Forum: AC3D Suggestions
14th October 2006, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,466
Re: Feature Request for Plug-In Developers
Having better facilities for debugging plug-ins would definitely be useful, but you have to be careful to prevent people from being able to hack the main application. In particular, the licencing...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
2nd October 2006, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
Thanks for the encouragment. I have been a little quiet here of late due to a holiday and a rather frantic few weeks at work. Not really much sign of relief in sight at the moment, but when I get...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
21st August 2006, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,385
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
17th August 2006, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,748
PLUGIN: Visualiser
I got a bit carried away with isosurfacing and adapted the "Meta" code to handle 3D datasets from medical scanners etc.
This plugin is of limited use for modelling, but it can produce some...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
17th August 2006, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
17th August 2006, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
Re: PLUGIN: Meta
I have made some bugfixes and memory optimisations to the Meta plugin.
Link (http://website.lineone.net/~steve_hill/Graphics/AC3D/AC3DResources.html#Meta)
Let me know of any problems.
Steve.
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
17th August 2006, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,236
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
11th August 2006, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
Re: PLUGIN: Meta
I think the best way to render volume data is to throw a ray tracer at it. You get to be able to show more detail and softer transitions and you can base the surface normals on the dataset which can...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
11th August 2006, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
Re: PLUGIN: Meta
Thanks. I am pleased if people enjoy it.
The triangle count is a function of the grid size and the number/size of the metaballs. Unfortunately if you reduce the grid size, you get chunkier...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
11th August 2006, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
Re: PLUGIN: Meta
Dennis, thanks for the feedback.
I think I may have a go at "Bender" next, although I am tempted to use the isosurface code to process some 3D datasets e.g. MRI scans etc. There will be a slight...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
11th August 2006, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
Re: PLUGIN: Meta
Thanks for the feedback, Thor. I notice on your image that there is a small glitch in one of the near blobs near the middle. I see this occasionally on my PC also. I am not sure what the cause is....
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
10th August 2006, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,865
PLUGIN: Meta
I've been going on about it in the work-in-progress section and here it is. The first public outing of my metaball plugin...
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
9th August 2006, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,551
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
9th August 2006, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
If only I had the modelling skills as well :(
I have had AC3D for a long time (originally purchased to make models for Blitz3D), but it's only since I upgraded to v6 that I have actually started...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
9th August 2006, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
Please check that the up-down arrows for the numeric input boxes work in the GUI -- I made an unfortunate change to the tcl file that stopped them from functioning which I fixed as soon as I noticed...
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
9th August 2006, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,551
Re: Metaball plugin WIP
They are all from AC3D (resampled to about 50% and jpeged). I have a moderately up to date card - a PCI Express Radeon x800 which handles these models interactively. I am impressed with AC3D's...
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
8th August 2006, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,551
Re: Metaball plugin WIP
Trouble is, once it's partially working I get carried away with playing around.
Here is an image, for your viewing pleasure, of a blobby icosahedron consisting of three quarters of a million...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
8th August 2006, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
I have had a thought. It might be to do with dlls that the plugin uses which are different or absent on your machines. I should tell the compiler to statically link in all libraries. This makes...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
8th August 2006, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
tbd, acemed,
Sorry you are having problems with the plugin. And thanks for reporting the problem. With two people experiencing the same issues, it must be a problem at my end. I have...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
8th August 2006, 04:42 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
8th August 2006, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,551
Re: Metaball plugin WIP
It's not ready yet. I only just got the inwards working. I need to do the GUI yet.
I'll announce in the plugins forum when something usable is available.
In the meantime you will have to make...
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
7th August 2006, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,551
Re: Metaball plugin WIP
It's a tool for modelling blobby/organic looking objects. Mostly for aesthetics rather than exact modelling.
You will be able to specify a number of "blobs" each of which generate a field, like a...
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Forum: AC3D Work In Progress / Showcase
7th August 2006, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,551
Metaball plugin WIP
Well, I am making steady progress on my second plugin. I have the isosurface algorithm working and by sleight of hand can specifiy metaballs (i.e. I have to write C++ to say where they are).
Here...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
7th August 2006, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
The twister is now at version 1.1
I have added a minimum and maximum twist angle and tidied a few other things up. The axis vector is no longer shown normalised as this was inconsistent with...
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Forum: AC3D Plugins and Other Resources
7th August 2006, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,787
Re: PLUGIN: Twister
Also does the extension get listed in the console when the program loads?
Steve.
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