You know, it's been 6 months since the big forum migration, so we'd really appreciate it, if you could take a moment to let us know how we're doing in our occasional feedback thread. :)
It's a party? Here I was thinking it was more like a wake around here.
"Envy"? That's a new (and much appreciated) one. Thank you.
Okay, "I just woke up" how's that?
For your long thin ships, all you need to do is the A word... No, I meant Animation... Simple flyby with the camera following/panning... I say that assuming these stills take less than three weeks to render...
AutoCAD seems to have improved on the flyby options a bit since I last looked. It would be nice to find some tips and tricks that actually explain things, though.
These are a joy to behold. What version of Autocad are you using? I'll research whether there is a middle format you can export to and I can do some slightly better renders, though nowhere near the quality you get on this site from.. you know.. the arty folk.
edit: here, see if you can do this:
Solution:
The newly recommended format for exporting 3D data is FBX.
The command to export to FBX is FBXEXPORT.
I've been using AutoCAD 2019, which, oddly they've removed FBX import/export from. I still have 2018 (which has FBX import/export, but has other major bugs they never fixed) loaded.
"Tradition: Letting dead people make your decisions for you."
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Sorry, been a mad week. I was supposed to be uploading a Youtube video every day this week, instead I went out every night. Harrumph... I think the latest one is quirky (but then everything you have is!)
If you're not happy as a capital ship, what about rescaling some of the detail and making it a work-bee or shuttle for some similarish ships in your fleets?
A couple of months back I fiddled around with the flyby export options in AutoCAD. (I managed to find a software bug that the good people at Autodesk are still puzzling over.) Anyway, I managed to edit some snippets of video together.
Another circular one. Bad planning. Well,it would be if any of this were planned.
Tag: 0000 020061-0006094
Type: Deep Explorer
Status: disabled
Location: Dispepsia XXXII
(Orion 001.61-20317.93)
Culture: Idolizers
Est. Age: 375 million years
Size: 1875 meters
Nickname: Bullseye
"Tradition: Letting dead people make your decisions for you."
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
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-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
"Envy"? That's a new (and much appreciated) one. Thank you.
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Tag: 0000 202264-8682493
Type: cruiser
Status: retired
Location: Holdfast
(Orion 003.82+-14507.20)
Culture: Behest
Est. Age: 870 million years
Size: 447 meters
Nickname: Lemon Drop
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Okay, "I just woke up" how's that?
For your long thin ships, all you need to do is the A word... No, I meant Animation... Simple flyby with the camera following/panning... I say that assuming these stills take less than three weeks to render...
AutoCAD seems to have improved on the flyby options a bit since I last looked. It would be nice to find some tips and tricks that actually explain things, though.
Please excuse how crappy the video is.
https://youtu.be/lXuSW8-siVw
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
https://youtu.be/0ycdePqhv98
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
edit: here, see if you can do this:
Solution:
The newly recommended format for exporting 3D data is FBX.
The command to export to FBX is FBXEXPORT.
I've been using AutoCAD 2019, which, oddly they've removed FBX import/export from. I still have 2018 (which has FBX import/export, but has other major bugs they never fixed) loaded.
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
If you're not happy as a capital ship, what about rescaling some of the detail and making it a work-bee or shuttle for some similarish ships in your fleets?
Tag: 0000 0010212-0202034
Type: Explorer
Status: abandoned
Location: Skinwalker Nebula
(Orion 000.75+80272.07)
Culture: Sombec
Est. Age: 27 million years
Size: 140 meters
Nickname: Hoopskirt
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Maybe I should have called this "Cnidaria" or something...
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
I don't like the spokes, so they're going to go.
Tag: 0000 010088-0001194
Type: exploratory cruiser
Status: retired
Location: Ersatz Nebula
(Orion 002.37-18727.40)
Culture: Consequence
Est. Age: 420 million years
Size: 140 meters
Nickname: Quoit
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
https://youtu.be/dgyA-YWFQ00
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
https://youtu.be/d6rcgMClYCc
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Tag: 0000 020061-0006094
Type: Deep Explorer
Status: disabled
Location: Dispepsia XXXII
(Orion 001.61-20317.93)
Culture: Idolizers
Est. Age: 375 million years
Size: 1875 meters
Nickname: Bullseye
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Uh, never mind. I just noticed the geometry was corrupt.
Maybe now.
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
Tag: 0000 020031-0002282
Type: ground-to-orbit cargo/personnel hauler
Status: disabled
Location: Tsennic Glee
(Orion 002.64-25137.27)
Culture: Ebb and Flow
Est. Age: 840 million years
Size: 320 meters
Nickname: Bow Tie
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (paraphrase)