Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> You may want to add another link to your list Ken if you don't already
> have this one. Or at least take a look here:
> 
>  http://www.3dlinks.com/tools_converters.cfm
> 
> I've used gif2dxf before but the results were strange to me. Never
> figured what use it was. However there is another program mentioned
> there that does the 2D to 3D conversion.



   I am personaly aware of about 20 different 2D - 3D programs like
 this but the majority are in the super dollar price range. I will
 of course go take a look at it and if it meets y criteria for
 bookmarking I is either already on the list or will be added as
 needed. I seldom bookmark sites or products that will cost me or
 one of my visitors money to evaluate or own the software, products,
 or information at that site. I really should rename my site to
 "Stingy Joes" or something like it.

 The banner would read:

  "If your are so tight fisted stingy with your money that you would
   rather make it yourself than pay another person to do it for you
   then you are probably in the right place."

   That pretty well sums up my current bookmarking policies and is
 an indication of my personal spending habits as well. I actually
 go into stores out here in California and bicker with the proprieters
 over the prices of their merchandise. I even succeed at getting my
 purchases for a lower price than that listed from time to time.
 It can be a very satisfying experience indeed.


   The gif2dxf converters are for importing black and white 2D drawings
 into cad programs like Auto Cad. They were never intended to be used
 to make a 3D object with. The technical reasons you would need such a
 converter would take longer than I care to take to explain. Suffice
 it to say that not all .dxf files are 3D constructs.

   In fact the .dxf file format was originated as a way to transfer
 standard construction drawings between companies that have AutoCad
 design services and companies the only needed a way to recieve a
 file from their design house. They then used the file for plotting
 the data once it was recieved. The .dxf file format allowed for this
 and the end user did not have to own a copy of AutoCad to plot their
 drawings out to paper.

    Occassional loss of software files resulted in the need of a
 method to recover the data on the drawings back into a format that
 could be used to salvage it for future design considerations inside
 a CAD software package. gif2dxf was born as were a host of other
 grahics file formats to .dxf converters.


 -- 
 Ken Tyler

 mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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