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So i have really been trying to do CGI bricks but i am on a mac and have limited software
my only problem is i can't get my model from bricksmith to a .3ds format for blender
so is there something special i have to do to get it
or is there other software for mac that can export as a .3ds format
please help i have been researching for months
-Mutuceba
Months?!?! That's a long time. I'll still try to figure it out though.
Blender can open LOTS of different files besides .3ds. What kind of file does Bricksmith export?
Blender can open LOTS of different files besides .3ds. What kind of file does Bricksmith export?
Bricksmith can only export .idr files, and Blender can't import those. I would like this solved also though, because I also have a mac, but if it came down to it I could also use our PC. I would like it solved though, for me and for Mutuceba.
WAIT I just found it
I am so happy now 
OKay first find LDview and download it to your mac
I found LDview here http://anoved.net/category/lego/
then you import your bricksmith model then export it as a .stl file wich can then be imported into blender
HOOOOOOOORRRRAAAAAYYYY
................now to just figure out blender
*sigh*
you just find something in out 3 months that I actually did in 10 minutes.
yeah i know well i had been trying to use darwine
and i didn't know what to search for cause i didn't understand waht .3ds did
That helps, because now I know how to do it on my mac and my PC!!!!! 
Turns out you found what you were looking for for months, only one or two days after posting this topic.
I know i was really suprised
now does anyone know how to use blender with brickfilming
Actually, um, yes, I do.
Where did you learn
can you provide a tutorial
Well, I just learned it a few weeks ago, as a matter of fact, but I still know basically everything you can do in it, besides creating a game with the game engine. I could make a tutorial, but what kind of stuff do you want to learn? Water? Landscape? Mixing Tracks of stop motion and CGI?
i want to do import lego buildings into my animation
And i want to make water and import that into my brickfilm
overall all just want to make my brickfilm better with CGI
Last edited by Mutuceba (September 1, 2009 (04:13am))
Well, I guess then I'll make a tutorial on that, but first, to know how to do the water, look up Super3boy on youtube, and type in the keywords: Super3boy water blender tutorial, or something like that, and it shows you how to do that. It might take a while to make a tutorial though.
Your welcome. I'll PM it to you once I have it done, so, if there's nothing else you need, this thread can die peacefully.
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