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From: Marc-Hendrik Bremer
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 8 Feb 2001 07:33:29
Message: <3a829219@news.povray.org>
Rick [Kitty5] schrieb in Nachricht <3a8289e8@news.povray.org>...
>if you still have dx7 installed I would recommend you stick with that for
>now - upgrade only when all your drivers support dx8 (if they need to) and
>even then wait till you buy a game that refuses to run without :)


I've heard about some nasty memory leaks in dx8. They fixed it in dx8a.
Before the system won't run more then a few hours without rebooting - OTOH
Windows has to be rebooted every few hours anyway ;-)

Marc-Hendrik


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From: ingo
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 8 Feb 2001 08:37:45
Message: <Xns904294F63D8AAseed7@povray.org>
in <deh38t0gvun91ouet6tan9kjtuqmr8ag1i@4ax.com> Alan Kong wrote:


>

Thanks Alan, I know, but it won't work under NT :(

Ingo

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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 8 Feb 2001 08:46:54
Message: <3A82A276.713EEA2E@videotron.ca>
Marc-Hendrik Bremer wrote:
> 
> Rick [Kitty5] schrieb in Nachricht <3a8289e8@news.povray.org>...
> >if you still have dx7 installed I would recommend you stick with that for
> >now - upgrade only when all your drivers support dx8 (if they need to) and
> >even then wait till you buy a game that refuses to run without :)
> 
> I've heard about some nasty memory leaks in dx8. They fixed it in dx8a.
> Before the system won't run more then a few hours without rebooting - OTOH
> Windows has to be rebooted every few hours anyway ;-)

No, it doesn't!  I must reboot my home PC maybe twice a month, and that
usually because Netscape crashed and left bits and pieces all over the
place.

I have found that using vendor-provided drivers was a lot better than
generic nVidia ones.

-- 
Francois Labreque | The surest sign of the existence of extra-
    flabreque     | terrestrial intelligence is that they never
        @         | bothered to come down here and visit us!
  videotron.ca                                  - Calvin


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From: Marc-Hendrik Bremer
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 8 Feb 2001 11:16:18
Message: <3a82c652@news.povray.org>
Francois Labreque schrieb in Nachricht <3A82A276.713EEA2E@videotron.ca>...

>No, it doesn't!  I must reboot my home PC maybe twice a month, and that
>usually because Netscape crashed and left bits and pieces all over the
>place.
>
>I have found that using vendor-provided drivers was a lot better than
>generic nVidia ones.


Well, some days I've no problems with my Win98, too. On other occasions I
reboot any few minutes. Most of the time it's not Windows (or even M$) fault
in the first hand, if one don't recommend that an OS should catch all faults
of programmers and does not crash if a third party programmer did not know
what he does - or a user like me :-)

No offence intended BTW. I use all the time myself.

Marc-Hendrik


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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 8 Feb 2001 14:56:56
Message: <3a82fa08@news.povray.org>
> I've heard about some nasty memory leaks in dx8. They fixed it in dx8a.
> Before the system won't run more then a few hours without rebooting - OTOH
> Windows has to be rebooted every few hours anyway ;-)

reboot every few hours pah! - my machine runs 24/7 for days on end !!


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From: Marc-Hendrik Bremer
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 8 Feb 2001 15:12:10
Message: <3a82fd9a@news.povray.org>
Rick [Kitty5] schrieb in Nachricht <3a82fa08@news.povray.org>...
>reboot every few hours pah! - my machine runs 24/7 for days on end !!
>

Ok, ok, ... sorry, my machine doesn't.

Marc-Hendrik


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From: Ben Birdsey
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 18 Feb 2001 14:36:17
Message: <3A90251E.D3095A15@mail.com>
I have tried to use the modeller, but it seems terribly slow.  Im' not
sure, but this might have something to do with the fact that it was
programmed in Visual Basic.

	I have used Rhino before, so maybe I'm spoiled...

	Ben
	<><


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From: October
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 19 Feb 2001 16:09:17
Message: <3a918b7d$1@news.povray.org>
Still, for freeware I think it's pretty good.  :)

I like Rhino too but the price tag has kept me from upgrading from the old
(free) version.

Jon Hoskins

http://gxworkshop.9ug.com/


"Ben Birdsey" <cla### [at] mailcom> wrote in message
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>
> I have tried to use the modeller, but it seems terribly slow.  Im' not
> sure, but this might have something to do with the fact that it was
> programmed in Visual Basic.
>
> I have used Rhino before, so maybe I'm spoiled...
>
> Ben
> <><


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From: Stephen Bell
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 21 Feb 2001 15:27:20
Message: <3a9424a8$1@news.povray.org>
It also won't run under Windows 2000 for that matter (since it is the new NT
anyhow).


"ingo" <ing### [at] homenl> wrote in message
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> in <deh38t0gvun91ouet6tan9kjtuqmr8ag1i@4ax.com> Alan Kong wrote:
>

> >
>
> Thanks Alan, I know, but it won't work under NT :(
>
> Ingo
>
> --
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From: MontanaSteve
Subject: Re: 3D Canvas modeller *free*
Date: 17 Apr 2005 20:00:01
Message: <web.4262f84feaf16b9edf29ce730@news.povray.org>
"October" <oct### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just discovered a new free modeller called "3D Canvas" and thought I would
> share the news here.
>
> Marketed something like a cross between Strata 3D and Blender, 3D Canvas is
> entirely free (not trial ware or shareware) but users are encouraged to
> purchase the "Pro" upgrade (US$49) which enables some extra features, the
> most notable of which is CSG.
>
> Still even the free version is extremely powerful including the features you
> expect out of a commercial modeller.  Some of the more notable features are
> Nurbs, Inverse Kinematics, Skeletal Animation, B-splines (extrude, lathe,
> etc.), deformation tools and a very good attempt at wysiwyg "painting" of
> textures directly on surfaces in 3D space.
>
> Most notably is the software's "Real Time Rendering" which uses Microsoft's
> Direct3D to provide a shaded "real time" 3D editing enviroment.
>
> And unlike Strata 3D, this software actually exports to POV!  (also 3D
> Studio (3ds), Truespace Objects (cob), AutoCAD (dxf), DirectX (x) and VRML
> 1.0 (wrl) files)
>
> Nice software if you need a free modeller.  Take a look.
>
> Enjoy.

I have tried 3D Canvas,  Not bad. However, I created a bell for a steam
locomotive that I am working on and the resulting POV file created was well
over 15,000 lines.  I redid the bell with POVray's lathe in 3 lines.


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