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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad)

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