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Old 18th June 2007, 20:28   #146 (permalink)
WillBellJr
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Yes, MOI is MOI and Amapi is Amapi - obviously...

MOI is not necessary when you have Rhino EXCEPT when you're interested in export out to a polygon based application - Rhino's poly exporter (obj etc.,) isn't as good as MOI's (I have Rhino 2 and it's just too much work reworking the triangles so MOI as this one-up on Rhino right now.)

The post I made is based on my wallet - your mileage may vary. If money was no object, ALL 3D apps (sans the lousy ones) would be installed on your hard drive I'd have Cinema4D Studio, XSI Advance Maya and others but that's not the case...

The jist of my post was that Amapi may be better suited for people targeting polygon application - that's why I had said it'd be nice to have this soon for those who would like to compare.

I'll admit for me, I'm perhaps willing to wait and see - I reinstalled Amapi 7.5 the other day and tried (again) to sit down and work with it - the impression I got was to >uninstall it< - sorry, that's just how I felt.

For one go to the help menu, it claims that the help system isn't installed (wtf?) I went to the Amapi site didn't see any help files to download - I checked my original purchase, I'm pretty sure I have everything when I bought into the reduced price upgrade??

So it's hard for me to get into Amapi's UI / workflow especially when I don't have any help to read. Yes, finding and going though tuts is next but I still have to ask - where's the help files?

-Will
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