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Since I noticed that my previous message had typos in the title I am
posting this to correct those and add some additional information.
CPF should have been CFP (Call for Papers) and visualization was
spelled wrong.

VENDOR SHOW:
There are still Vendor booths available for vendors of hardware and/or
software related to graphics & visualization.  This would be an
opportunity to reach a research community that uses these tools in a
variety of ways.

DEADLINE:
January 12, 1996.

Check out the CFP for a listing of possible application areas.  If you
missed the message, visit  the GViz WWW home page:

http://www.owt.com/gviz/index.html

or you may e-mail me directly with questions (please don't reply to
the newsgroup, as I will probably not see the reply).

[e-mail]




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From: "Bard C. Papegaaij" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Connecting Amiga to PC
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:00:18 +0100
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[e-mail] wrote:
>
> >  Try TWIN EXPRESS/ I use it and it works well, but slow (16KB/sec) It has
> >  both Amiga and DOS files and docs to make the cable.
>
>         It works, but only under W3.11, no?  Not under NT for sure, W95 I don't
> know.

It sure does work under W95 (in your regular DOS-box), but for some strange reason I have to
start it twice. The first time I get the message "non-standard serial port" or some such
nonsense. I then exit TWIN on the PC, and execute it again, and - hey presto - everything works
fine.

Bard

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From: [e-mail] (J Lewis)
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Subject: GViz '96 - Final CPF - The Graphics & Visualiziton Conference
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 06:20:30 GMT
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                     - CALL FOR PAPERS -
   GViz '96 -- The Graphics and Visualization Conference
        Richland, Washington  -  April 18, 1996

The Executive Committee of the Tri-Cities ACM SIGGRAPH unit
is calling for papers to be presented at the Graphics and
Visualization (GViz) '96 Conference. The conference will
support information exchange by hosting both a Vendor Show
and Technical Papers Presentation Session. We seek papers
addressing computer graphics and visualization techniques
applicable to the research interests of the Hanford area.


RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- information sciences
- environmental restoration
- multimedia
- molecular sciences
- health physics
- parallel rendering
- geosciences
- medical sciences
- VR applications

ABSTRACTS:
For papers to be considered, please submit the following
information by January 12, 1996:
- full name and affiliation as you wish it to appear
- address (physical or electronic) of all authors (specify primary
contact)
- title of paper
- abstract (100 word limit)
- audio/visual presentation requirements (we can accommodate
   basic A/V needs)

PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS TO:

Randy Heiland
GViz '96 Technical Papers
P.O. Box 999,  MS K1-87
Richland, WA 99352
[e-mail]

OR

Marie Vorce
GViz '96 Technical Papers
P.O. Box 999, MS K7-28
Richland, WA  99352
[e-mail]


PAPERS:
Authors of accepted papers will be notified by January 26, 1996.

The Technical Papers session schedule will be published by
February 9, 1996.

Accepted papers, ready for publication , will be required by
March 8, 1996.  Papers must be 12 pages maximum including
abstract, figures, and references.  Minimum formatting requirements
are:  2 columns, 1-inch margins, no page numberings, 12 point times
font.  Papers will be reproduced in a Conference Proceedings in
black and white, use no color material please.  Presenters will be
given thirty minutes for both presentation of papers and a question
and answer session.

GViz WWW home page:  http://www.owt.com/gviz/index.html



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From: [e-mail] (MICHAEL C. LING)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here?
Date: 3 Jan 1996 04:43:50 -0500
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On Jan 02, 1996 20:27:45 in article <Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users
here?>, '[e-mail] (Steve Koren)' wrote:


>
>[e-mail] (MICHAEL C. LING) wrote:
>
>> Is Vertex Modeler for the PC and is it freeware or shareware? If not,
how
>
>No, it is commercial, but not too expensive.  I got it just for the
>trees (which are very nice), way back about 3-4 years ago, and the other
>features came along as a bonus, more or less.  I don't think it has been
>ported to Windows yet, at least that I've heard of, but you might check
>around.

Is this the same Vertex on the Amiga that was shareware for a while? It
supported a lot of formats, but I was unaware it did trees. Can it export
the tree as well?

>> Are "RPL" files binary or text? I'm curious about how difficult the
>> programming language is.
>
>Text.  It isn't difficult to learn.  Supposedly it is simimlar to the
>language the HP48 calculator uses, although not having an HP48 I
>wouldn't know myself.

Thanks for the info!

