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From: Andrew Diller <light@rasputin.umd.edu>
Subject: Max DXF to LightWave
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I managed to finally convert some mac DXF format files into something
that lightwave could load.
First, these DXF files were created by fromZ & Trees on a power Mac.
Mac Side:
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* What I had to do, was first use BBedit Lite to save the 'text' files as
DOS type line endings. BBedit allows you to save a text file with Mac/Dos
and unix linefeed/carrige returns.
I also had cut out the first few lines of the DXF file- the TREES program
put in some junk about what created it.
By using Pixel Pro to take a lightwave object and save IT as a DXF, I
could see what information was necessary, and what was extra.
Then finally save this file (with the DOS lineendings) to a pc formatted
disk in my macintosh.
On the amiga side:
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* PixelPro XL. It loaded the files right in and saved them as lightwave
objects.
* Lightwave would not read the DXF file- it had no trouble, however, with
the pixel pro converted object.
Well, I had it in lightwave, and even though it seems to have converted
all the surfaces, the tree only renders a dull grey- no matter what I
change the surface colors to!!
I am still paying with this.