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From: Paul_-_Griswold@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Modeling Cowboy Boots
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 18:10:17 PDT
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>A much easier method to model cowboy boots than a series of 2D slices and
>SKIN as described below, is to use the program Free Form. For under $60 you
>can model totally in splines and create just this kind of object where it
>starts off in a particular shape and then ends up in a totally different
>shape. It is great!
>
>BTW, I'm not associated with Furi (the programmer), I'm just a fan.
How well does this program work now? I downloaded a demo a while ago and
found that it crashed a lot on my system. I liked the idea, and it had a
really nice interface. However, it seemed to have a LOT of bugs in it.
If he has it pretty stable, I'd love to see a new demo version.