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Short: B-spline based 3D object creation/converter program
Type: gfx/3d
Uploader: enigma@dorsai.dorsai.org
Author: Fori Owurowa
Spline based object creation program. Converts to Real3D, Imagine, and
Lightwave formats. AGA support.
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********* THIS IS VERSION 1.6 A NEW UPDATE TO VERSION 1.5 **************
If you are interested in distributing this product, all dealer inquiries
are welcome.
No liability from the use or misuse of this program is expressed
or implied. All products mentioned are the trade marks of their
respective companies and have no affiliation with FreeForm at
this time.
All code of the program is the property of Fori Owurowa and may not
be used in whole or in part for any other purposes but running this
DEMO.
**************************** IMPORTANT **********************************
You need the Helvetica11 bitmap font.
FreeFormDemo03040 - For 68030 and 68040 machines with math co-processors.
If you have 3.0 operating system or greater, you must set the path name
for where MULTIVIEW is located on your machine, in order to access the
online help. Change the last line in the configfile, that says amigaguide
to your path name. You may also have to move the ff.guide file to the
same directory as you specified for the MULTIVIEW path.
Look at the "WHATS NEW" button in the help system.
*************************************************************************
FreeForm is a Bspline and NURB editor for Real3D2, LightWave, Caligari,
Imagine and Aladdin.
Some example conversions have been done for you to see.
REAL3D2 - spoutbs.rpl
LIGHTWAVE - spoutbs.geo
CALIGARI - spoutbs.geo
IMAGINE - spoutbs.imag
This usable DEMO is provided so you can see some of the functions of
the program. Some functions are not accessible, for obvious reasons.
There may be some screen shots and a short morphing demo included
if time and space allow.
The program includes on_line help through an amiga guide file and
phone tech support.
If you wish to order the full program, it is only $59.95. Please include
what type of processor you have. You will receive all future upgrades
for only $5 for each upgrade.
(Please support an Amiga programmer)
$59.90 + $5 shipping and handling.
Fori Owurowa
1873-75 Cropsey Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11214
U.S.A
You can reach me at the following E-mail address:
enigma@dorsai.dorsai.org
FreeForm is a Bspline and NURB editor for Real3D2, LightWave, Caligari and
Imagine.
Some example conversions have been done for you to see.
REAL3D2 - spoutbs.rpl
LIGHTWAVE - spoutbs.geo
CALIGARI - spoutbs.geo
IMAGINE - spoutbs.imag
This usable DEMO is provided so you can see some of the functions of
the program. Some functions are not accessible, for obvious reasons.
Due to the reorganization of functions for the DEMO, you may experience
some bugs. Due to the large amount of combinations of button presses
and functions, it is impossible to find all of the bugs on my own. If
you find any while using the program, please describe them and what you tried
to do, and forward the information to my friends BBS address or to me
directly at the address below.
This demo contains just part of the abilities of the program. Some
prefs and other functions were shortened or left out do to:
1. It's a DEMO
2. Space considerations
There may be some screen shots and a short morphing demo included
if time and space allow.
The program includes on_line help through an amiga guide file and
phone tech support.
If you wish to order the full program, it is only $59.95. Please include
what type of processor you have. You will receive all future upgrades
for only $5 for each upgrade.
(Please support an Amiga programmer)
$59.90 + $5 shipping and handling.
Fori Owurowa
1873-75 Cropsey Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11214
U.S.A
718-996-1842 (12:30 pm to 7:30 pm Eastern time) For registered users only
enigma@dorsai.dorsai.org
FreeForm has a realtime Perspective and Parallel view interface, with
points picking and bones modification in all views.
In the interactive modes, you can choose how your object is displayed on
the fly. Choose from
1. Knot- object drawn in realtime by connecting points through the knots.
This gives you a more accurate shape and size than Real3D's
lines through the control points.
2. Cntrl Pnt- Same as Real3D's lines drawn through the control points.
3. BOUNDING BOX - You can toggle this on and off, on the fly, while in
any of the two other modes. It is useful if your
machine is slower or the number of points on the
object is very large.
The following are just some of the features in the program, that I feel are
improvements over most of Real3D2's Bspline modeling portion.
1. FreeForm IS 20 TIMES FASTER THAN REAL3D2.(Yes, I said 20 times !)
FreeForm renders your objects without having to set any
subdivision levels. Your objects are always be smooth. No
matter what resolution your in or how close you zoom in
to the object, you won't see the polygonal edges that appear
on smooth objects in Real3d when you zoom in close and render.
The curves in the editor, also maintain their smoothness at any
resolution and zoom, without having to set any subdivision levels.
FREEFORM CAN RENDER CURVES IN CURVE SHADE MODE, FASTER THAN IMAGINE2
RENDERS POLYGONS IN SCANLINE !;
2. Spin open objects at angles of less than 360 degrees, at 1 degree increments.
4. Easy duplication of control points, by setting the point to be a SINGLE,
DOUBLE or TRIPLE type. This way of doing it frees you from having to figure
out how many points are already there, and takes away the lengthy task
of separating the object into curves, then duplicating or deleting points,
(hoping that you didn't add to many or to little), then picking all the
right curves in the right orders, and putting the object back together
again as in Real3D. (When I brought a computer I wanted it to do most
of the work not me !)