>> Are there WWW or FTP sites for Real 3d? Is there a demo version of
Real3D
>> out there?
>
>Yes: either ftp.win.net or ns1.win.net.  Sometimes one or both seems not
>to work.  There is no demo that I know of, but that doesn't mean much.

Have you seen any RPL text files out there along with sample
objects/scenes?

--
M C L -

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here?
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[e-mail] (MICHAEL C. LING) wrote:

> Is this the same Vertex on the Amiga that was shareware for a while? It
> supported a lot of formats, but I was unaware it did trees. Can it export
> the tree as well?

Yep, it'll export the trees; I have successfully moved some to Lightwave
for rendering there.  Fair warning: trees can chew through many polygons
if you want a lot of detail (many tens of thousands is not unfathomable
for a single fairly detailed tree).  Leaves can take a lot also esp. if
your leaf geometry is more than something very simple.

I don't know about shareware; I didn't discover it until it was
commercial.

> Have you seen any RPL text files out there along with sample
> objects/scenes?

I confess I haven't looked very hard; I have only had the program for a
week so far.  But I did download one scene that included some RPL stuff.
I haven't tried it yet.  I think the R3DV3.3 also comes with a bunch of
RPL examples but I haven't really explored them yet either.

There's also a R3D mailing list, although I'm not on it so I don't know
what it is like.

Hope this helps,

   - steve

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From: [e-mail] (Steven Johansen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Help! Can't Open Lightwave NT!
Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:40:54 +1100
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[e-mail] ("Phil South") writes:

>> I've had it running before but for some reason I can't get LW to open
>> tonight! When I launch Modeler I receive "Startup Failure 212: Hardware
>> Key Not Found" and when I launch LW I get "Lightwave initialization
>> Failure".

>[stuff deleted]

>> Thanks,  Dave Ulfers

>This stuff really ought to be in the FAQ. Which reminds me where is the
>FAQ these days?

>---
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>Phil South <[e-mail]>   "nuqDaq yuch Dapol"
>        Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk
>-------------------------------------------------------------

    In the 5 months I have been lurking on this group there has
not been a FAQ.
    Surprising.

    Steven
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X

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Gleeson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations)
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 12:00:32 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Phillip Finch) wrote:
>In article <4cd5m6$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (C Mak) writes:
> 05:48:07 GMT
>
>>Thanks for those who replied by e-mail and here.  I've got another
>>problem...<sigh>
>
>>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the
>>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program
>>and back into Windows.  No warning at all and it's a clean  end to the
>>program.  I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and
>>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows.  A few
>>manipulations is all it takes.  After the sixth time, I gave up.
>
>>Any ideas?
>
>>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11.
>
>I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last, but Win32s is a rat
>hole.
>
Agreed

>Glom onto a copy of Win95 if you possibly can. It's a lot more solid
>than Win 3.1 in running 32-bit apps. And it's a whole bunch faster in
>rendering most LW scenes.

AGREED (but in CAPS)
>
>If at all possible, get yourself NT workstation, which is an even bigger step
>forward in stability--basically, LW doesn't crash, at all, in NT.

DISAGREE - you're not trying hard enough!

I have the occasional same problem as the original poster (Cmak?) but it
doesn't happen very often. Modeller will just dump me out under NT as well.
Only happens every couple of days though. (Usually Lightwaving 6 to 8 hours
per day).

However, IMHO, NT is much more stable and quicker than 95 .

>
>I'm not a fan of 95, but it makes much more sense than 3.1 if you're going to
>run LW.

Yep - toss 3.1


>Better start saving for RAM, too...

Best investment

>
>Phil Finch ([e-mail])
>
>***************************************************
>"Anyone who has begun to think
>places some part of the world in jeopardy."
>               --John Dewey
>***************************************************

"Anyone who has begun to think
should probably move out of advertising."
               --Kevin Gleeson

