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- 3D Canvas(tm) 2.0
-
- 3D Canvas is a real-time 3D modelling and animation tool
- that incorporates a drag-and-drop approach to 3D modelling.
-
- Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives,
- or created using 3D Canvas' Object Building Tools.
-
- Creating an animated scene is as simple as positioning
- the objects within your scene for each point in time in
- your animation. 3D Canvas will ensure that the resulting
- animation runs smoothly. No complicated scene timelines
- are required. Your animation can be stepped through a
- frame at a time, viewed in real-time, or recorded to a
- Video (AVI) file so that you can distribute your creation.
-
- 3D Canvas is shareware. This evaluation copy of 3D Canvas
- expires 30 days after installation.
-
-
- Minimum System Requirements
- ---------------------------
-
- Pentium Processor
- 32 MB RAM
- Graphics Adapter with high color support
- Windows 95/98/2000
- DirectX 7
- Internet Explorer 4.0 is required to view Help
-
- Recommended:
-
- 3D Hardware Acceleration
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- Unzip the 3DCanvas.zip file using your favourite Unzip program.
- In the folder you created, there is a program called Setup.
- Run the Setup program by double-clicking it. This begins the
- Setup program for 3D Canvas which will prompt you with further
- set-up instructions.
-
- Important Notice to Previous users of 3D Canvas:
-
- Previous users must remember to uninstall the previous
- version of 3D Canvas prior to installation of a new version.
- Answer yes if asked to the remove shared files.
-
-
- What's New in 3D Canvas 2.0 Revision 1
- --------------------------------------
-
- o) Improved Support for 4MB video cards.
-
- o) Undo/Redo for animations.
-
- o) Import/Export of 3D Canvas Scenes in POVRay Format.
-
-
- What's New in 3D Canvas 2.0
- ---------------------------
-
- o) New Highly Customizable Interface
-
- All toolbars and panels can now be hidden if desired.
-
- Three new view configurations have been added.
-
- View projections and orientation can be selected on
- a view by view basis by right clicking on the view and
- selecting an alternative from the pop-up menu.
-
- Dividers between view panels can now be dragged to
- adjust the size of each individual view.
-
- o) Animation sub-paths are now provided which permit mixing
- of Spline and Linear object movement within one animation
- path.
-
- o) Pauses within animations paths are now available. Adding
- a pause is as simple as clicking on the Add Pause button.
-
- o) The new Crease Tool allows you to increase or decrease the
- amount of creasing visible on objects.
-
- o) Animation key-frame ranges can now be played and recorded
- by shift-selecting a range on the animation slider.
-
- o) The Group Selection Tool may now select either forward
- facing faces or all faces within the selection rectangle.
-
- o) The range of effect for the Deform Tool can now be set.
-
- o) The Divide Smooth Tool can now be configured to smooth
- all edges, or selected edges based on a condition.
-
- o) The extrude amount can now be set for the Face Extrude
- operation.
-
- o) Undo/Redo are now available for Object Building Tools.
-
- o) Animations can now be previewed through the through Layout
- Camera.
-
- o) A new Status Bar provides feedback on the the progress of
- operations by indicating how much an object has been moved,
- scaled or rotated.
-
- o) The time position within an Animation can now be directly
- entered.
-
- o) Performance of the Surface Building Tool has been dramatically
- improved.
-
- o) Enhanced support for 800x600 mode. Toolbars have been
- re-configured to work better in 800x600 mode.
-
- o) Memory requirements have been reduced.
-
-
- Known Issues
- ------------
-
- An up to date list of known issues is available at
- http://www.amabilis.com/supportissues.htm
-
- Support
- -------
-
- Email support is available at support@amabilis.com
-
- For the latest information on 3D Canvas(tm) see www.amabilis.com.
-
- Copyright (c) 2000 Amabilis