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From: "Steve Dunn" <steve@backroom.tm>
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Subject: Re: DXF RSDV RSDTOOL 3DSMAX
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:00:12 +0100
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Hello Cwaig
>For those with access to Interchange,
exporting as 3DS then using
>Interchange to generate a DXF will get
more reliable results.
>
Interchange ? ... 'Whats that when it's
at home?'  (remember that?)

Sounds good.  I've eventually sussed how
to draw a model in 3DS and convert it so
it shows in the proper size on the PSX
without having to scale it by 12,000% !
For those interested, zoom out with the
cursor just to left of centre till the
coordinates read about 500.  An
'average' size model is about 1000
units.

Steve

>Karsten Wutzke wrote:
>
>> I've just created a first 3D model
for use in a game...
>> I created a car with 3D Studio MAX
and exported it
>> to DXF which was then converted to
RSD. When I
>> loaded the RSD into RSDTOOL all
polygons (triangles)
>> pointed into the opposite direction
in which they were
>> supposed to. It looked awful when I
used that model with
>
>> RSDV, but I blamed my model for its
bad looks.
>
>Use:
>    dxf2rsd -v -s -Y-Z my_model.dxf
>
>> When I reentered MAX and flipped ALL
face normals
>> of my model, exported to DXF and RSD,
and loaded it
>> into RSDTOOL it looked correct.
However, RSDV
>> didn't like it and still displayed it
incorrectly. Why?
>>
>> Which program shall I believe in
then? RSDTOOL (which
>> displays it correctly) or RSDV (which
displays it incorrectly)?
>>
>> Why do I have to create a "wrong" 3D
model (a model in
>> which the polys originally point in
the wrong direction) to make it look
>>
>> correct in RSDTOOL?
>> Or: Is the 3DSMAX - DXF Exporter
crap?
>> Or: Did I do anything wrong here?
>
>The DXF exporter in 3DSMAX is crap (as
well), it munges up with
>some models and the exported DXF will
fail to convert with DXF2RSD.
>For those with access to Interchange,
exporting as 3DS then using
>Interchange to generate a DXF will get
more reliable results.
>
>> For my part, I won't be doing any
(real) programming before I
>> can't be sure that the models I
create are somewhat bulletproof
>> in sense of correct data...
>
>See above.
>
>> Karsten
>
>  Craig.
>
>