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- PV3D
- Beta version 0.20
- 25th November 1992
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- Written by : Lecointe Ludovic
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- (c) C3L Informatique 1992
- Lecointe Ludovic
- 16 rue du Bouvreuil
- 77240 Cesson la ForĂȘt
- France
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- PV3D is Copyright 1992 by
- Lecointe Ludovic
- All Rights Reserved
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- What is PV3D
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- PV3D it is a graphics wire modeler software for raytracers.
- Some feature as included in PV3D :
- 100% graphics interface (GUI)
- Vectoriel object structure
- Sphere QSphere Cylinder (X Y Z) Cone (X Y Z) Plane (X Y Z)
- Pyramid Tore .... primitive shapes include.
- Blob structure
- Dynamic Rotate Move Scale (R-M-S) of the shape
- Dynamics use of the shapes with the mouse.
- Visualisation of the standard textures of POV-Ray
- Visualisation of the standard color of POV-Ray
- Direct generation of POV-Ray 1.0 scene file with textures....
- Direct generation of TXT file
- Generation of PTX file for smooh triangles.
- Direct use of TXT file.
- Spline generation (Profil generate bounded Triangle object
- with specific rotation translation...)
- Duplicate shape function with orbital option and full
- other parameter.
- Shape Mirror fonction
- Dynamics Zoom(+/-) of the scene
- Shape automatic alignement function
- 2D X-Y Y-Z Z-Y X-Y-Z visualisation and work
- 3D Isometric visualisation and work
- Other ......
- And a lot of new features in a future version.
- I work the night for that
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- PV3D generate TXT and POV (version 1.0) files
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- PV3D feature a GUI interface and requires:
- -a VGA Graphics Card (640x480 16 and 320x200 256)
- -a Microsoft-compatible mouse
- -286/386/486 supported (XX87 version only in license version)
- The best result it is with one 486 DX 33Mhz and one good VGA board.
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- PV3D was written in MS C6.00, All source code, include object-shedule is
- self-written.
- PV3D2POV it is based in a TXT2DKB source of Steve Anger (TXT to DKB)
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- PV3D BETA 0.20 it is a shareware software. we encourage you to freely copy
- and distribute this demonstration version.
- If you want receive the licensed version see the "Shareware condition
- of PV3D" Chapter.
- Sory but Beta version 0.20 of PV3D it is a very early version, so it might
- not bug-free. I work for bug-free and new feature : CSG, ANIMATE ....
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- Generated files
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- TXT File
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- The TXT file consists of 12 numbers per line with each line representing
- the coordinates and colour of one triangle. The numbers are arranged as
- follows:
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- Ax Ay Az Bx By Bz Cx Cy Cz [R G B]
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- where Ax, Ay, etc are the x,y,z coordinates of the three verticies A, B,
- and C. R, G, and B represent the Red, Green, and Blue components of the
- triangle colour and range from 0.0 to 1.0. If colour no components are
- given they are assumed to all be 1.0.
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- It possible to use this file directly with the TXT2DKB software of Steve
- Anger (TXT to DKB)
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- POV File
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- POV it is scene description file used by the raytracers POV.
- POV-Ray: PERSISTENCE OF VISION raytracer it is the power full
- raytracer of the public domain.
- If you want a copy of there freeware contact the POV-Team on the
- Compuserve Online Service in the GRAPHICS forums, COMART forum
- message section 16 (!GO COMART). Or every serious BBS.
- The CIS COMART forum is devoted to computer generated artwork like
- raytracing, animation and fractals.
- For more information on Compuserve call (USA) 1-800-848-8990.
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- Inquiries may be made to:
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- Drew Wells
- POV-Team Leader
- CIS: 73767,1244 (preffered)
- AOL: Drew Wells
- Internet: 73767.1244@compuserve.com
- Prodigy: SXNX74A (not used often)
- US Mail:
- 905 North Avenue 66
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 90042
- Phone: (213) 254-4041
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- POV-Ray is based on the popular DKBTrace version 2.12 with the
- permission of the authors.
