What I find extremely frustrating is the inability to import 3DS files... I know its in the menu... it's might even work. But how will I ever know if it does...
It's the same thing for DXF import. It oddly enough, accepts Adobe Illustrator files and nothing else... so I end up having to copy an illustrator file and...
... That just means that your 3DS files have the wrong file type. That often happens when you download them from the net. ... All files on the Mac have a file...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Mar 24, 2004 8:53 pm
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... Er... a much better solution would be to use a file typer utility (such as FileTyper) to just fix the broken DXF files. Then, fix your browser settings so...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Mar 24, 2004 8:59 pm
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... The files in question were from a zip file off a Windows PC. Safari seems to have no useful file helper preferences... ... That is understandable... But...
Jeffrey, I have in my collection three applescript droplets that may be of use to you. I can't right now remember where I found them or I would simply direct...
I just installed DefaultFolder as suggested, couldn't via any combination of ctrl option or 'apple' get the 3DS files to appear anything other than greyed out....
Phil Atkin
philatkin@...
Apr 17, 2004 4:35 pm
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... The easiest way to find out what file type Meshwork expects a 3DS file to be is to export a model as 3DS and examine its file type. Meshwork sets them as...
Robert Steely
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Apr 17, 2004 10:43 pm
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If I assign a u,v greater than 1, will it make the texture repeat? ============ Daniel R. Lurie ============...
... That's up to the engine doing the rendering, but with every rendering engine I've ever seen, yes, it will. Cheers, - Joe -- ...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
May 1, 2004 7:52 pm
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Joe, in your next version, do you think it could be possible to add a plugin capability, so that adding new exporters would be simpler and more integrated....
I have seen Jeff's tutorials, but for now I don't want to unwrap everything into a square. I actually want to reuse large portions of the map in a tiling...
Joe, can you justify Meshwork's uv behavior for me. I don't understand why the program intentionally reverts uv coordinates in the first place. uv coordinates...
... Unfortunately, not in the current incarnation of Meshwork. Perhaps the next version will add this functionality. If you describe what you want to tile,...
What do you mean by uv mapping? Do you mean texture mapping, or the alpha mask. I have never used texture mapping before, but uv mapping sounds like a pc...
Hmmm, I didn't even know there were any response. Yahoo is not sending me any posts for this group. I have my settings for individual email and I'm gettings...
I do agree, using the standard mapping in Meshwork is a bit tough. I never use it because it was too cumbersome, and the type of models I do not require it....
Well, yeah, I do owe him that. We're friends actually. I kinda figured, since the file format is ASCII and he explicitly explains it in full detail in the...
Likewise, I am also friends with him, though I am not a programmer. I haven't heard from him recently either. I think meshwork needs a plugin ability. That...
Hi Joe, Been a long time since I last has anything to say about Meshwork, but that's not to say I haven't been using and enjoying it since 1999! My latest...
Hi Giles! Good to hear from you again. ... Looks cool! Thanks for making it available. ... Yes, it died of apathy... please feel free to pick it up and run...
Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Aug 3, 2004 2:07 pm
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I am getting frequent crashes when using the Combine Overlaps command. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it doesn't it is reproducable with...
Ollah, been putering away for ages with Meshwork, and a tiny observation pops up when working with OSX.3.5 and Quesa in relation with the preview under OS9.xx....
... In my experience, OS 9 and OS X render identically when using Quesa, but OS 9 renders significantly better than that when using Quickdraw3D. Higher frame...
... You can still view 3dmf files (the text variety any way) in OS X. However, OS X does some really really irritating automatic inference on files in an...
my apologies if this is an identical question to a previous one, but my lingo vocab is too poor to detect it. I'm trying to make a space ship for the excellent...
Please remove me from this group! ... From: "tobiasasphaug" <tobiasasphaug@...> To: <meshwork@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:13 AM ...
Becky Hartnett
bekhart@...
Sep 24, 2004 7:15 pm
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... Can't say what you're doing wrong without seeing what you've done, but I can point you to my Meshwork tutorials at ...
... Hi, sorry I was responsible for the Meshwork tutorial (at http://oolite.aegidian.org/cyoship ) that caused this confusion. The textures Tobias was using...