PLUGIN: Knife

[Dennis]

The Knife plugin is available at:

http://supercoldmilk.com/ac3dplug/knife.html

The Knife plugin acts on the edges of the selected objects/surfaces, inserting a vertex where necessary. Optionally performs a Slice Surface.

See all my plugins at http://supercoldmilk.com/ac3dplug/index.html

[Dennis]

The knife plugin has been updated to version 1.1.2.

Fixes:

* Texture coordinates are now properly mapped on objects when a vertex is inserted. Before, if a vertex was inserted between two points, the texture coordinates on the new vertex were only accurate if the vertex was inserted at the exact center point of an edge

[Razer]

Dennis, your tha man. This little tool has helped me so much its not even funny. I've been able to go back and fix models i've madein a few mins which I had put off to keep from putting in long hours fixing them.

thanks a ton!

[Dennis]

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback Razer --- I wrote these plugins primarily for my own use, but I'm certainly glad someone else is getting use out of them.

Dennis

[Spinner]

There's quite a few someone else's that are appreciating them.
AC3D is a great proggy but the plug in tools give it a flexability I need.
Your knife is one of the best.
Spinner

[Dennis]

Very nice - thanks for the kind words, Spinner.

The plugin capability has been a life-saver for me. Being able to write my own exporters, etc. has saved me hours of bother.

I've been meaning to throw out a guide to writing ac3d plugins for novice plugin writers --- as Andy will tell you, the SDK is a bit lacking in documentation --- but I just haven't gotten around to it. Maybe someday soon .... :wink:

[Razer]

dennis, you think you could help me with a problem Andy and I are having with a plugin?

We have a plugin for a game which use to work with AC3D but after 4.0 Andy has been unable to get the plugins fully working due to the way AC3D handles normals now. (since he doesn't have the orignal soruce for the plugins.) If i can get you the info and his source for the new plugins and using info about the game and how its handled do you think you could backwards engineer the old plugins or maybe figure out whats up with the new ones?

I'm not fully inyto programming yet since I'm teaching myself to i figure it will take lot longer then it did when i tought myself 3d/2d and html. :)

[Dennis]

No promises, but I could certainly take a look at the info and make an assessment. All of the plugins I've written/maintained so far are for my own projects, and between that and work, I often have little time for other things, but if it's not too involved I could take a swing at it...

Send me a PM with the details and we can go from there.

Dennis

[Dennis]

A Linux port for the Knife plugin has been posted, courtesy of fellow AC3D user AJ MacLeod.

If you try compiling this under another Linux platform and have problems, or if you have problems with this version, please let me know --- a bug has been reported using this plugin created under another Linux flavor where the "Cut away object" did not work.

Dennis

[Dennis]

All,

A bug seems to be present in the Linux versions when "Cut away object" is used.

The plugin seems to work if "Cut away object" is disabled.

A fix is in the works.

Dennis

[Salsero]

Hi Dennis,
many many thanks fpr the knife plug in, it is so helpful to me.
i'm coming from germany and I have to create tools and toys for some guys and clients and this little tool makes my work and world easier.
thanks again
holger

[Dennis]

Excellent --- thanks so much for the kind words! Glad to see people are getting use out of it.

By the way, everyone, if there are any Linux users that are missing the "Cut away surfaces" functionality, please let me know --- I've shelved this bug while I work on other things, but if there are users that need the functionality, I can try to work on a fix.

Dennis

[Dennis]

A new version of the Knife plugin (1.2) has been posted, with Linux compile under Debian 3.0 available courtesy of fellow AC3D user AJ MacLeod.

This release changes the "Cut away surfaces" feature, fixing it under Linux installs. This does not fix the bug mentioned in a previous post (seems this may not be a bug with the Knife plugin, after all).

Many thanks to Andy Colebourne for providing a better cut away function, and to AJ MacLeod for his work on the Linux port.

Because this version has not been rigorously tested, the previous version (1.1.2) has been left up as well.

Dennis

[Dennis]

Thanks for the kind words rattle --- I tend to make plugins to suit my own needs, but I'm very glad others are getting use out of them!