Re: FLASH: TANGENT: blueprints to VR walkthroughs? {MAC}

[Michael Penne]

FormZ(Mac/PC) is one of the best for

mech/architextural work (and yes, imports dxf + most

other CAD files). Check out Ridner's 'FormZ Modeling

for Digital Visual Effects and Animation' at Amazon

for a comphrehensive overview of this program. As far

as the small file size, FZ does export to .ai, but you

lose alot of info (re-texturing/coloring/and shading

in Flash is most bandwidth efficient, anyway.) Keep in

mind that learning a decent 3d program makes learning

Flash feel like a cakewalk,  (although many things

like keyframes, instances, and scripting will be

familiar). 


As far as full screen photorealism, it ain't here yet,

and accepting the limitations of QTVR (small windows

and large files), Flash3d (via illustrate or traced

bitmaps-> simple cartoon style files), or various

streaming   *MLs (polygonal artifacts and pixelated

textures) are pretty much a given for 3d on the web at

present....if you want it to look 'real' my opinion is

that QT (compressed with MCP and Sorenson

Pro->terran-int.com) and QTVR  offer the best

available quality for the largest audience. 


--- Jefferis <

Jefferispathway [dot] net

> 

> 

> Are there any programs that will take the blueprint

> information from CAD 

> programs, {I assume as DXF files? }  and allow you

> to render mockups and 

> add surface textures, etc...

> and perhaps [ hope against hope] let them remain

> small files like vectors 

> for import into Flash or QT for web viewing? 

> 

> Thanks

> Jeff

> 

> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.

> Web Design and Marketing

> 410 Woodland Ave.

> Grove City, PA 16127-1824

> http://www.PetersonSales.net

>

jeffpetersonsales [dot] net

> Tel & Fax. 724-458-7169

> 

> ICQ 19112253



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