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Subject:Re: Am I asking for the impossible (2D>3D)? From:voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:42:01 -0400
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
> Hello Whirlers,
> Do you know of any piece of SW that can turn a 2D drawing (with 3D icons) into something like http://www.keymile.com/media/internet/applications/efm/Pic_EFM.jpg?
> Tech writers can't necessarily draw these fancier 3Ds, but if such a software exists they could help themselves rather than turning to a graphic artist.
> TIA
> Erika
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Well, you'd be putting use tech writers that can also draw (like
myself) out of business ;-)
I don't know of any such application, but it's not really 2D>3D in the
3D-wireframe-and-rendering sense; it's really an orthogonal projection
drawing that can be created relatively easily with 2D drawing
applications and proper use of the "skew" tool. (30 or 60 degrees for
the most part).
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