Subject: 2D to 3D on the PC?
Date: 	Sun, 15 May 1994 19:29:00 -0400
From: fraser.goodmurphy@onlinesys.com (Fraser Goodmurphy)

I have a number of flat objects in CorelDraw that I want to model in 
Imagine 3.0.  I tried two methods to get them into the Detail Editor:

1) Exporting them as .DXFs didn't work because CorelDraw doesn't save 
the objects as triangles.  Consequently, I only get a pair of axes.  
And, I DID try scaling the axes up a 1000%.

2) Exporting them as 24-bit .TIFs worked a little better.  I got the 
points and edges but the Detail Editor gave me an "all faces 
intersecting error".  When I showed the results anyway, faces were 
attached to the outside of the object (Should I try converting an 
inverted bitmap).  For several of the simpler objects, I resorted to 
cleaning up the points and adding faces manually.

However, I'm working on an animation with a map that I need to use as an
extruded plain, and I really don't want to manually add faces to an 
object with about 200 points!  Is there something available that might 
automate the process?

Will the T3DLIB converters convert a 2d .DXF into triangles?  If someone
has compiled T3DLIB for the PC, could they please mail me a uuencoded 
copy.  I haven't been able to find a copy.

What about Syndesis' Interchange Plus for Windows?  Will it do this?  Is
it shipping?

Is Pixel 3d Pro for the Amiga designed for creating 3d objects from 2d 
objects or bitmaps?  Anyone aware of a similar program for the PC?

Thanks,
Fraser

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