that get to play, but AFOLs will no longer be
forced to render through POV. POV delivers, specially with apps like L3P and
Lpub - but it is also a great example of non-intuitive software. For a
casual user, it is much more interesting o learn the basic of anim8or,
blender, milkshake, etc than to dig into the POV help file. This is
specially true if the user lacks previous rendering experience.
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 | | Re: Converting AutoCAD/3D Studio/etc. to .dat with 3DWin
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| (...) Excellent point, and one I hadn't considered. I suppose I can just out and out ask him if he minds AFOL using the demo version only, especially since they would be helping him debug the product. He's aware that most LDraw related software is (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Converting AutoCAD/3D Studio/etc. to .dat with 3DWin
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| (...) Sorry to be the major poster on my own thread! ]-( This doesn't really have anything to do with CAD-DAT conversion, but I'll offer it up anyway to bump the topic! LOL I was writing a message to Thomas about the latest mods we made to some (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) snip (...) Hi Miguel, I've been discussing this with your co-author Kevin Clauge about this as well (BTW, I'm enjoying your book very much!). Let me try to clarify my position if I can.. I'm not trying to say EVERYONE should be using 3DWin. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad)
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