3d mesh import
Hi, I would like to know if there is any way to accurately control the position and orientation of a 3d mesh layer relative to the the 2d part of a photoshop document. My aim is ultimately to see how a 2d image would project onto a 3d mesh which is in a particular orientation. This is difficult because when I import a 3d mesh to a photoshop layer, it comes in at an angle that is not a projected view (top, front, side).
What I am looking for is a) a way to accurately rotate and position the model, and b) a way to turn off perspectival distortion of the model.
Well, I hope this is clear enough - thanks in advance for your help!
Perpendicular views are available when the 3D camera tool is active. You can switch to any view from the default view in the tool settings bar. If the model was saved with correct orientations in teh 3D program, they will match in PS. If a particular projection is important, the model must be saved as a Collada or 3DS file. Those can contain a camera that PS will respect. it will however always contain perspective. PS has no parallel projection camera.
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package
import away3d.cameras.*;
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import flash.display.Sprite;
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[SWF(backgroundColor="#000000",frameRate="30",quality="LOW")]
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private var scene:Scene3D;
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private var pointLight:PointLight;
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private var btnCylinder:Sprite = new Sprite
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You've got me extremely worried that I am going to really deal someone a bad hand here. As far as I know, this hasn't happened yet; but I'm glad you have me concerned. The sad part is that I do have a 2 year degree in graphic design and I didn't learn one thing about printing and it's association with color. The little I have learned is from the internet. I've checked out Amazon(dot)com for a good book on learning about color and print, but there seems to be a lack of recently written books (with reviews) regarding the subject. Can you recommend any?
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Sorry for my redundant question regarding the concern for non-single colored paths not being able to join. You obviously answered my question with your example.
For your time, I would like to show my appreciation. If you wouldn't' mind leaving your paypal address, I can send ya a couple/few bucks. Books are great, but they can't answer all questions. Forums like this one are really very helpful and a great learning tool. I do realize I have to continue educating myself as much as possible. I'm not going to give up, that's for sure.
So, do you work for Adobe, or are you a graphic designer? Do you have a website with tutorials or a book I can buy lol?
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Champs
I have multiple brach locations and 3 DC locations.DC locations host my internal applications , DC's also have central Internet breakout for the region. My requirement is to have full mesh MPLS-VPN but at same time brach location Internet access should be from nearest IDC in the region if nearest IDC is not availalbe it should go to second nearest DC for internet.I have decided which are primary and seconday DC for Internet breakout. How can this be achieved in MPLS-VPN scenario.Logically i feel , i have to announce specific LAN subnet and default route(with different BGP attribute like AS Path) from all 3 DCs. Spokes in the specific region should be able to import default route from primary DC and secondary DCs only using some route filter?
Regards
VHello Aaron,
the route example works for all routers except the one, where the VRF vpn2 is configured. What you can do for management purposes is either to connect through a neighbor router using packet leaking or configure another Loopback into VRF vpn2.
The last option (and my recommendation) is to establish another separate IP connection from your NMS to the MPLS core. Once VRFs are failing (for whatever reason, f.e. erroneously deleted) you might just not get connectivity to your backbone anymore to repair what went wrong.
So I would create an "interconnection router" with an interface in the VRF vpn2 and one interface in global IP routing table. This way you will still be able to access PEs, even if VRFs or MBGP is gone.
Hope this helps! Please rate all posts.
Regards, Martin -
I am importing a number of .avi files into iMovie. All is working fine but have a question. When the Import is selected and the Import dialog appears there is a choice: move or copy the import file. I don't seem to see much difference in the choice as selecting either one seems to leave a copy of the .avi source in the iMovie folder structure. I am wondering if this .avi is any different than the source file? In my case these files are huge (30 GB) and I don't need to keep the source if the the file in the iMovie directory is the same as the original.
When the Import is selected and the Import dialog appears there is a choice: move or copy the import file. I don't seem to see much difference in the choice as selecting either one seems to leave a copy of the .avi source in the iMovie folder structure.
If working properly, the "Move" option should copy the source file to an Event in iMovie and then delete the original file. The "Copy" option, on the other hand, is supposed to copy the source file to the iMovie Event and also leave the original source file undisturbed.
I am wondering if this .avi is any different than the source file?
AVI actually refers to the file container and the manner in which the audio and video tracks are synchronized by the interleaving of data frames -- i.e., like the way cogs of different sized wheels are meshed together so that if one wheel turns faster, the other will also speed up preventing one from overrunning the other. As long as the original data compression formats are compatible with iMovie '08, then files can be imported at the File level. This import does not change or re-compress the data in any way as in the case of "Import from Camera..." operations in which incompatible camcorder compression formats must be re-compressed and modified so as to be "edit" compatible at the frame level in iMovie '08. -
Using numbers for roster information. Imported from another program. Now seem to have extra headers, one listing name, address, etc. & another A, B, C. They don't mesh & can't get rid of either. All info there, but can't change width of columns.
