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From: Ed Federmeyer <fedeedw@charlie.cns.iit.edu>
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Subject: Re: Problem with DXF files
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 11:04:40 -0500
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Dwight Joslin wrote:
> 
> I'm using 3D Studio to create objects and I save it as a DXF file. Then I
> convert it using DXF2RSD. When I finally get the image on the Playstation
> screen, theres no color. I thought it might be my code but it there is
> still no color when I use RSDV.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

I'm struggling with this one also.  I found that I can set the color of
the whole object with "-col r_value g_value b_value" of dxf2rsd.exe, but
I don't see where/how the textures I assign in 3D studio get mapped in
the .RSD files.  For example, if I want each face of a cube to be a
different color, where does that happen?  I kind of exected dxf2rsd.exe
to also create .TIM files to store any textures I used, but none are
created!

Also, I'm having trouble with boolean objects.  It works fine when I use
two objects.  ObC = (ObA UNION ObB), but then if I use that boolean
object to add another:
ObE = ObC UNION ObD
(ObA, ObB, ObD are the base objects like "box", "cylinder", etc, and
ObC and ObE are boolean objects).
I load this into rsdv.bat, and it looks totally whacked out!  Triangles
everywhere!  I can sort of make out the intended shape, but it's kind of
like the transporter accident on "Star Trek the Motion Picture" :-)

Is this a bug with 3D Studio, dxf2rsd.exe, rsdv, or ME?  :-)

I can upload and example model if it would help.

Ed Federmeyer