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Re: Converting AutoCAD/3D Studio/etc. to .dat with 3DWin
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Date: 
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:47:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Miguel Agullo writes:

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.

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
converted parts. I was going to quote your passage, and it struck me -

I think 3DWin does what you want right now - it has always been able to import
DAT and export 3DS. So you can take your MOC into 3DS and render away. Have I
personally tried this, no. But I think it would work... Heck, I'm going to try
it right now! From what I've heard about POV cameras and lights, 3DS should be
a joy.

Darrell



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  Re: Converting AutoCAD/3D Studio/etc. to .dat with 3DWin
 
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 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad)

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