I think my problem is that I have inadvertently created three tables (I only want one). I have included a screen shot of the light grey line under B and the words Table 1 behind it.
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Hello all, I am a new user in LabVIEW, how can I import a 3d model (eg. .max or .3ds file) in LabVIEW? Thx
I had a similar problem, showing a free-form 3D-object from a construction program. I tried to import the model from a VRML file, but the appropriate VI "Load VRML File.vi" couldn't handle the complexity of the the file. I suppose this is also true for the other file loading VIs.
My steps were:
Exporting the 3D- Object as a VRML- file. I checked the correct export with the free VRML viewer/editor "White_Dune". Since my object was a free form object, it didn't consist of geometrical forms, such as cylinders or cones but a great number of points, describing the surface. In the .wrl soucefile this is to be seen as a long row of numbers, surrounded by [ ] brackets. These numbers are the x-y-z coordinates of the points. I copied them to another file and made a VI to translate them to an array of <x;y;z> - clusters. These clusters could be used to view the points in a 3D Parametric Surface Control. I used this to determine the points, which are necessary to describe the object with adequate detail level.
Next step was to translate this cloud of points in a form suitable for the mesh- functions used by the 3D- Picture Control. I chose the easy way and projected all points on one plane (e.g. the x-z-plane) and determined the hull points of the resulting 2D geometry. This I could easily feed into the Mesh- VI. But this is not the solution for every problem.
If you have some questions or need explanations in more detail, please ask.
greets, Dave
Greets, Dave -
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How can I import vector Illustrator files into Powerpoint, so I can edit them later. I have tried PDF (won't work), WMF text breacks up and scaling makes the text crap!
EPS looks rubbish.
Any ideas?
Thanksjenhen1 wrote:
I need the graphic to be able to sit in Power point, look great quality and be completely able to be edited in Power point, Text included. It all needs to be vector. And no text breaking up and able to change colours and fonts and scalable etc.
Need to edit the graphic colour and change update text.
Then you can't build it in Illustrator; at least not all of it.*
...or create in Power point...
.That's your answer. Ultimately, Powerpoint-editable = Powerpoint native.
...which is very limited!
Are you just assuming that, or have you actually tried to do something and found it impossible? Plenty of drawing can be done in Powerpoint, and text is text. What exactly are you trying to do?
*If you are running Windows, there are ways to get straight Illustrator vectors (no live effects, blends, meshes, etc.) onto a Powerpoint slide using Paste Special. Forget text though, seeing as you need it live and editable in Powerpoint...you'll have no choice but to set it in Powerpoint. -
Creating animated Banner to import into Dreamweaver. Help!
Hello All,
I am attempting to create a page banner that consists of 4 images which I would like to change every 250ms. I would also like to have 4 small slaces that when hovered the relevant image loads.
I have set this up with behaviours on 4 states (image on each state) so that when the mouse is rolled over the relevent slice the image changes to a different state.
I have also set the timer on each state to change every 250ms.
The trouble is when I export this as HTML in copy into Dreamwever it only imports the first state image with no functions. If I try to import this as flash the images simply flick through quickly in a loop with no function.
Can anyone help please!For an illustration of my problem, here is a most simple file that I created:
http://www.cad6.com/archive/Merge1.u3d
This file opens correctly in SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer 7.0, but not in Acrobat XI Pro. A similiar file destilled from a sample file found on the web, however, works:
http://www.cad6.com/archive/Merge2.u3d
The only difference I can see is that is uses compression and a CLOD Progressive Mesh Continuation instead of a CLOD Base Mesh Continuation. But according to the latest version of "U3D Supported Elements", this should not make any difference.
Any idea why Merge1.u3d does not open? Please?!
Best regards
Stefan Malz -
I have two slightly different 3D meshes (same size, different textures, slight modifications to the mesh) that I need to be precisely aligned in 3D space (which I will convert to raster layers and then manipulate).
I tried importing the one mesh (an OBJ file) and manipulating its orientation, then duplicating it, then in the duplicate layer replacing the mesh with the second mesh. The problem is that the second mesh always goes into the default orientation.
How can I align the two meshes (each in a different) layer to have the same orientation in 3D space?
I am running the latest Photoshop CCI have only played with 3d a little bit. In you case I would first try getting the two 3D objects into photoshop making no adjustment at all. Then use the properties panel for both 3d objects to reset their coordinates. Then select both 3d object layers and merge the object into a single 3d layer. Then manipulate their position and sizes in respect to each other.
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