The "best" way is to use solid modeling. Surface modeling is fine, but solids are the cat's ass!
Depending on what you need, solid modeling can range up to hundreds of thousands. CAD isn't really 2- or 3-D. It's whatever the manufacturer uses to "aid" in "design". You could, technically, call Windows Paint a CAD program. However, in the real world, CAD applications document design intent with constraints and dimensions. What is the format of the CAD file? Many programs can read certain CAD file types w/o requiring the actuall CAD application. I love CAD! In fact, I named my son Colin Andrew Dawson just because of that. M!ke Jeffry Houser wrote: > A past client contacted me today about turning a 2D image into a 3D one. > > I turned them down, since I don't generally don't do any design > work. But, is such a request even possible (easily)? > > They said they had a cad file. Isn't CAD traditionally 3D? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157186 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
