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Re: Do I use Dat2AutoCAD or is there a better way?
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lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:26:33 GMT
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POV-Ray can use bitmaps as surface textures. I've never done this myself, but I've seen it done.
-John Van
"Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote in message news:002501c0ab09$c8ab51a0$4b063e3f@ifriendly.com...
> For a project I am working on, I need a picture of a datapad (which I posted
> to .models) with text displayed on its screen (and I don't mean a perfect
> front view). I rendered the model in POV-Ray, but have no idea of how to
> get the text on it, mainly due to the perspective and foreshortening in the
> rendering.
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> One idea I thought of was if there is indeed a DAT to AutoCAD converter out
> there, I could turn the datapad file into AutoCAD format, import the text I
> want, put that on the screen of the pad, and render it in AutoCAD.
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> So I have two requests:
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> (1) Is there a DAT to AutoCAD converter, and where can I get it?
> (2) Can anyone think of an easier way to achieve the effect I want?
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> Any help appreciated!
>
> --Ryan
> ryanjf@ifriendly.com
> http://home.ifriendly.com/~fourfarrs/home.htm
>
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