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- From: dona@nwra.com (Dona)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Re: Autodesk 3D Concepts
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.235050.20715@nwra.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:50:50 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nwra.1992Dec28.235050.20715
- References: <1992Dec28.203156.12470@sctc.com>
- Organization: Northwest Research Associates, Inc.
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- We're running it in a seamless window under OS/2. It's a good
- package. Seems robust - we haven't been able to crash it (and we've
- tried). It's very good for simple 3-D models and rotation. (The cursor
- for rotation is very effective, and the process is quite quick).
- Another of the strong points is that you can import data directly
- from Generic Cadd and Autocad, and extrude it to 3-D.
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- Documentation is quite good. Also, the software layout is good enough
- that one can do a lot of useful work just by exploring, without ever
- reading the manuals.
-
- Shading takes a bit of time, and is crude. There's nothing like
- ray tracing quality of images. But, for spatial relationships this
- software is quite good.
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- Don Altman Northwest Research Associates, Inc.
- dona@nwra.com Bellevue, WA
- (206) 453-8141 (206) 646-9123 (FAX)
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