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STARTREK DOCS
This .ARC file contains four files:
1. STARTREK.DOC This text file.
2. STARTREK.CTL The CAD-CONTROL file.
3. STARTREK.3D2 The object data used in the animation.
4. STARTREK.PI1 A starry background scene.
This file will creat a 144 frame animation of a Klingon battle
cruiser and the Enterprise circling each other in space. It
will take about 2 hours to complete.
To use the file do the following:
1) Boot CAD_3D 2.0. Make sure you have the CYBSMASH and
PD3DCTL accessories installed when you boot.
2) Be sure you have at least 1 background buffer and one
Cybersmash buffer allocated. (This only applies if you have
altered your CAD-3D boot disk. It normally boots with 2 of each.)
3. Load the file 'STARTREK.3D2' into CAD-3D. Do not move any of
the objects from their starting positions.
4. Double-click on the SUPERVIEW icon and LOAD the background file
STARTREK.PI1.
5. Place a freshly formated disk (single or double sided) into
drive A. If you are using a single drive system, be sure you have
the file 'STARTREK.CTL' on this disk. The resultant files
require 336,276 bytes of free disk space.
6. Go to the DESK menu and choose the CAD-CONTROL accessory. When
the file selector box appears, choose 'STARTREK.CTL'.
7. That's it. Get a cold beer, read a book or whatever else you
feel like. The .CTL file will control the animation until it's
finished. When the animation is complete, you will see and EOF
message. Click on OK and you're done.
A FEW NOTES
You'll notice in the .CTL file that each frame except the first
and last is recorded twice. That's because the resulting animation
seems to run smoother with two frames of each. Duplicating a frame only
requires 8 bytes and since you did not move anything, it doesn't add
much time to the recording. The first and last frame are actually
identical. I originally recorded the first frame twice and ended the
animation 5 degrees short of a complete circle, however, the animation
flickered at that point so I changed to this format.
Although it appears that the ships are rotating diagonally, they
are actually rotating in an even, horizontal circle. The effect was
obtained by banking the camera 10 degrees to the right and raising it 5
degrees vertically. It's alot easier (read 'less typing') to create
diagonal rotation this way than to actually move the objects in all
three dimensions.
The ships in this animation are the first two objects I created
using CAD-3D, consequently, they aren't the best. I'm working on making
detailed and scaled models of both ships. If you have any comments
about this animation, please leave me EasyPlex mail at 72347,1520.
--Mike Lovelace