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

[Eric Smollin]

Jeff wrote:


>a bit of a tangent. 

>I have a client that wants to do virtual walkthroughs or at least models 

>of as yet unbuilt homes. 


>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? 



There is a program called Lightscape http://www.lightscape.com/ that might

be able to help you with the texturing and layout. As far as vectors and

small file sizes go, well, I believe you are out of luck. You might be able

to export as a bitmap sequence and import that into Flash but in all

likelihood you would still end up with a huge file size. 


Good luck


-Eric-



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