Re: ACAD to C3 2003-12-09 - By kentcshum
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Elena,
Thanks for the info and the time to type it.
I don't know if its me or something, but whenever I tried 3DSOUT, the
resulting file would always end up not loadable in many apps, I tried
this in Lightwave 7, Truespace 6, not to mention Carrara 3. I did
also change the setting options from .2 to 10 before saving to 3DS,
but I just couldn't make the file to load in the aforementioned
apps. That's why I ended up being stuck with DXFOUT!!
Can you explain to me in more details when you said "you need to do
this twice..." please? Sorry that I am still pretty new to Carrara,
and that I may be missing something there.
And thanks for letting me know the memory leak issue, I would have
run into chaos if my work gets corrupted when under some serious
deadline!
But at this point, I am still only "experimenting" with Carrara 3, I
can't use it until I can grasp 75% of the program's functionality
before I can really rely on it to do my work. So far, I am liking
it, I can pretty much model with inches and feet with no problem, but
I do wish that the grid box on the main window can be set permanently
by default, I usually reset it to display 100ft whenever I start a
new project. But I dislike that fact that after I scale up the
camera for faster moving around, it automatically goes back to the
default scale, so moving in or away from objects are sometimes
tedious with numerous times of dragging the mouse.
Anyway, I will try experimenting with 3DSOUT again, but I don't
understand why Carrara still has problem with importing DXF files
even if they are just a few lines.
Thanks again for the time and help !!
Kent
--- In Carrara@(protected), "debadger" <debadger@(protected)> wrote:
> Try 3DSOUT with the quality of your render changed from the default
(I think
> it's .2 or something) to the best setting, 10 in Settings>Options.
It is
> dependant on the quality of your render setting, which is set in
Options. Be
> aware one of the axes is different, I think it's Y, so the whole
model will
> be rotated from what you expect.
>
> You will then need to open the model in a new Carrara file. Open
each piece
> in the Vertex Modeler (you need to do this twice, at first it won't
see any
> editable objects) and you will probably have to meddle with the
Crease and
> Smooth in some areas because it sometimes mucks these up.
>
> Save early and often, I usually make a Duplicate of each part with
its own
> name, Hide the original and fiddle with the Duplicate in the VM
modeler -
> once I'm happy with it I delete the original.
>
> It takes some getting used to, and often after you've cleaned up
the edges
> of an object a render doesn't look any better. Save, exit the
program,
> restart - the object will be fine. If, at any time, Carrara slows
down
> immediately save and exit the program - there's a memory leak and
if you
> persist it can crash and destroy the file. If it does fail and ask
to save
> the file before exiting, do not let it - the file will always be
corrupted.
>
> I've used AutoCad for years to export complicated models to
Carrara, it
> works well but it is a slow process. This latest version is MUCH
easier to
> work with.
>
> Elena
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: kentcshum [mailto:kentcshum@(protected)]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:53 PM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: [Carrara] ACAD to C3
>
>
> Hi all experts,
> I am wondering if this has been discussed in the past, but if it
> does, then I apologize for reopening the issue.
>
> I am trying to bring in an ACAD 2D DWG drawing into Carrara 3, say
an
> architectural plan, and I have found that I cannot directly import
> one into Carrara 3 sucessfully without the help of another
> application. I use Lightwave as well, the only way that I have
found
> so far to work around this is, briefly, to export the DWG from ACAD
> into DXF, and open the DXF in Lightwave, scale the DXF in lightwave
> precisely to the correct scale, and then export it into an OBJ
> object. Load the Obj model into Carrara 3, and there, the model
> loads correctly.
> However, is there a correct procedure to precisely import a 2D DWG
or
> DXF into Carrara without the help of another app?
>
> Again, my apologies if this is a closed issue or has been discussed
> before.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Kent
>
>
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