1st May 2007, 07:00 PM | #1 |
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features I don't know how to use... please help
Hello, I've just got AC3D but I dont know how to control certain parts of it
1. In the 3D view, how to you get it to become a full image instead of just lines... I hope you know what I mean 2. Are there some good tutorials on this site that can teach me how to make my own models? 3. What do you save the finished product as so you can open it in 3D but not in the program AC3D? Thanx in advance for any answers you give me Last edited by dgeneral; 1st May 2007 at 07:52 PM. Reason: to add colour (bored) |
1st May 2007, 08:14 PM | #2 |
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Re: I've gotta few things I dont get... plz help
1. Do you mean solid view versus wireframe? To toggle wireframe mode, press the 'w' key on your keyboard, or select 3D > Wireframe on the menu.
2. Most of the basic tools are described in the help file, for starters. Go to Help > Manual to load the manual in your web browser. 3. Define "view it in 3D". There are many, many different viewers and renders. It depends on what you want to do with the file. Some heavily used file types are: - POV-Ray .pov, for rendering to a high-quality 2D image - .X, for loading the mesh into your own programs written in XNA or with DirectX - 3D Studio .3DS, importable to most other 3D programs - DXF, for importing into cad or 2D vector art programs like Corel Draw |
2nd May 2007, 06:44 AM | #3 |
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Re: I've gotta few things I dont get... plz help
for #1 when I click "w" it goes from some grey lines as the wireframe to a bunch of coloured lines (im using the same car to explain) I'd like to make the whole thing solid please
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2nd May 2007, 10:31 AM | #4 |
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Re: I've gotta few things I dont get... plz help
Are you using Vista on an machine with Intel graphics? If so, see if you can update the graphics drivers.
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2nd May 2007, 03:11 PM | #5 |
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Re: I've gotta few things I dont get... plz help
I am using windows vista with an intel graphic accelerator... but I have had the 3d
image before, but I switched something and now it's gone, and I dont know what I switched to get it back |
9th July 2007, 11:47 PM | #6 |
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Re: I've gotta few things I dont get... plz help
Is it just me or do people just dissapear after there post?
If your still around, I think for the 3d view your talking about the little eye, or inspect mode button |
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Re: features I don't know how to use... please help
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1. Use the Eye button in the 3d view. 2. Goto the Resource section then download the tutorial videos 3. Click on the File menu then click on the Export selection, then you can choose what sort of file you want to make that doesnt need to be viewed in ac3d. |
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10th August 2007, 06:41 PM | #8 |
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Re: features I don't know how to use... please help
i think in question #3 he means to export it into a file that can be shared with others and still keep the 3d view, like exporting it into flash and allowing rendered flash file to be viewed from any angle, at the click and pull of a mouse.
i've seen similar quicktime files were u can freely rotate and object in 3d, but im not to fond wit that program, |
10th August 2007, 10:40 PM | #9 |
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Re: features I don't know how to use... please help
I didn't think flash supported 3d
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12th August 2007, 02:04 PM | #10 |
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Re: features I don't know how to use... please help
i never meant importing a 3d file into flash, but more like saving it so flash can open it, lke by using a plugin or sumthing,
but i found ans easy way go to TOOLS, then go at the bottom and click on "save 3d win as png spin animation" this will save frames of your mdel spinning, then you import it into flash, or a movie program, then put it in order and you model is spinning |
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