- DKBTrace was originally written by David K. Buck.
- DKBTrace Ver 2.0-2.12 were written by David K. Buck & Aaron A. Collins.
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- PV3D generate only a POV-RAY version 1.0 data file.
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- PTX file
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- The [PV3D2POV] icone option generate 2 files : a POV file for the POV
- primitive shape and a PTX file for the triangle shape (Spline).
- The tools PV3D2POV optimize the triangle PTX shape file and generate a
- POV file with smoothed or not triangle. (PV3D2POV append the POV and PTX
- file).
- The syntax of PV3D2POV it is:
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- PV3D2POV filename -sxxx
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- filename : it is the name of the filename.POV and filename.PTX file
- xxx : it is the value for the smoothed triangle.
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- If the first character of the shape name it is $ PV3D2POV dont smooth
- the triangle of the shape. With this option it is possible to make smoothed
- and not smoothed triangle in a same scene.
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- PV3D Installation
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- PV3D Beta 0.20 was a package of 3 archived files :
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- PV3DB020.ZIP program file Version BETA 0.20
- PV3D-IMG.ZIP 80x50 IMG textures files
- PV3D-SCN.ZIP Examples files
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- To install PV3D BETA 0.20 :
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- Create one PV3D directory and put on the unarchived file of PV3DB020
- and PV3D-SCN.
- Create one PV3D\IMG directory and put on the unarchived file PV3D-IMG.
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- Root-\PV3D <-(PV3DB020 and PV3D-SCN)
- \PV3D\IMG <-(PV3D-IMG)
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- Please do not upload any modifications to the ZIP file itself. If
- you find any bugs, or have any suggestions for enhancements,
- please contact me for inclusion in future updates. You can reach
- me by mail at the address listed below.
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- To run PV3D BETA 0.20 type :
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- PV3D (enter)
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- To activate some function in the work scene push the left or right
- mouse button on the desired icone.
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- To activate the line-help function push the 'Help' icone with the
- left mouse button.
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- Load examples file.
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- Quick documentation
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- ==========================================================================
- =Sorry for my english but I am a French body. At this time I writting one=
- = more complet documentation logiquely avalaible in a futur release. =
- ==========================================================================
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- Push the 'help' button with left mouse button to enable the online help.
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- Some button have two functions : use the left or right mouse button to select
- one of this.
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- In a graphic area :
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- Press the right mouse button on the shape to select this.
- Press the left mouse button on the box arround the selected shape to move
- this.
- Press the right mouse button to validate
- Press the left mouse button in the left box corner to scale the shape.
- Press the right mouse button to validate
- Press the left mouse button in a free area to display the quick shape
- information.
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- In a text button area :
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- 'Draw' icone : redraw the scene in a screen
- The flag button at the left of the 'Draw' it is for
- stop the automatic redraw of the scene.
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- 'Zoom' icone : Zoom a part of the screen
- Press the left mouse button in the left corner of the
- selected box area, move the mouse and press the right
- mouse button to zoom the area.
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- 'S' icone : To change the scale of the scene and center the scene
- This option it is used to Zoom in and center the scene.
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- '2D XY' icone : To work in 2D mode with the X and Y axis.
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- '2D ZX' icone : To work in 2D mode with the Z and X axis.
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- '2D ZY' icone : To work in 2D mode with the Z and Y axis.
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- '2D XYZ' icone : To work with the 3 views in a same time
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- '3D iso' icone : Left mouse button to display the scene in isometric
- representation.
- Right mouse button to select the radius.
- Some dynamic function was available in this mode, play with
- icones to see that. The selected shape was not box arround
- the shape at this time. Use R-M-S icone to move, scale and
- rotate the shape. '+''-' icone to select the active shape.
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- 'Objet' icone : Left mouse button display or hidden the select box around
- the selected shape.
