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What's New in Virtus WalkThrough Pro 2.0?
First, if you're new to Virtus WalkThrough Pro,
here's a brief description of our award-winning
product:
WalkThrough Pro is a leading 3-D visualization program
for Macintosh/Power Macintosh and Windows computers that
features robust drawing tools, perspective-correct
texture mapping, and an effective and affordable
combination of real-time 3-D rendering and "walk
through" navigation. Draw in our 2-D Design window
and you'll see your creation instantly rendered in
3-D in a companion Walk window. Also in the Walk
window, you can use a mouse to quickly and fluidly
explore in and around your model.
For those of you who are interested in upgrading
to WalkThrough Pro 2.0 from a previous version of
the program, here's what's new in this version:
1) Virtus Player - This new freeware utility and
real-time player, which ships with WalkThrough
Pro 2.0, makes it possible for you to distribute
your models to colleagues, clients, family and
friends. Using Virtus Player, anyone can view
(but not edit) any file created with Virtus
WalkThrough, WalkThrough Pro or Virtus VR. It
comes in Macintosh/Power Macintosh and Windows
flavors. Share it with everybody!
2) Collision Detection - Stops you from walking
through walls and other solid objects.
3) Smooth Shading - A new type of rendering that
adds realism by softening the edges that are
created where surfaces meet.
4) Improved Printing: From within WalkThrough
Pro 2.0, you can print the 3-D Walk View of
models to which textures have been applied.
5) Embedded Textures: A WalkThrough Pro 2.0 model
with textures can be saved with those textures
stored within the file.
6) Keyboard Navigation: Use the arrow keys or
numeric keypad to navigate through your models.
7) New Tools
3-D Object Selector, 3-D Surface Selector: With
these, you can select a single object or surface,
respectively, in the 3-D Walk View. This method
makes it easier to choose a single object or surface,
which makes it easier to work with complex models.
Magnify Tool: A magnifying glass has replaced the
Zoom-In Tool; its function is the same.
8) 2-D Support for Libraries - From within
WalkThrough Pro 2.0, you can now open Virtus VR 2-D
galleries, then copy and paste 2-D gallery items
(windows, doors, etc.) into new WalkThrough Pro
models or custom libraries that you create.
9) Import - Place has been replaced by Import Trace
Layer. On the Macintosh, you may import PICT, TIFF
and 2-D DXF files to trace as templates; for Windows,
it's BMP, TIFF and 2-D DXF.
NOTE: This version of WalkThrough Pro does not
support 3-D DXF file imports.
10) Export - There will be two export options for
Macintosh and Windows users: 2-D DXF and 3-D DXF.
In addition, you may export files as Virtus Player
documents.
11) Movies/Snapshots - A new menu item, Make Movie,
supports PICS and QuickTime for Macintosh, and
Animator Pro and Video for Windows. (The movie-making
function has been separated from other Snapshot menu
options.)
NOTE: Macintosh users will be able to play
QuickTime movies in WalkThrough Pro 2.0 models; a
future version of WalkThrough Pro will support Video
for Windows, allowing Windows users to play movies
in their WalkThrough Pro models.
12) Custom Credit Screens - Make a custom credits
screen, including a picture (PICT or BMP) and text,
for each of your models.
13) Coordinates Window - The Position Indicator in
the Design Views' Tools Window has been replaced by
a free-floating palette.
14) New Textures - WalkThrough Pro 2.0 ships with
hundreds of textures: Tiles, Fabrics, Woods, Bricks,
Stone, Windows, Doors, Cabinet Surfaces, Carpets
and much more. You also get more than 100 textures
created with Alien Skin Textureshop by Virtus (this
product will ship in early 1995). Use these textures
in your WalkThrough Pro models.
15) New Installer - installs all of the program's
files or only the files that you select.
And more!
For additional information about this product, or
to order, please call Virtus Customer Service at
800/847-8871.