Doom Editing Digest Vol. 01 Nr. 082

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doom-editing-digest       Sunday, 11 December 1994      Volume 01 : Number 082 

Re: .DXF and .DWG files 
Re: .DXF and .DWG files 

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From: "Chris Campbell (ME)" <ccampbel@suntan.eng.usf.edu> 
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 22:41:02 -0500 (EST) 
Subject: Re: .DXF and .DWG files 

On Fri, 9 Dec 1994, Raphael Quinet wrote: 

> On Thu, 8 Dec 1994, Chris Campbell (ME) wrote: 
> > It was just a thought....A nice thought I might add.  After I started  
> > editing, I noticed that no editor (at least the ones I have used) have a  
> > copy or mirror command.  This would be a very nice feature to implement.  
>  
> You should try DEU.  It has copy, rotate and scale functions.  The mirror 
> (vertical and horizontal) functions were missing in DEU 5.21, but you 
> will have them in 5.3. 
>  
> > About .DXF's....It is obvious that I don't know much about them.  
>  
> If someone out there has some informations about the .DXF format or 
> a pointer to some FTP sites which contain a description of the format, 
> this would be worth posting here.  I'm interested. 
>  
> I don't have AutoCAD, so it would also be nice to provide some simple 
> files in .DXF format, for testing purposes (a square, two squares, 
> a few connected polygons, etc.). 
>  
> The easiest way to convert these files into WADs would probably be to 
> convert them to .WIF first (remember the WIF specs by Tom Neff?) and 
> then use another program to create a WAD out of it.  A minor hack of 
> IDBSP would be enough. 
>  
> -Raphael 
>  

Well, I'm willing and able to supply some simple (or complex) .DXF files  
for testing, however, I have no clue where to find any information on  
their format.  Maybe the local book store has some info on them, not  
likely however, and hard copy books are difficult to send over the phone  
line.   

As for using DEU, I have been.  It is by far the best editor.  I have a  
problem with the node builder though.  I end up using EdMap 1.22's node  
builder, but still use DEU to make the .WADs.  DEU's n.b. consistently  
gives me HOM effects on anything but the simplest of WADs (i.e. more than  
a few sectors!) 

C. S. Campbell 

 
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From: "Chris Campbell (ME)" <ccampbel@suntan.eng.usf.edu> 
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 22:43:24 -0500 (EST) 
Subject: Re: .DXF and .DWG files 

You would also have to set all the sector floor/ceiling heights.   
(On conversion of .DXF to .WAD) 

C. S. Campbell 

 
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