- Right mouse button display the information of the selected
- shape and permit to change the name of the shape.
- If the first character of the triangle shape it is $ and
- you use the PV3D2POV option the shape are not smoothed.
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- '+''-' icone : it is to change the selected shape
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- 'Del' icone : Delete the selected shape
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- 'mov' icone : When you press this icone the dynamic moving of the selected
- shape as enabled. If you press the left mouse button in a free
- graphic area automatiquely the shape pass in move mode.
- This function it is to move a little shape.
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- 'mirror' icone : It is to duplicate the shape with the X Y or Z axis
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- 'duplicate' icone : Duplication of the selected shape with Scale Move and
- Rotation parameters.
- When you select this option a new menu it is displayed,
- press the coordonate icone to put your parameter.
- Orbital yes : to generate a rotation arround the X Y Z 0
- axis
- Orbital no : to rotate the shape
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- 'R-M-S' icone : Rotate Move Scale
- When you select this icone the R-M-S menu it displayed in the
- left corner of the screen. One box it displayed arround the
- selected shape. Tree area it is available, press the x- x+
- y- y+ z- z+ button to Rotate Move or Scale the shape.
- a+ a- scale the shape in the 3 axis .
- The green icone define the step of Rotation Moving or Scaling.
- In the Rotate area if you press the right mouse button in a
- x+ x y+ y- z+ z- icone it is possible to input directly the
- rotation value.
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- Warning:
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- When PV3D generate One POV file if you have a shape rotation
- PV3D generate 1 rotation command by axis.
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- rotate < 0 10 0 >
- rotate < 0 0 10 >
- rotate < 10 0 0 >
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- Some time POV 1.0 not supporte this, in this case change
- directly in the POV file the order of the rotaton.
- >| when you load PV3D the standard scale of the display it is
- >| 50 and the scaling incrementation value it is to big.
- >| Select a new value for this scale or pass in scale 1 with
- >| the 'S' icone;
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- 'spline' icone :
- A spline shape it is created by orbital rotation with the
- Y axis. The result it is a Triangular shape definition. With
- PV3D it is possible to put some parameter to make a complex
- rotation with scaling moving and rotatif effect. Spiral
- shape it is very easy to create with PV3D.
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- With the Left mouse button: (free profil)
- Left button mouse start the drawing of the shape_profil and
- push a new dot for create the profil.
- Right button mouse stop the profil creation and start the
- spline menu.
- With the Right mouse button: (file profil)
- Load in first a PRO file (profile) and move, scale, rotate
- this with the standard function of PV3D. When you select
- the spline icone with one PRO shape selected you make a
- spline shape with this.
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- WARNING:
- When you generate a spline shape PV3D center this in the
- scene (<0 0 0 >) for a more easy calculation.
- Move, Scale, Rotate directly the shape generated with
- the mouse to the correct possition.
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- 'colored' x 16 icone : Left mouse button change the color of the selected
- shape in a screen
- Right mouse button change the color of the background
- The color of the shape in the screen it just for a good
- presentation of the shape in a screen. If you want assign
- a 24 bit color for the POV file use the 'color' icone
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- 'color' icone : Left mouse button to a quick selection of the 24 bit
- standard colors of POV.
- Right mouse button to see and select the POV standard
- colors.
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- 'texture' icone : Left mouse button to a quick selection of the POV standard
- texture.
- Right mouse button to see and select the POV standard
- texture (put the img file in a PV3D\IMG directory for this
- function).
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- 'Full scn'icone : Display the scene without icone.
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- 'Grid' icone : Display a grid in a scene area.
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- 'New scn' icone : delete all shape in memory and prepare PV3D for a new scene.
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- 'Save' icone : Generate a PVD and PVT scene description files for PV3D.
- 'Load' icone : Load a PVD and PVT PV3D description scene.
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- 'Save TXT'icone : Generate a TXT file of the scene.
