Hi all,

maybe interesting for some of you. I am not sure if you know
that Michael Gibson, father of Rhino3D, has implemented SubD2NURBS
in his current v4 beta of Moment of Inspiration. :-)

MoI is imho an easy to use and affordable NURBS modeler, which
is also cross-platform (Win/Mac).

For the interested folks here are some links what can be done
with MoI:

Zarkow's MoI Gallery gives you a good overview imho:

https://www.instagram.com/christianschweger/?fbclid=IwAR3Cy9ARknvSVm5mWnWamxHXpQmQS60JyvuMTIx2RuXGK6TBk78R2xq3oeg

A paid beginners tutorial:

https://gumroad.com/l/vavRq/moi3D?fbclid=IwAR10gBxaCZNjKvma8B85pB_32tcXf2OufxZapzlXRQDmdZXY6Q-Aef9iUNo

Elephant samples (free Node Editor) like Grasshopper for Rhino:

https://www.instagram.com/nodeology/?fbclid=IwAR2afbXnvnWfSnIkZngsdoPywP-tvExpiv58VRX5znIguGzIWg-ZECj-ixw

And Maxim Smirnow's free and powerful scripts:

http://moi.maxsm.net/

Hope you find this info useful!

Regards
Stefan

I have long wanted to try this great software. I looked through the documentation and a lot of videos. But I did not find the time to start a real project.

Hi,

the new SubD2NURBS implementation uses quad dominant meshes.

However there is an old .obj importer script available which
allows you to import also triangle meshes, so that you have
then a facetted triangle based solid or surface.

http://moi.maxsm.net/startpos/8

P.S. Regarding Mac / PC ... I purchased an upgrade to ViaCADPro
v10 and PowerPackPro v10 last October and now my Mac broke. So
i mailed support if they can switch the license to Windows and
if they can provide my the Windows installers, because i have not
enough funds to buy me a new Mac. And the response was very
dissapointing for me. I was told i had not purchased a download
insurance (what is this ... ???) and they offered me an upgrade
option to v11 and PowerPack v11 for additional money. :-( As understood
from previous forum threads PowerPack v11 does not include Subd2NURBS.

Had i known this before, i had not spend so much money and had waited a
couple of more days for the MoI v4 beta with the Subd2NURBS feature.

Regards
Stefan

Edited by user Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:31:24 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Murray is right, there is no pro power pack V11, it's just power pack. You have lost subd to nurbs, and the unwrap is now a part of V11 Pro. It's also in power pack v11, but I got the impression it had been moved to v11 pro and not taken out of power pack properly.

As for the translators, I have tested them. Parasolid, NX all work good. Catia, will load files but the export is no good. I have been on with Todd about this, and something is a miss. I understand Spatial provide a Catia V5 R8 translator, rare you would have anything older than that, but it just won't load the exported file in Catia V5 R21, 22, 24 or 26. When I know more I'll pop on here and explain.

This is stopping me upgrading. To be able to switch between Shark, Catia and NX (with Parasolid) is important to me, and when it's fixed I'll be looking very closely at the upgrade.

Yeah I mean it's not really download insurance is it? Plus is there a way to find out what their download insurance covers? Fairly certain it wouldn't be your mac dying and the following events.

Pretty poor really, you know last year was full of bugs being fixed and updates to builds, it's slowly got quieter and quieter and quieter. Could it be a glimpse into what's to come?

Thanks for the tips.

I will then see to sell the license. Should be no problem
imho, because i am an EU customer.

Regards
Stefan