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Subject: 
Do I use Dat2AutoCAD or is there a better way?
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:32:34 GMT
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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.

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.

So I have two requests:

(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?

Any help appreciated!

--Ryan
ryanjf@ifriendly.com
http://home.ifriendly.com/~fourfarrs/home.htm



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  Re: Do I use Dat2AutoCAD or is there a better way?
 
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$c8...dly.com... (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)

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