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- 'Gen POV' icone : Generate a POV V1.0 file directly used by the PVRAY render
- software.
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- 'PV3D2POV'icone : Generate two file :
- a POV file for the POV primitive shape and a PTX file
- for the triangle shape (Spline).
- The tools PV3D2POV optimize the triangle PTX shape
- file and generate a POV file with smoothed or not
- triangle. (PV3D2POV append the POV and PTX file).
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- In a graphic button area:
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- >The magenta icone with graphic, load in a scene a primitive shape in a center
- of the scene (<0 0 0>). Move, Scale, Rotate directly the shape loaded with
- the mouse to the correct position.
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- All of this primitive shape are displayed with triangle in a screen but when
- you generate a POV file, PV3D put a POV primitive shape in the scene
- description file.
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- Warning:
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- For the Torus shape PV3D use only the X axis to calculate the High radius of
- the torus and the Y axis to calculate the low radius. The Z axis was not used
- with this version of PV3D.
- For the plane one flat cube it is displayed but in reality the plane are no
- limit. If you scale the plane you scale the texture of the plane.
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- >Blue and Red icone
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- It is to generate one BLOB structure.
- The Blob + and Blob - generate a BLOB structure. Only the first BLOB loaded
- it is used by PV3D to define thr colors or texture of the structure.
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- >The brown icone it is to load PRO file and TXT file.
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- PRO file it is used with the spline function.
- select the PRO icone and load a PRO file. Move , scale,
- rotate the shape with the standard option of PV3D. When you
- have correctly positionned you profil press the Spline icone
- with th right mouse button. Put the desired parameter in a
- spline menu and enjoy to see you creation.
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- >The cyan icone was to center the shape.
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- In first select a reference shape and press the '[S]' icone.
- Select the shape to justifie with the referenced shape and use the center
- icone the axis icone or the rotation icone.
- When you select the rotation icone or the axis icone one menu it is displayed
- in a screen. Select the axis (X (or/and) Y (or/and) Z) to work.
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- >The gray icone was to put a Light, Camera and Look_at in the scene.
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- It is possible to put every light (POV limit) but just one Camera and
- one Look_at. For move the light, camera and look_at use the 'mov' icone.
- Use the 'color' icone to select the color of the light.
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- >The brown icone 'Other' it is to load a TXT file.
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- Ax Ay Az Bx By Bz Cx Cy Cz [R G B]
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- Warning:
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- PV3D not load the [R G B] information of the TXT file in this version.
- PV3D save the 24 bit [R G B] information selected for the shape in a TXT file.
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- Play with the icone to see all functionality of this software and happy time
- with this. Only the 'Save' Icone was not valid with the demonstration version.
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- Beta version 0.20 of PV3D
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- Shareware condition of PV3D
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- PV3D it is a shareware software. we encourage you to freely copy and
- distribute this demonstration version. No part of this package may be
- included as part of a commercial package without My explicit written
- permission .
-
- Sory but Beta version of PV3D it is a very early version, so it might not
- bug-free. I work for bug-free and new feature : CSG, ANIMATE ....
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- This is a demontration version of PV3D. It's fully functional except it can
- not save scene file.
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- If you want receive :
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- - PV3D last version with Full save/load option
- - XX87 Coprocesseur version
- - Other "surprise"
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- send to me
- for France 250FF Check or money
- for US and other $55 no check or credit card just money or traveller.
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- Lecointe Ludovic
- 16 rue du Bouvreuil
- 77240 Cesson la ForĂȘt
- France
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- Legal Stuff
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- This software is provided as is without any guarantees or warranty.
- Although the authors have attempted to find and correct any bugs in
- the package, they are not responsible for any damage or losses of any
- kind caused by the use or misuse of the package. The authors are
- under no obligation to provide service, corrections, or upgrades
- to this package.
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- No part of this package may be included as part of a commercial package
- without My explicit written permission .
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