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TSXtruder 1.0 by Bendy's 3D Systems
Copyright (C) 1999

Based on Extruder 1.1 by Bryce Denney
Copyright (C) 1999

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

The complete GNU public license is also in this directory.
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TSXtruder 1.0 
25 April 1999
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TSXtruder is a Truespace 3.x extension which can be used to create
heightfield objects by extruding TGA image files from the top
of a cube.

Big Thanks to Bryce Denney for giving me permission to base this
on his Extruder 1.1 program for Truespace 2.

INSTALLATION

	Unzip all files into your Truespace 3 TSX directory. The
zip file contains a directory structure so unzip using
'pkunzip -d' to extract or check 'Use Folder Names' in the WinZip
extraction window. To use simply fire up Truespace 3.x, open the
3D Plugins window and load 'tsxtruder.tsx' into the plugin panel.
Left click to start up, right click for the about window.

FILES 
TSXtruder\readme.txt - this document
TSXtruder\license.txt - the GNU public license
TSXtruder\tsxtruder.tsx - the plugin itself
TSXtruder\b.tga - a 67x67 TGA file of a greyscale letter 'B' *
TSXtruder\dougnut.tga - an 80x80 TGA file of a dougnut *
TSXtruder\circles.tga - an 82x82 TGA file of some circles
				(used to make the icon)
TSXtruder\manual\manual.html - HTML manual page. Point yer browser here.
TSXtruder\manual\faces.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\res.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\dialog.JPG
TSXtruder\manual\xysize.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\zsize.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\ftype.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\tri.JPG
TSXtruder\manual\quad.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\house.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\dialog.html
TSXtruder\manual\info.html
TSXtruder\manual\head.html
TSXtruder\manual\other.html
TSXtruder\manual\res.html
TSXtruder\manual\faces.html
TSXtruder\manual\extbut.html
TSXtruder\manual\delbut.html
TSXtruder\manual\xysize.html
TSXtruder\manual\zsize.html
TSXtruder\manual\ftype.html
TSXtruder\manual\text.html
TSXtruder\manual\smooth.html
TSXtruder\manual\file.html
TSXtruder\manual\prog.html
TSXtruder\manual\icon.JPG
TSXtruder\manual\test.html
TSXtruder\manual\mounds.JPG
TSXtruder\manual\xtrd.JPG
TSXtruder\manual\text.JPG
TSXtruder\manual\smooth.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\file.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\prog.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\extbutu.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\extbutf.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\delbutu.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\delbutf.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\fileb.jpg
TSXtruder\manual\planar.html
TSXtruder\manual\np.JPG

* - From original Extruder 1.1 by Bryce Denney.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Fire up the extension by clicking on it's icon in the TSX panel.
2. Click the 'File' button to select the 16/24 Bit Uncompressed 
   TGA file you want to use.
3. Set the x and y resolution of the object. The default value is the
   size of the TGA file selected. You can change these and the number
   of faces will be updated in the dialog box.
4. Set the height for the extrusion (default=1).
5. Set the height of the cube being extruded from (default=1).
6. Set any other parameters you want
7. Hit the 'Extrude' button. 
8. That's It. Render your newly made heightfield.

The 'delete' button can be used to delete the object after creation,
if you so desire.

RESTRICTIONS

TSXtruder requires trueSpace 3 or above.
TSXtruder can only read uncompressed 16 or 24 bit TGA files.

KNOWN BUGS

None?

CHANGES SINCE VERSION 1.0 BETA 1

Added heaps of new features, size controls, smoothing, different
face types, textures, bumpmaps.

Fixed bad face normals.

Added support for 16 bit TGA files.

Better error checking on TGA files.

TODO FOR THIS VERSION (1.0)

Iron out any unknown bugs.

TODO FOR NEXT VERSION (1.1)

Option to mirror extrusion to base.

Support for more TGA file formats (compressed, indexed etc..)

Animation...,
Other stuff I (or you) can think of.

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
Please send any comments, suggestions, and bug reports to 
bendy@bendys.com. If submitting a bug report please put the word
'bug' in the subject of the message.
Point your web browser to http://www.bendys.com for updates to
TSXtruder.

The original Extruder 1.1 by Bryce Denney which this plugin is based
on can be found at http://www.physics.oberlin.edu/~bdenney/extruder.
Bryce can be contacted at Bryce.Denney@bigfoot.com.

TrueSpace is a product of Caligari, Inc.  Their web site is at
http://www.caligari.com.