SCF Member, Robert O’Halloran, is currently researching for a paper he is writing as part of his BA Hons Degree in Interior Architecture and Design. The survey is aimed at people who use 3D draughting software to design interior related projects. This would include Architects, Interior Architects, Interior Designers, Interior Decorators, Visual Artists (CGI), Kitchen [...]
A couple of years back I made a tank for a game mod (modification) for Red Alert 2. The model is now available on Form Fonts and is called Stalin’s Fist. Recently I had a chance to get a free 3D print made from it by iMaterialise, the 3D print company. Below are photos of [...]
After the official release of Thea, finally we can put our hands on the latest release of the SU2Thea exporter plugin! As developer Tomasz Marek announced, there are two, main new features in the plugin: The most important addition is a ‘hierarchy/grouped’ method of exporting SketchUp models. It means that Thea’s scene structure will resemble [...]
Quite a lot of us know and use IDX Renditioner but IMSI Design has also released its advanced version, Renditioner Pro v2, a professional rendering system for Google SketchUp. Its main features are: Sub-Image Rendering High Performance Cameras and Lighting using HDR Extensive Libraries of Content Flexible Image Control and Rendering Easy User Interface with [...]
Dennis Fukai of InSiteBuilder’s has updated the Mastering the Art of 3D Construction Modeling. Dennis tells us, ‘We just finished an update to our classic book, 3D Construction Modeling. The new book was written for project managers who want to learn first hand how to build their own piece based construction models. A construction model [...]
It’s been a busy few weeks since the last update and our beloved scripters have been hard at work again! Some with updates to your old favourites and others with brand new toys to play with! Didier Bur updated Compo Spray 1.4.2 What’s new in v1.4.2.: – bug fix with destination layer using the PointTool [...]
A really good news to Kerkythea users; Giannis (developer Ioannis Pantazopoulos of Kerkythea and Thea) has not abandoned the best free rendering software ever but actively developing it. Soon there will be a new version released. The two, major changes of the new version will be: 64 bit builds (this will help with large size [...]
Available initially for OSX 10.5 and up, this Safari plugin (still in beta phase) allows you to view LightUp Player files (.luca files) from inside a web page using an <embed> tag. The installer is free to download from the LightUp Player pages here. This first version has limited scripting controls however it should give [...]
Long serving member NumbThumb wowed the community with his latest project ‘ Acht -Achter‘. It’s an extremely detailed piece of modeling and used the museum display in Barcelona as a source of info. Hopefully he’ll get round to texturing this….there’s even a mention that he may share it! Yummy Hats off to Numbthumb….be careful where [...]
Since launching Shaderlight back in October, users have been asking ‘When’s the Mac version coming?’ Well, it’s here! It doesn’t end there – in addition to the Mac version Shaderlight also made some fantastic performance and quality improvements on the Windows version too! The developers are all a bit excited about the new releases so [...]
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