Posts Tagged ‘cad’

VizUp Optimizer Home and Student 4.5.5

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

VizUp Optimizer Home and Student v. 4.5.5VizUp is an ad hoc polygon optimization and reduction system that enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model while retaining the quality and appearance of the original. The end result of the reduction is a 3D model with a well-balanced level of details and size, which is perfect for the use in virtual reality and real-time visualization systems. Supports Wavefront .OBJ, VRML 2.0/97 and StereoLitho (STL) file formats.

VizUp is designed specially for game developers, architects, and 3D designers. With this software in place, they get a pain-free way to reduce polygons and optimize 3D models, and presentations before publishing them on the Web. Also, VizUp simplifies LOD generation for games and virtual reality. The best thing about this software is that it saves you from time-consuming routine operations and lets you put your energy into creativity. The product has a “Fast reduction” option to let you optimize 3D models quickly and effectively select the necessary level of reduction for many models. The learning curve is minimal, so you can start your first polygon compression project in a few minutes.

VizUp has been designed with the ordinary user in mind. This is reflected in its refreshingly uncomplicated user interface, which has a large 3D viewer window in the center and a toolbar with all necessary commands and options, which are hopefully not many and not difficult to understand.

With the interface like this, it`s no wonder a novice user can start the first reduction project in a few minutes. And in doing this, you are not required to spend time on technical documentation. Simply load a sample 3D model of iPaq, which is shipped with VizUp, and learn how to reduce polygons by clicking on the VizUp buttons and seeing what effect each of them delivers. VizUp reduces all your efforts to a single click on the Reduce button. The compression is done automatically.

Version: 4.5.5
License: Shareware
Download: VizUp Optimizer Home and Student v. 4.5.5

VizUp Optimizer Home and Student 4.5.5

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

VizUp Optimizer Home and Student v. 4.5.5VizUp is an ad hoc polygon optimization and reduction system that enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model while retaining the quality and appearance of the original. The end result of the reduction is a 3D model with a well-balanced level of details and size, which is perfect for the use in virtual reality and real-time visualization systems. Supports Wavefront .OBJ, VRML 2.0/97 and StereoLitho (STL) file formats.

VizUp is designed specially for game developers, architects, and 3D designers. With this software in place, they get a pain-free way to reduce polygons and optimize 3D models, and presentations before publishing them on the Web. Also, VizUp simplifies LOD generation for games and virtual reality. The best thing about this software is that it saves you from time-consuming routine operations and lets you put your energy into creativity. The product has a “Fast reduction” option to let you optimize 3D models quickly and effectively select the necessary level of reduction for many models. The learning curve is minimal, so you can start your first polygon compression project in a few minutes.

VizUp has been designed with the ordinary user in mind. This is reflected in its refreshingly uncomplicated user interface, which has a large 3D viewer window in the center and a toolbar with all necessary commands and options, which are hopefully not many and not difficult to understand.

With the interface like this, it`s no wonder a novice user can start the first reduction project in a few minutes. And in doing this, you are not required to spend time on technical documentation. Simply load a sample 3D model of iPaq, which is shipped with VizUp, and learn how to reduce polygons by clicking on the VizUp buttons and seeing what effect each of them delivers. VizUp reduces all your efforts to a single click on the Reduce button. The compression is done automatically.

Version: 4.5.5
License: Shareware
Download: VizUp Optimizer Home and Student v. 4.5.5

RasterVect 18.3

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

RasterVect v. 18.3If you want to edit a raster file in your CAD program, you first have to convert it to a vector file. RasterVect does just that, transforming paper drawings or raster images into a vector format. Raster images can be imported by scanning original paper drawings. There is TWAIN and WIA support for importing from all scanners. The target vector formats (DXF, WMF, EMF, EPS and AI) are supported by most CAD applications that use vector graphics, such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, AutoCAD. There are viewing tools like zooming, scrolling and color selection. Features: Recognizes orthogonal and inclined lines, arcs and circles; Has four various conversion methods (centerlines, outlines etc); Has modes ORTHO, SNAP and OSNAP; Forms correct corners at crossing lines, arcs and circles; Keeps scale of an initial drawing; Can correct a turn angle of an initial raster drawing; Has despeckle filters; Can recognize color images or transform their to black-and-white for the subsequent recognition; Has Batch Mode and Macros; Has vector and raster editing features; Supports various raster formats, such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and so on; has own combined (raster+vector) format. Designed to work on all Windows platforms, RasterVect saves a lot of time. It`s a replacement for traditional tracing and digitizing. It does provide a way to getting a paper drawings into your CAD program for quick and easy editing.

Version: 18.3
License: Shareware
Download: RasterVect v. 18.3

RasterVect 18.3

Friday, May 4th, 2012

RasterVect v. 18.3If you want to edit a raster file in your CAD program, you first have to convert it to a vector file. RasterVect does just that, transforming paper drawings or raster images into a vector format. Raster images can be imported by scanning original paper drawings. There is TWAIN and WIA support for importing from all scanners. The target vector formats (DXF, WMF, EMF, AI and EPS) are supported by most CAD applications that use vector graphics, such as Corel Draw, AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator. There are viewing tools like zooming, scrolling and color selection. Features: Recognizes orthogonal and inclined lines, arcs and circles; Has four various conversion methods (centerlines, outlines etc); Has modes ORTHO, SNAP and OSNAP; Keeps scale of an initial drawing; Forms correct corners at crossing lines, arcs and circles; Can recognize color images or transform their to black-and-white for the subsequent recognition; Can correct a turn angle of an initial raster drawing; Has despeckle filters; Has Macros and Batch Mode; Has vector and raster editing features; Supports various raster formats, such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and so on; has own combined (raster+vector) format. Designed to work on all Windows platforms, this program saves a lot of time. It is a replacement for traditional tracing and digitizing. It does provide a way to getting a paper drawings into your CAD program for quick and easy editing.

Version: 18.3
License: Shareware
Download: RasterVect v. 18.3

VizUp Streamline Professional Home and Student 4.5.3

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

VizUp Streamline Professional Home and Student v. 4.5.3VizUp Streamline enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model while retaining the quality and appearance of the original. The end result of the reduction is a 3D model with a well-balanced level of details and size, which is perfect for the use in virtual reality and real-time visualization systems. The process of reduction is extremely simple and doesn`t require any advanced knowledge. VizUp automatically picks all necessary parameters without any manual interference on your side. Supports Wavefront .OBJ, VRML2 and StereoLitho (STL) file formats.

Unique to VizUp is that it compresses the model for all possible ratios at once. This means you can see the effect of any compression level instantly with a click on the corresponding ratio button. Thanks to this, you no longer have to restart polygon reduction each time for 10%, 20%, 30%, and other ratios. Switch between different compression ratios, compare the resulting models and select the one that fits your requirements.

Another good thing about VizUp is its unique ability to maintain the visual fidelity of the model even at high compression ratios. In compressing a model, VizUp deletes some vertices, but the coordinates of the remaining vertices do not change. Thanks to this, there are minimal distortions during texture mapping, as texture coordinates of the vertices remain the same. However if you find that the resulting model doesn`t look well, you can refine it by using the VizUp`s optimization algorithm. This makes the model look very smooth.

Version: 4.5.3
License: Shareware
Download: VizUp Streamline Professional Home and Student v. 4.5.3