Kevin Gleeson
Hobart TAS OZ

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Gleeson)
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Subject: Re: logo ?
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In article <[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Mark Whitney) wrote:
>On 01-01-96, JOSEPH was going on about Re: logo ?
>
>JJ>From: [e-mail] (Joseph J Lawson)
>  >In article <4c7r9c$[e-mail]>,
>  >   [e-mail] (redfive) wrote:
>  >>I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters
>  >>that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid.
>  >>I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know
>  >>this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone
>  >>tell me why this happens
>  >Not necessarily a stupid mistake...  I've noticed this with ALL my
>  >True Type fonts on the PC version of LW.  What I do is using modeler,
>  >I select all the polygons that are the open areas and cut them out,
>  >past them into another layer, then extrude them.  I then move them
>  >horizontally and use the boolean cut method to create a hole in the
>  >actual font layer.  It's laborious, but it works.  If anyone else has
>  >a thought or suggestion on how to avoid having to do this, I'm all
>  >ears.  Is it a LW bug or something we're not setting right?
>  >
>
>
>Ah, so it's NOT just me then.  I assumed the problem was due to the
>fonts I was experimenting with.
>
>Ya, if someone has more info on this I'd certainly appreciate hearing
>about it.
>
>M.
>
>---
> * CMPQwk 1.42 #6.3 I'm not old, I'm chronologically challenged.

I'm afraid it's LW - it is covered in the FAQ's wherever they are now.
Use Postscript Type 1 fonts and you won't have this problem. I presume it will
be a bug fix soon.

Kevin Gleeson
Hobart TAS OZ

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Gleeson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 12:12:45 GMT
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In article <4cccba$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Brett Tribble) wrote:
>I would like to get input on everyone's thoughts regarding where new
>features should be discussed. Stuart, if there is discussion here, will
>you be able to take time from your loaded schedule to comment? Is there
>anyone maintaining a list of proposed feature changes, and the potential
>for the same to be implemented? Once upon a time I attended Newtek-U, and
>had a wonderfull focus group with other dealers (was one once), and some
>of the folks from Newtek (Claude St. Germain, et al). This was the first
>time that I felt that Newtek was _listening_. Later I learned that the
>suggestions we made never reached anyone of importance (ie. Stuart,
>Allen). What is everyones feeling on the proper forum for such topics?
>
>Jumping the gun a little, here are a few features that I would like to see
>(out of an increasingly long list).
>
>  1. When loading a scene, and Layout can't find some data,
>     it would be nice if there was an ABORT button between
>     OK / CANCEL. It gets old hitting cancel 100 times to abort
>     a scene load.
>
>  2. Put a radio button (check box) in the effects menu to
>     disable antialiasing the background / foreground images.
>     again it gets old watching it waste time ($$$!) anti-
>     aliasing a clean image.
>
>  3. Durring the initial stages of rendering, have the renderer
>     check to see if there is any change between frames
>     (envelopes, motion graphs, et al). If there _isn't_, flag
>     duplicate frames so that Lightwave just saves multiple
>     copies of the resulting duplicate images. This would result
>     in _MAJOR_ time savings for much of our rendering. I know
>     that this can effectively be done in editing, but I would
>     rather have it done while I sleep.
>
>I would like to get some input on some of this!
>
>Brett Tribble
>Production Director
>Renderhaus
><A HREF=http://www.renderhaus.com/></A>
>
>
>

OK - until someone starts an official list of wanted features - lets add to
this one (bandwidth permitting).

Off the top of my head - I'd like to see a couple of user definable preview
modes. E.g.: F9 gives you lo-res no antialising. Shift F9 gives you low-res
trace low AA. Alt Shift F9 is med - res, etc. This way the camera can be set
to what ever you want to do your final render in and you don't have to
constantly change it. (I usually find I get up in the morning and find I've
reset the resolution and antialiasing but forgotten to switch on field render
because it's useless in still frame previews.)

Anyone for any more?

(I'm not griping - I love LW, but user feedback should be good)

Kevin Gleeson
Hobart TAS OZ

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From: [e-mail] (steve bergen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: RE:  WANTED:  Latest Version of LW for new user
Date: 3 Jan 1996 03:49:46 GMT
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I'd like to purchase the latest version of LW used from someone here in
the states.  Unregistered version for Win95 is preferred.

Thanks.  [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Leo Scheiner)
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Subject: design opportunity
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Are you capable and might you be be interested to produce
12-24 illustrations for an on-line childrens book?
If you are prepared to consider a proposition based upon
performance E-Mail me [e-mail] for the details
of a proposition that might suit you.

