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- STARTREK DOCS
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- This .ARC file contains four files:
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- 1. STARTREK.DOC This text file.
- 2. STARTREK.CTL The CAD-CONTROL file.
- 3. STARTREK.3D2 The object data used in the animation.
- 4. STARTREK.PI1 A starry background scene.
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- This file will creat a 144 frame animation of a Klingon battle
- cruiser and the Enterprise circling each other in space. It
- will take about 2 hours to complete.
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- To use the file do the following:
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- 1) Boot CAD_3D 2.0. Make sure you have the CYBSMASH and
- PD3DCTL accessories installed when you boot.
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- 2) Be sure you have at least 1 background buffer and one
- Cybersmash buffer allocated. (This only applies if you have
- altered your CAD-3D boot disk. It normally boots with 2 of each.)
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- 3. Load the file 'STARTREK.3D2' into CAD-3D. Do not move any of
- the objects from their starting positions.
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- 4. Double-click on the SUPERVIEW icon and LOAD the background file
- STARTREK.PI1.
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- 5. Place a freshly formated disk (single or double sided) into
- drive A. If you are using a single drive system, be sure you have
- the file 'STARTREK.CTL' on this disk. The resultant files
- require 336,276 bytes of free disk space.
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- 6. Go to the DESK menu and choose the CAD-CONTROL accessory. When
- the file selector box appears, choose 'STARTREK.CTL'.
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- 7. That's it. Get a cold beer, read a book or whatever else you
- feel like. The .CTL file will control the animation until it's
- finished. When the animation is complete, you will see and EOF
- message. Click on OK and you're done.
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- A FEW NOTES
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- You'll notice in the .CTL file that each frame except the first
- and last is recorded twice. That's because the resulting animation
- seems to run smoother with two frames of each. Duplicating a frame only
- requires 8 bytes and since you did not move anything, it doesn't add
- much time to the recording. The first and last frame are actually
- identical. I originally recorded the first frame twice and ended the
- animation 5 degrees short of a complete circle, however, the animation
- flickered at that point so I changed to this format.
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- Although it appears that the ships are rotating diagonally, they
- are actually rotating in an even, horizontal circle. The effect was
- obtained by banking the camera 10 degrees to the right and raising it 5
- degrees vertically. It's alot easier (read 'less typing') to create
- diagonal rotation this way than to actually move the objects in all
- three dimensions.
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- The ships in this animation are the first two objects I created
- using CAD-3D, consequently, they aren't the best. I'm working on making
- detailed and scaled models of both ships. If you have any comments
- about this animation, please leave me EasyPlex mail at 72347,1520.
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- --Mike Lovelace
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