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From: John Colosi <jcolosi@internic.net>
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Subject: Re: Anyone know a good cheap or free modeler?
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:53:40 -0400
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Craig Graham wrote:

> John Colosi wrote:
>
> > Can anyone offer info on tools to produce .dxf files.  Many of us have been
> > working in 2D alone.  Can you help, or offer some price guidelines (how much would
> > you pay for a good tool to produce these files?)
>
> "Blender" for Linux is very comprehensive but not exactly easy to to use - it's some
> gamecompany's (neo-geo?) in-house design tool that they released as freeware. As such
> it's very
> targeted at games with fine control of faces and textures and the ability to do walk
> through's
> of a scene easily.
>
> > -jc
>
> Craig.

    I am replying to my own message.  I found a tool called sPatch which is freeware.
It allows you to create objects using splines.  You can export these objects as dxf
files (bingo).  I gave it a few minutes and it began to make sense.  I found it at
http://home.earthlink.net/~mclifton/spatch.html  Give it a try.

-John