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Pauls03  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, May 2, 2007 7:12:46 AM(UTC)
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I've been using the Concepts family of modelers for about a month now and continue to be pleasantly surprised at how robust some of the tools are.

It's been a very pleasant learning experience as my only previous ACIS experience has been Electric Images's modeler, EIM, which I really like but modeling there can be an excercise in walking on egg shells.

I like the way this shape turned out (I'm both a fine artist and 3D illustrator so I get to call some of these shapes 'abstract art':-) and using the twist tool was able to create an object where every angle produced some interesting visual content. It was hard to choose just one angle to render ....so I rendered a few. Rendered in Electric Image....great renderer - very organic in look. Handles huge amounts of polys and can render billboard size if needed.

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Also a bunch of 3d doodles while learning and trying different things in ViaCAD/CU....and more twisty things.

http://homepage.mac.com/sherstobitoff/PhotoAlbum42.html

All I can say is I continue to be impressed and inspired everytime I open up CU...Well Done! for the development team on these great modelers.

Paul
joev  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, May 2, 2007 2:40:44 PM(UTC)
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Great image Paul!

Just playing around...

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jol  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, May 2, 2007 4:49:33 PM(UTC)
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very cool !!
Pauls03  
#4 Posted : Thursday, May 3, 2007 12:06:54 PM(UTC)
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Thanks...the twist tool can sure be a source of inspiration.
jlm  
#5 Posted : Thursday, May 3, 2007 1:26:57 PM(UTC)
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Very coil !
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Tim Olson  
#6 Posted : Thursday, May 3, 2007 9:45:46 PM(UTC)
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Great stuff, thanks for sharing!
Tim Olson
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sah  
#7 Posted : Monday, May 7, 2007 8:44:09 AM(UTC)
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This was a bevel test that I was trying. This program will bevel just about anything and it does it fast.
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Pauls03  
#8 Posted : Monday, May 7, 2007 9:06:23 AM(UTC)
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That's great!

Yes, I still am in shock at times as to how robust the bevel toolset actually is. I have managed to find edges at times where no fillet was possible but they are very, very few.

Cool material!...where did you get it?......just kidding:-)
joev  
#9 Posted : Monday, May 7, 2007 2:08:56 PM(UTC)
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There's that reflection map again!

The beveling ability in Concepts is so strong, I'm almost to the point of taking it for granted.
sah  
#10 Posted : Tuesday, June 5, 2007 6:38:20 PM(UTC)
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Just playing with the tools in ViaCad.
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