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From: [e-mail] (singh)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: LightWave outputing to Abekas??
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In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Action Jackson) wrote:

> [e-mail] (Suraj Gulrajani) wrote:
>
> >I normally output my Lightwave animations to a PAL Betacam SP (at 720 x
576).  However, a client wants me to output some animations onto Abekas
format for editing in D1 (or is it D2?!?).  Now, I know the Exabyte 8500 /
8505 with the Adpro's Abekas saver can output to 8mm DATs which I could
then read on the Abekas editor (??? I've never tried it, only read it, so
please guide me here on how easy or difficult this would be).  What format
do I render my LW animation to and what size (for PAL output, not NTSC,
btw.)
>
> >I assume I could render on the PC and ethernet the IFF over to my Amiga
to save to this Exabyte tape using the AdPro Abekas saver.. (BTW, anyone
got one for sale?? :^) )
>
> >Also, I'll need to composite my LW animation on some live footage, so
what's the best way to do this, btw?
>
> >PLEASE HELP!
>
> >thanks much
>
> I use a shareware product called GenerexxT which works with ADPro. I
> have the ADPro bacus driver. This will sit in the backgroud and or
> forground and convert all frames to Abacus (8mm Exabyte Required) and
> works well... Thats all on an Amiga though.

Actually ImageFX will do it as well with autofx, if I am not mistaken.
wavegirl
--
Support Amiga development, *BUY* amiga software!

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From: [e-mail] (steve bergen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: RE:  General LW and 3DS q's - interiors/texture mapping
Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:51:52 GMT
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I'm new with LW and would like to get the groups input on these two q's.

Can we read and write .3DS files?

Can you quickly model interiors, with flexibility in the texture mapping?

Thanks.
Steve        [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail](Alan Chan )
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations)
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In <4cdr50$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
(Kevin Gleeson) writes:
>
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] (Phillip Finch) wrote:
>>In article <4cd5m6$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (C Mak)
writes:
>> 05:48:07 GMT
>>
>>>Thanks for those who replied by e-mail and here.  I've got another
>>>problem...<sigh>
>>
>>>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the
>>>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program
>>>and back into Windows.  No warning at all and it's a clean  end to
the
>>>program.  I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and
>>>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows.  A few
>>>manipulations is all it takes.  After the sixth time, I gave up.
>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>
>>>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11.
>>
>>I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last, but Win32s is a
rat
>>hole.
>>
>Agreed
>
>>Glom onto a copy of Win95 if you possibly can. It's a lot more solid
>>than Win 3.1 in running 32-bit apps. And it's a whole bunch faster in

>>rendering most LW scenes.
>
>AGREED (but in CAPS)
>>
>>If at all possible, get yourself NT workstation, which is an even
bigger step
>>forward in stability--basically, LW doesn't crash, at all, in NT.
>
>DISAGREE - you're not trying hard enough!
>
>I have the occasional same problem as the original poster (Cmak?) but
it
>doesn't happen very often. Modeller will just dump me out under NT as
well.
>Only happens every couple of days though. (Usually Lightwaving 6 to 8
hours
>per day).
>
>However, IMHO, NT is much more stable and quicker than 95 .
>
>>
>>I'm not a fan of 95, but it makes much more sense than 3.1 if you're
going to
>>run LW.
>
>Yep - toss 3.1
>
>
>>Better start saving for RAM, too...
>
>Best investment
>
>>
>>Phil Finch ([e-mail])
>>
>>***************************************************
>>"Anyone who has begun to think
>>places some part of the world in jeopardy."
>>               --John Dewey
>>***************************************************
>
>"Anyone who has begun to think
>should probably move out of advertising."
>               --Kevin Gleeson
>
>Kevin Gleeson
>Hobart TAS OZ


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From: [e-mail](Alan Chan )
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:46:56 GMT
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In <4cdr50$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
(Kevin Gleeson) writes:
>
>>
>>>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the
>>>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program
>>>and back into Windows.  No warning at all and it's a clean  end to
the
>>>program.  I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and
>>>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows.  A few
>>>manipulations is all it takes.  After the sixth time, I gave up.
>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>
>>>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11.

Sounds like it could be a dongle problem as well.. make sure your
dongle is seated right.

AC


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From: John Bunnell <[e-mail]>
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Subject: 4.0 errors
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Got LW running on NT but am having two problems (I know I should
be thankful there are only two) :-).

1. After I load the macros in modeler (from the hard drive) and
then exit modeler, when I reload modeler the list of macros nor
their assigned keys are still listed. I have to reload each time.
What file is it not saving, a config?

2. When I close down layout I get 'error: can't open
configuration file'?

How can I fix these two problems?

thx
jmb
[e-mail]

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From: Norimasa Yoshida <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: logo ?
Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:23:28 GMT
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[e-mail] (redfive) wrote:
>I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters
>that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid.
>I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know
>this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone
>tell me why this happens?

