Beiträge von Markus Brunn

Hallo RedGre,

ich mache meine movies mit Camtasia. Allerdings ist die Sache mit OpenGL etwas haarig. Um überhaupt filmen zu können muss ich die Hardware Beschleunigung komplett abschalten. Das führt in OpenGL zu erheblichen Einbussen, und aus den coolen walk thru wird ein Diavortrag. Das Capture Programm geht natürlich zusätzlich auf die Performance. Also ist VRML eindeutig vorzuziehen. Ausserdem wird so ein AVI schnell mal sehr gross, und die WRL's sind doch recht handlich.

Camtasia kann ich nur empfehlen. Probier's mahl ohne Hardware Beschleunigung:
Rechtsklick auf Desktop -> Eigenschaften -> Einstellungen -> Erweitert -> Problembehandlung

Für einen super VRML Player ohne Browser probier's mal mit GLVIEW

Problems during Installation of the current Hardlock Drivers in Windows XP Service Pack 2 or due to automatic Windows Update.

The following solution is suggested:

1. Open C:\ root directory in Explorer
2. Remove the read-only attribute of the file boot.ini
3. In boot.ini change the entry "OptIn" to "AlwaysOff"
4. Restart your computer
5. Install Hardlock Driver

Meanwhile the Hardlock provider Aladin issued an update.
HASPDINST.EXE solves the problem too.
You can find it here.
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I have recently found a very nice stand alone program to display VRML and other 3D formats.

It is called GLView, and allows to create custom view points and to optimize VRML files in size.

You can find it on the web at http://www.snafu.de/~hg.

Jim wrote:

Zitat

Does this mean if you post an image to say your own website and then use that address in between the display img codes it will display in the post?

Absolutely correct. If you have webspace and put an image there you can show the image in your posts by entering the image location link.
The same will work with images that you will soon be able to upload to your own gallery in our FIX user forum.

Hi Jim,

It would be interesting to see what you are trying to do there. I have a faint idea what the joint you want to do looks like.

Therefore we are working on the possibiility for each user to upload a gallery of his drawings.

The SmartTag is in the make and will be posted shortly.

Kind Regards,

Hi Jim,

even if the connection you describe looks like a teon, it isn't for our program.
Tenons in D-CAM are always perpendicular to the flanks of the tenon.
On a pitch of 12/12 this works all right. On any other pitch it will not.

I your case you can create the tenon by cutting away two end lap joints to leave the shape of the tenon in the center. The mortise, or fork, you can then create using the notch function and the side surface of the tenon.

I already thought of making a SmartTag for this connection. I'll post it once it's finished.

With kind regards,

We have a report of this error in our database.

It seems you lose the position info if you exit without saving and click YES when asked if you want to save your changes.

If you save 1-1-3 before exiting the program this should not happen.
We are working on ironing this glitch out.

@Jim
You are right, this is the english forum. Everybody who (sort of) speaks english is welcome to join.
(I hope you don't kick me out now )
For the others we have forums in German, and soon will have Italian and French.

Regards,

Sorry, I forgot to add the version number,.
We also show the Version number in the download section now.

I'm working on adding the version history to the download page.

Lots to do, I better get going

Off course VRML is a 3D application like any other one. The limitations in size are defined by hardware rather than software.
Bigger files can take longer to load. Also there is a setting in Cortona that loads the entire model, with textures and all, before it shows it on screen. Moving around in the model is rather fast after that. Other settings allow to show the model in stages until you can actually move it around. Loading time is the same, it only appears faster if something is happening on screen.

2MB doesn't seem too big to me, even if it may take a couple of minutes to load. Michael is right, as VRML starts to look on D-CAM's YoZ Plane in negative X dirextion. If your model doesn't begin at origin, but is some distance away from that, it might end up in a corner of the screen, and even behind your view point.
Also eye's height is by default set to 0.0, so it looks like you are crawling on the floor.

At the moment VRML is at a stage where you can get a model out quickly. Off course there are many features we can add in future to make it more convenient and versatile. At the moment though we have to concentrate on the design part.

Regards,

Hello Users,

we put a new version of D-CAD L/V on our download server.

Just go to Dietrich's online in the MISC section under DOWNLOADS.

Once you registered you can download with your user name and password by clicking the dowload icon.

More info soon ...

Hi Jim,
Hi Gregor,

I mostly use cortona viewer now. Sylicon graphics doesn't seem to develop Cosmo any more, and Cortona from Parallelgrphics became sort of a standard.

You'll find Cortona at Paralllelgraphics

Regards,

You're very welcome. You might want to check once in a while for new releases of the Program, since we are not done developing it yet. (Some projects you never finish ... there is always room for improvement. ) I will also drop a note in this forum if there is a new release for download.

Hi Jim, please ask your clients to download D-CAD Viewer again from our web page. I suspect that they are using an older version than yours. We made some changes concerning multiline text boxes, that could cause the problem you described. If that doesn't work please send one of your drawing files to me or to our hotline, we'll take a closer look.

We added a new toolbox on the left with HOTLINKS. We will add important links there. The first one takes you back to the Dietrich's Home Page. \:D/

I am afraid you are right. :oops: I'll contact our web master and ask him where the main pages went Thank you for joining. I hope to read you frequently.

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