5. Give an edge curve a thickness automatically.
6. Set Object On Ground function, positions objects on the editors ground
for you.
7. Pick points by dragging, clicking or lassoing. Lasso lets you draw a freehand
line encircling points that you want picked. It allows you to weave in and
out of spaces that a drag box cannot get to.
8. Adjust object by Control Points or Knot Points.
9. Automatic Bones creation for objects, and modification of objects using
Bones.
10. Export objects to Real3D2(Bsplines and Tension NURBS),
LightWave, Caligari and Imagine (Bsplines and Tension NURBS converted to
polygons adjustable by you).
11. Rail extrusion allows easy creation of complexed shapes
(Example teapot spout - spoutbs.FreeForm). Rail extrusion automatically
aligns the cross section to be extruded for you. Real3D2 does not.
12. Morph Extrusion allows you to set 2 edge curves, and FreeForm will
extrude from one to the other creating the in between sections for you.
(Example - a mesh that is a circle at one end, and changes to a square
at the other).
13. Screen redraw is 3 times faster than Real3d2.
14. Curves drawn during dragging are complete, and not disconnected from the mesh
like Real3D's.
15. Points are highlighted for easy picking; and picked points are shown to
you, so you can tell if you have all that you wanted.
16. Tension - allows you to modify the shape of curve sections without it
affecting the knot position. This makes your Bsplines NURB like curves
and allows you to create objects which are next to impossible in
Real3D2.
(In Real3D2, when you triple a point to create a sharp corner,
the knot moves away from its original position, changing the
size and shape of the object. A result wich you may not always want.
Example- Imagine a bottle whose cross section is a smooth circle from the
top to the center of the bottle, and changes to a sharp edged octagon
from the middle to the bottom. Much like a bottle of Heinz ketchup.
17. Blend - allows you to pick sections and generate a smooth transition from
the first sections shape, to the last sections shape.(Blends Tension)
18. Easy Morphing previews - Just pick an object, set it to source. Pick
another object, and set it to target. Then select Morph it. That's it !
19. Multi-pick file requester allows you to load in more than one object
at one time.
20. Export objects to 9 different workspaces; without any additional memory
usage.
21. Taper and twist with easy to use deformation functions.
22. Change the render screen mode and resolution with out having to open
new environments.
23. And more new stuff I added.
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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456 312 31.5% 10-May-94 23:39:00 freeform3d/rail_objects/cross_sec.FreeForm
628 260 58.5% 10-May-94 23:39:08 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics.info
29986 9292 69.0% 10-May-94 23:39:06 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics/frame3
460 269 41.5% 10-May-94 23:39:08 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics/frame3.info
23428 4215 82.0% 10-May-94 23:39:02 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics/frame1
460 268 41.7% 10-May-94 23:39:02 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics/frame1.info
27438 6196 77.4% 10-May-94 23:39:04 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics/frame2
460 269 41.5% 10-May-94 23:39:04 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail_explain_pics/frame2.info
628 272 56.6% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/ConvertedObjects.info
56487 20416 63.8% 10-May-94 23:38:46 freeform3d/ff.guide
841 325 61.3% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/ff.guide.info
1590 781 50.8% 10-May-94 23:38:48 freeform3d/ff.readme
837 318 62.0% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/ff.readme.info
460 308 33.0% 10-May-94 23:39:00 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail1.FreeForm
460 297 35.4% 10-May-94 23:39:00 freeform3d/rail_objects/rail2.FreeForm
3236 3134 3.1% 16-Dec-93 10:57:28 freeform3d/AmigaGuide
139828 29144 79.1% 11-May-94 00:25:24 freeform3d/convertedobjects/spoutbs.geo
28186 13290 52.8% 17-Dec-93 15:01:44 freeform3d/convertedobjects/spoutbs.imag
1539 540 64.9% 17-Dec-93 14:54:08 freeform3d/convertedobjects/spoutbs.rpl
10984 6709 38.9% 16-Dec-93 22:21:18 freeform3d/PPMore
16516 9623 41.7% 17-Mar-94 23:15:50 freeform3d/SaveScreen
323136 128650 60.1% 10-May-94 23:49:12 freeform3d/FreeFormDemo03040
3064 881 71.2% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/FreeFormDemo03040.info
628 263 58.1% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/objects.info
4140 1160 71.9% 14-Mar-94 12:28:34 freeform3d/objects/MrphRail.FreeForm
2956 1932 34.6% 17-Mar-94 23:13:18 freeform3d/objects/spout1.FreeForm
628 275 56.2% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/rail_objects.info
628 272 56.6% 10-May-94 23:50:18 FreeForm3D.info
170 124 27.0% 18-Mar-94 00:22:18 freeform3d/configfile2
837 320 61.7% 10-May-94 23:50:18 freeform3d/configfile2.info
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681095 240115 64.7% 13-May-94 10:50:20 30 files