I have had the same problem. When you go to load a text,
go to "add type-1" instead of "add truetype", and then change the
"files of type" from PSfonts to All files. Then load your font.
I'm sure there are better solutions...but this works.
hope this helps!



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From: [e-mail] (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: System Requirements for LW4.0 Amiga
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[e-mail] (Lawrence Wilson) wrote:

> What are the system requirements for Lightwave 4.0 for the Amiga? I have
> an Amiga 500 w/4 Megs 16-bit ram, 1 Meg 32-bit GVP RAM and an unactivated
> Fatter Agnus, and a 170MB GVP A530 accelerator unit. Is this a
> satisfactory setup to run any versionm of Lightwave?

Depends on just what you're asking.  Personally I think that system is
going to be pretty cramped (and very slow) even for hobbyist use running
LW.  If I were you, I'd consider at a rock bottom minimum: 68040, 8 Mb
(32 bit RAM, not 16), VMM.  And if you can afford it, 68060+16 Mb makes
a decent system.  You can at least do some useful things in 8 Mb, where
with 5 Mb its pretty tough to do much of anything.  Some people will
probably argue you can do things in 5 Mb, but it is going to be very
limited and annoying.  It'll get a little better if you use VMM, but
there's only so far you can push it.

Another possible route is a PC; a good chunk of the Amiga graphics
software has been ported to it now (LW, Real3D, Imagine, ADPro, etc).
You can get cheap CPU power.  There are others reasons to stick with the
Amiga; it just depends on exactly what you're after.

  - steve

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From: [e-mail] (Michael Justin Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: FS: Intel plug in particle anim (sparks) for LW
Date: 3 Jan 1996 11:35:08 -0500
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Anyone who needs sparks i have an extra one
that is brand new and unregistered, I bought
a version for my Amiga and one for my pentium
and I find I dont need the pc version

It has never been installed
brand new

first 125.00 takes it

thanks

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From: [e-mail] (John Crookshank)
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Subject: In-line embedded AVI's on WWW pages
Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:02:47 GMT
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The latest version (2.0) of the Microsoft Internet Explorer www browser
supports in-line AVI animations on web pages.

Unfortunately, MSIE is only available for Win95 at present, but it's a
free download from http://www.microsoft.com/

Examples of this can be seen at the Microsoft web site, and on ours as
well. If you have MSIE, you see an animation that repeats the entire time
you're reading the page, and if you don't, you see a regular static GIF
instead. In-line AVI's and in-line .wav or .mid files require version 2.0
of the MSIE.

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      ______________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
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From: [e-mail] (Michael Justin Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: trade sparks for L&K or wavefilter
Date: 3 Jan 1996 12:35:07 -0500
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I have an extra brand new edition of sparks for
lightwave intel and I would like to trade
for lock and key or wavefilter

will sell outright for 125.00

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From: Lance Gray <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop
Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 11:41:21 -0800
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Good suggestion about the long filenames, but they're 5 characters
long?!?

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From: [e-mail] (Daniel J. McCoy)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 18:20:17 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Steve Koren) wrote:
>I assume Win95/NT has something akin to:
>  assign LWObjs:  mydir2 objects/houses/big objects/houses/small ADD

You'd figure that with today's OS technology that WinNT and Win95 would have
such a thing.  Alas, the PC world still has single drive letters and can give
names to disks yet can't access them via their names.  No soft or hard links
for either WinNT or Win95 (ooohhh...  Shortcuts....) that I'm aware of (if I
were, I'd definately be using 'em!).  It's amazing how much power AmigaDOS has
that still doesn't exist in the PC realm...

(Sounds like a platform war type of message.  I appologize...  I have a hard
time digesting what I see going on in the computing industry...  PC folk that
haven't had it don't know what they're missing or realize the potential...
Us power hungry folk get hung out to dry...)

Dan
Off his soap box now and will go back to playing around with Dogz...

--
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WWW - http://www.pacificnet.net/~djmccoy

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop
Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC
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Well, concerning the ClubToaster CD---I was attempting to use the
newest DISK 6 to no avail, however, for some reason 2-5 seem to be
fine at using the iff's.  As for objects and such I haven't tried
that...but atleast I'm getting somewhere


Lance <><

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From: [e-mail] (Patrik Ågren)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: VLAB Framegrabber till SALU
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 19:47:48 GMT
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Jag har en del Amigaprylar till salu.

