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- From: folta@cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: * Review: Infini-D 2.0
- Message-ID: <59771@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 03:13:46 GMT
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- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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- "Finally, the original poster stated in his review that Infini-D 2.0 is not a
- "spline-based modeler. While this is true in the strictest sense (shapes are
- "not represented internally as splines by Infini-D), version 2.0 can use splines
- "(bezier curves, in particular) to create 3D models, either by importing them
- "as Illustrator or FreeHand format EPS, or by subscribing to them directly from
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- I just got my ID 2.0 upgrade tonight, and immediately saw this possibility.
- Could you share what ID does internally with the splines that come in? (I.e.,
- it must break the path up into segments, but how fine?)
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- At first glance, ID does almost everything my wishlist included!
- Congratulations! Your integration of System 7 features is particularly nice.
- I also like the fact that you don't have to go to raytracing for shadows, so
- you can use shadows and environment maps (even animated) as a real alternative
- to raytracing. The manual is also very nice (I think the surface map
- illustrations using the readily-available world PICT is a nice touch, for
- example). Using Illustrator to fine-tune manipulate lathes/extrusions will be
- super-nice, too! (I agree that, with System 7, this is a superior alternative
- to improving your own workshop. Would be nice to internally support Beziers,
- though--I think.)
-
- (While I have you on the line, the three things I would yet like to see are:
- RIB output, Constructive Solid Geometry, and scripting. The latter mainly to
- turn data into simultaion/animation.)
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- Wayne Folta (folta@cs.umd.edu 128.8.128.8)
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