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I thought a null was a particular type of object (an object with no
geometry), used as a placeholder for various things.
In the case of a .max, it is a scene file not an object file, but unlike a
tS scene file that contains all the objects, the .max file says something
along the lines of 'this object loaded from here gets positioned here,
scaled like this' and ' a light goes here' but doesn't actually include the
elements themselves. So if you load it into anything else, you get a set of
point objects, which are the locators where other things would be loaded.
This makes .max pretty much unusable except for with Max.
I could be wrong, someone will correct me if I am :)
HTH!
Tom
Thomas Moffat Grimes
Marketing Communications
Caligari Corporation
mailto:thomas@(protected) <mailto:thomas@(protected)>
http://www.caligari.com <http://www.caligari.com/>
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From: RorrKonn [mailto:rorrkonn@(protected)]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:12 AM
To: truespace@(protected)
Subject: Re: [TSML] New 3D format in the works...
oh, you mean it's something like a C4D Null ?
RorrKonn
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From: Thomas Moffat <mailto:thomas@(protected)> Grimes
To: truespace@(protected) <mailto:truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] New 3D format in the works...
Max files don't move well between apps, they are (as I understand it) not
complete files with geometry and lighting contained in them, but rather
specify that 'this object goes here, this goes there' without storing the
object details. This means that a .max file pretty much doesn't convert or
load into anything else, and not into tS, nor into the converter that I use.
The route is to save it from Max in a different format, then import. Someone
with more detailed knowledge might be able to add more than this :)
HTH!
Tom
Thomas Moffat Grimes
Marketing Communications
Caligari Corporation
mailto:thomas@(protected) <mailto:thomas@(protected)>
http://www.caligari.com <http://www.caligari.com/>
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From: RorrKonn [mailto:rorrkonn@(protected)]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 11:39 PM
To: truespace@(protected)
Subject: Re: [TSML] New 3D format in the works...
Well I would be happy to know how to get a .max file in to TS.
any body know ?
RorrKonn
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<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought a null was
a particular type of object (an object with no geometry), used as a placeholder
for various things.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the case of a
.max, it is a scene file not an object file, but unlike a tS scene file that
contains all the objects, the .max file says something along the lines of 'this
object loaded from here gets positioned here, scaled like this' and ' a light
goes here' but doesn't actually include the elements themselves. So if you load
it into anything else, you get a set of point objects, which are the locators
where other things would be loaded. This makes .max pretty much unusable
except for with Max.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I could be wrong,
someone will correct me if I am :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>HTH!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=846361606-22042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>
Tom</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Thomas Moffat Grimes<BR>Marketing Communications<BR>Caligari
Corporation<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:thomas@(protected)">mailto:thomas@(protected)</A><BR><A
href="http://www.caligari.com/">http://www.caligari.com</A> </FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-- --Original Message-- --<BR><B>From:</B> RorrKonn
[mailto:rorrkonn@(protected)] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:12
AM<BR><B>To:</B> truespace@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [TSML] New 3D
format in the works...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>oh, you mean it's something like a C4D Null ?</DIV>
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<DIV>RorrKonn<BR><A
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<A title=thomas@(protected) href="mailto:thomas@(protected)">Thomas Moffat
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:29
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [TSML] New 3D format in
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<DIV><SPAN class=875402405-22042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Max files don't
move well between apps, they are (as I understand it) not complete files
with geometry and lighting contained in them, but rather specify that 'this
object goes here, this goes there' without storing the object details. This
means that a .max file pretty much doesn't convert or load into anything
else, and not into tS, nor into the converter that I use. The route is to
save it from Max in a different format, then import. Someone with more
detailed knowledge might be able to add more than this
:)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=875402405-22042004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=875402405-22042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>HTH!<BR>
Tom</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Thomas Moffat Grimes<BR>Marketing Communications<BR>Caligari
Corporation<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:thomas@(protected)">mailto:thomas@(protected)</A><BR><A
href="http://www.caligari.com/">http://www.caligari.com</A> </FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-- --Original Message-- --<BR><B>From:</B> RorrKonn
[mailto:rorrkonn@(protected)] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 21, 2004
11:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B> truespace@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[TSML] New 3D format in the works...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Well I would be happy to know how to get a .max file in to TS.</DIV>
<DIV>any body know ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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