240 Mbyte SCSI hårddisk
Pris 500:-

GVP SCSI-kontroller A4008 V2.05
Pris 1000:-

VLAB 4.0 Framegrabber Macrosystems, en digitilizer med
en S-VHS ingång och två composite ingångar.
Pris 3000:-

Handscanner svartvit Matador 105
Pris 500:-

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Hem 018-323218
Arb 018-123320

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From: [e-mail] (Thies Uhl)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: LightwavePro
Date: 3 Jan 1996 13:12:57 -0500
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I have ordered the magazine LightwavePro but nothing happens

Thies

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From: [e-mail] (v. vivid)
Subject: Polygon Partitioning Error ^$@#$%!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: UTCC Public Access
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:10:52 GMT
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Greetings, all!

I've got an _ANNOYING_ problem, that spans versions and platforms.

Certain Boolean operations (usually Subtract) result in a "Polygon
Partitioning Error".  There is no discernible pattern or cause for
this pest.

As a solution, Modeler says "Add small offset to data and try again".
To which data; the cutter or the main object?  Offset relative to
what; world co-ordinates, or cutter to object (i.e. between operating
data sets?)

Once it shows up, I have to start all over.  It cannot be made to go
away.  I check for non-planar or misaligned polygons -- no good.
Checks for excess points also avails nothing.  (I am referring to both
data sets here.)  I have seen this in Amiga Modeler versions 3.0 thru 3.5
and on the PC Intel version (Win3.x/95).

Please email info to [e-mail], as I can't seem to get this
newsgroup from the main terraport server.

Thanks in advance!  And, thanks to all those who emailed to give their
appreciation for my LWPro article on clouds (Sept '95 "The Cumulus Effect").
I'm glad to find that it proved useful.

Jim May
The Vivid Group
Mandala VR Systems


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From: [e-mail] (Stuart Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Error -2 when using Layout plugins
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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+-- [e-mail] writes:
| When I try to invoke various LAYOUT plugins, I recieve the error message "-2".
|     What does this denote?

The codes are as follows:

    -2    Can't load plug-in module
    -1    Can't find plug-in module
    0    OK
    1    Plug-in wrong version
    2    Plug-in can't find global data
    3    Plug-in called with bad parameters

These last two shouldn't happen in production code.  These should have
been in the manual.
--
    Stuart Ferguson        ([e-mail])
        "How do you compute that?  Where on the
         graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?"

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From: [e-mail] (Stuart Ferguson)
Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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+-- [e-mail] (C Mak) writes:
| I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the
| Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program
| and back into Windows.  No warning at all and it's a clean  end to the
| program.  I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and
| light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows.  A few
| manipulations is all it takes.  After the sixth time, I gave up.

You say Modeler but you describe Layout (Modeler has no lights or
cameras).  Which of the two programs are you having trouble with,
as the diagnosis may be very different for each.
--
    Stuart Ferguson        ([e-mail])
        "How do you compute that?  Where on the
         graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?"

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From: [e-mail] (Stuart Ferguson)
Subject: Re: logo ?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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+-- [e-mail] (Mark Whitney) writes:
    [... non-holes in TT fonts...]
| Ya, if someone has more info on this I'd certainly appreciate hearing
| about it.

Fixed in rev C, which is shipping.  A patch will be available soon.
--
    Stuart Ferguson        ([e-mail])
        "How do you compute that?  Where on the
         graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?"

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From: [e-mail] (Stuart Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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+-- [e-mail] (Kevin Gleeson) writes:
| In article <4cccba$[e-mail]>,
|    [e-mail] (Brett Tribble) wrote:
| >I would like to get input on everyone's thoughts regarding where new
| >features should be discussed. Stuart, if there is discussion here, will
| >you be able to take time from your loaded schedule to comment? Is there
| >anyone maintaining a list of proposed feature changes, and the potential
| >for the same to be implemented?

We're always interested in user suggestions -- some of our best
enhancements came directly from ideas suggested by users.  Allen and I
keep lists of new ideas, one for Layout and one for Modeler.  If I
see a good Modeler idea here, I'll probably write it in my notebook.  I
don't know how much Allen reads this group, so I can't speak for him.

NewTek maintains a bug-tracking database with the capability to include
suggestions, but it is only accessable to beta-testers.  If a beta-tester
here wants to act as net-conduit and forward suggestions (and bug reports)