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From: mac@utkvx.bitnet (Richard J. McDougald)
Subject: Re: Help needed: DXF ---> IFF
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Date: Sun, 2 May 1993 18:51:44 GMT
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In article <Blue-Knight.01tj@bknight.jpr.com> Blue-Knight@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German) writes:

>In article <1993Apr30.011157.12995@news.columbia.edu> ph14@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Pei Hsieh) writes:
>> Hi -- sorry if this is a FAQ, but are there any conversion utilities
>> available for Autodesk *.DXF to Amiga *.IFF format?  I
>> checked the comp.graphics FAQ and a number of sites, but so far
>> no banana.  Please e-mail.
>> 

>       .DXF can not be changed over to .IFF format what it can be changed
>to is an object format used by one of the 3D programs on the Amiga. The
>only tools around are comercial for that conversion.

Hijaak claims to convert .dxf to .iff, although Hijaak claims some stuff
that I have never gotten to work (for example, not long ago I tried to
convert some .iff files from an Amiga video toaster (using CrossDos, so my
PC could read the disks) int Targa files.  Hijaak made some gorgeous 1.5
megabyte Targa files from the .iffs -- all totally black!


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