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Subject:Re: Am I asking for the impossible (2D>3D)? From:Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net> To:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:04:40 -0700
That was a really small graphic, but there are probably some ways to do
that.
You might ask on a Corel Draw forum, or...
ah- I wonder if Blender would be too painful?
gotta be a way!
Erika Yanovich 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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regards
Jay
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