On Saturday 07 February 2009 12:38:23 FGD ML wrote: > 2009/2/7 Roy Vegard Ovesen <[email protected]> > > Do you mean grab a copy of LightWave? > > Yeah, why not? I heard that these days it just runs in "discovery mode" > (?) if you don't have a dongle. I've never been there so don't know how > that turns out, but I'd guess it's a chance to look it over at least. I'd > guess they wont allow you to save a model but that would mean they have to > supply access to some, and then you got a textured model to export in > blender or AC3D that's at least done right enough to be in the official LW > distribution. Then you got a menas of comparison between how it looks in > it's home and how it turns out in the conversion process or how it looks in > FG once that is possible directly and routinely. > > Newtek should be able to supply details or even the straight download on > their web site knowing them. If it's a "we'll send you a cd deal" then why > not? When was the last time you got something in the mail that you actually > wanted to see there?! ;O) I find those to be in the minorty these days, > just bills and junk mostly. <shrug>
I downloaded the 30 day trial version. It's full featured during the trial period. > You'd be able to see how good their docs are too. Like no other that I know > of. There may have been docs they made down the years that were inaccurate > or out of date or both, but I have yet to see one. Maybe I just got lucky, > but after all this time I think it's more probably because they simply get > down there roll up their sleeves and and just do the work required by the > job in hand, while maintaining high standards. I could also be wrong of > course. I rarely need to dip into the docs any more. I only use a limited > subset of what it can do and I generally know where that stuff is by now. > > Have fun, hope you like what you see. Now I have 24 hours of training videos to watch :-). I'm not the kind of person that is desperately trying not to learn anything new, but in the interest of saving time could you please post a link to a more complex model than the Borgbox? Surely you have lots of models. -- Roy Vegard Ovesen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
