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- I2LW version 1.0
- Copyright (C) 1994 Peter Verswyvelen
- Developed by Devinart
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
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- Introduction
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-
- I2LW is a simple 3D object converter. It takes as input an Imagine
- group of TDDD objects and outputs a LightWave object.
-
- Each TDDD object in the group is converted to a LW surface of
- polygons. The surface gets the same name as the TDDD object, with
- an optional prefix added.
-
- During the conversion, I2LW performs 2 important optimizations :
-
- (1) All triangles (called 'faces') are re-oriented so that their
- 'normal vectors' will point 'outside' the object.
-
- ADVANTAGE: Each polygon in Lightwave has only one visible side.
- When the TDDD faces, which will merge into LW polygons, are not
- re-oriented you will have 'gaps' in your LW rendering. You can
- solve this by enabling the 'Double Sided' LW feature, but this slows
- down the rendering process. So nomore gaps and more speed !
-
- (2) Each pair of coplanar faces is merged into a quadrangle, a
- polygon with 4 points (and 4 edges :-)
-
- ADVANTAGE: 'nicer' objects, less memory consumption and faster
- rendering.
-
-
- NOTE: THE DEMO VERSION OF I2LW HAS A LIMIT OF 500 POINTS AND CAN
- CONVERT A SINGLE TDDD OBJECT ONLY.
-
-
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- Requirements
- ---------------
-
- MS-DOS:
- 80386 or higher
- math coprocessor
-
- AmigaDOS:
- AmigaDOS 2.0 or higher
- 68020 or better
- math coprocessor
-
-
-
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- Usage
- --------
-
- I2LW is run from the command line prompt only. The first argument
- is the (input) filename of the Imagine TDDD object, the second
- argument the (output) filename of the LightWave object, and the
- third (optional) argument is a string which will be the prefix of
- each surface name.
-
- MS-DOS Example:
-
- I2LW C:\IMAGINE\COW.OBJ A:\CONVERT.LW COW_
-
- will read the TDDD group 'COW.OBJ', display a lot of info on the
- screen, and write a LightWave object 'CONVERT.LW'. The first object
- in 'COW.OBJ', which we assume has the name 'BODY', will be converted
- into a Lightwave surface named 'COW_BODY'. This conversion
- continues until all objects in the group are done.
-
-
-
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- Orders & Registration
- -----------------------
-
- To obtain a full featured version, fill in this registration form.
- Send it to the address found at the end of this document.
-
- The price of I2LW is BEF1000 or US$30, excluding VAT. This will
- include both a PC and AmigaDOS version.
-
- You can pay using VISA, MasterCard, or EuroCheque (specify currency BEF,
- value 1000, cross it and address it to 'Peter Verswyvelen' in 'Schilde')
-
-
- I2LW ORDER & REGISTRATION FORM
-
- NAME: _______________________________________________________
-
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- _______________________________________________________
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- VAT NUMBER: _______________________________________________________
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- Warranty, License, etc.
- --------------------------
-
- THE PROGRAM I2LW IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY
- OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR (Peter
- Verswyvelen) CAN NOT BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF
- INFORMATION OF ANY KIND DUE TO THE USAGE OF 'I2LW'. USE THE PROGRAM
- AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE CAN NOT BE INCLUDED IN ANY COMMERCIAL PACKAGE WITHOUT
- THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
-
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- Address
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-
- Send orders, comments, bug reports, suggestions, etc... to
-
- Verswyvelen BVBA
- Kouwenbergdreef 27
- B-2970 Schilde
- Belgium / Europe
- Fax: +32 (0)3 384 37 19
- CompuServe: 100045,344
- E-MAIL: 100045.344@compuserve.com
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