Is there anyone that knows how to use Strata 3D well? I am trying to make a ship, but I can't get figure out how to make the animation. Does anyone know how to make the ship move in the 10ş arcs? Thanks for the help.
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Originally posted by Madman80513:
Is there anyone that knows how to use Strata 3D well? I am trying to make a ship, but I can't get figure out how to make the animation. Does anyone know how to make the ship move in the 10ş arcs? Thanks for the help.Just have the ship move a full 360ş in 36 frames. 360/36=10ş per frame. I forgot the exact steps to set this up as I havn't used strata in a while.
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The tutorial idea would work. Thanks, ewan.
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or you could scroll down to EV Plug-in Makers FAQ then click on 'HOW DO I MAKE GRAPHICS
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I finished the tutorial. I hope it helps. You can find it (url="http://"http://www.ewanc.f2s.com/tutorial/tutorial.html")here(/url). It took me half an hour to make so I dont think there are mistakes. I went it a few times to make sure everything was correct. Madman what version are you using? Is it the new free version (Strata 3D 3.5 base) because if it is you dont have access to the animation facilities any more so you can properly spin the ships like I described. If that is the case try and downgrade yo Strata 3D 3.0.2 free which you can still find at (url="http://"http://www.download.com")www.download.com(/url) as it is in total a vastly superior version to the new one and allows animation.
ewan
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Thanks so much! Sorry I didn't get around to posting this. I was too busy with school owrk and stuff like that. But, over the weekend, I got my ship done. I'm posting it on my angelcities.com account, (url="http://"http://www.angelcities.com/members/madman80513/Carrier.jpg")www.angelcities.com/members/madman80513/Carrier.jpg(/url). Thanks a lot. Note: I roughly based this ship on Foundation's Martian Carrier. I've always loved that ship! Also, I didn't spend a lot of time on the making it look good.
(This message has been edited by Madman80513 (edited 10-01-2001).)
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Madman80513: The link doesn't work
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**Madman80513: The link doesn't work**
Yeah! Well, your link doesn't work either! Your website isn't there. But, I fixed it. Check out (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/madman801/Carrier.html")http://www.geocities...01/Carrier.html(/url) This one should work.
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Thanks, guys. I've now got all the help I need! You've all been a great help, and I'll soon make my own ship. I'll post it somewhere when I'm done. Again, thanks. Keep up the good work!
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2 questions. How do you make shipyard pics, and should I use Strata or Bryce?
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Yeah! Well, your link doesn't work either!It should now.
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**2 questions. How do you make shipyard pics, and should I use Strata or Bryce?
**Well first you need to make a ship. I would recommend Strata as it is free (Bryce is not) and it has a better modeller for making ships (Bryce is primarily a landscape making tool)
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I meant to say, that if you are looking for free textures for Strata 3D go to (url="http://"http://www.stratacafe.com")www.stratacafe.com(/url) as they have a huge number of free textures for download.
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Originally posted by Admiral Benden:
**2 questions. How do you make shipyard pics, and should I use Strata or Bryce?
**First of all, you don't want to take my own advice for shipyard graphics. I can refer you to a shipyard and several replies to posts from people who wanted ships. Even if you want to create your own, you may like to examine the technique or talk to the artist: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002009.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002009.html(/url) (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002019.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002019.html(/url) (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002008.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002008.html(/url)
Jive also offered his services. He specializes in ship graphics. You might like to talk to him: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002014.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002014.html(/url)Now for the graphics editor. Strata and Bryce aren't your only choices. I won't reccomend anything because I don't want anything to be obscured by my opinion solely. Here is the full debate.
Draxo asks for comments on Cinema 4D compared to other graphics editors: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002017.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002017.html(/url)
For some reason I got the impression that you wanted something simpler, though. This thread was started by hoodystarpilot who knew less at the time than Draxo about creating graphics for EV: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002000.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002000.html(/url)
And one of my main concerns is always price. Both topics ask for cheap options, but the second put more emphasis on this: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002000.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002000.html(/url) (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002026.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002026.html(/url)------------------
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Draxo asks for comments on Cinema 4D compared to other graphics editors: http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002017.html
For some reason I got the impression that you wanted something simpler, though. This thread was started by hoodystarpilot who knew less at the time than Draxo about creating graphics for EV: http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002000.html**
I am flabergasted. I know quite a lot about the basics of 3d modeling. I have used Strata but hate the lack of more advanced mobeling tools (i.e. NURBs), oh did I mention NURBs. I am more into organic ship modeling and no NURBs=crap models. There are probelbly work arouds but I'm to lazy to figure them out.
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**I am flabergasted. I know quite a lot about the basics of 3d modeling. I have used Strata but hate the lack of more advanced mobeling tools (i.e. NURBs), oh did I mention NURBs. I am more into organic ship modeling and no NURBs=crap models. There are probelbly work arouds but I'm to lazy to figure them out.
**Im not sure but I think you get NURBS with pro but I could be wrong. The free one is pretty basic I have to admit. Metaballs can be quite useful for organic modeling.
ewan
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