solidThinking


Rotonda

solidThinking Release 2 was a completely modular 3D environment. It included modules for Modeling, Animation and Import/Export. With all the power of the first release, winner of die 1993 NeXTWORLD magazine Best of Breed Award for 3D and CAD programs, solidThinking Release 2 introduced a new interface, as well as unique features.

solidThinking Release 2 allowed you to design complex 3D models, modify their shapes, surface characteristics and positions in a structured hierarchical environment. You could add an unlimited number of light sources, position your camera and generate a photorealistic representation of your scene at a specified resolution.

Industrial and interior designers, architects, town-planners, advertising managers, publishing consultants, video producers and artists gained from its power and flexibility thus improving creativity and productivity.

shipped on July 15th, 1994.

Specifications

The MODELING module, the standard one, included:
-Customizable user interface.
-Rich set of basic 2D and 3D primitives.
-Interactive 3D editing of Bezier and B-Spline curves and surfaces.
-Editable 3D text with trimmed curves.
-Extrusion, lathe and skin on multiple 3D profiles, patches and filled surfaces.
-Automatic extraction of 3D paths from surfaces.
-Automatic refinement of Bezier curves and surfaces.
-Precise surface's points editing.
-Boolean operations of addition, subtraction, intersection.
-Advanced shading controls (shaders can be customized).
-Powerful icons based attributes and objects library.
-Bitmapped images can be converted into textures.
-Object hierarchy browser.
-Unlimited number of light sources.
-Automatic generation of shadows and reflection maps.
-Unlimited output resolution.
-API (Application Programming Interface) for custom objects and transformations.

The ANIMATION module required the Modeling module.
Features of the Animation module included:
-Interactive editing of moving objects paths.
-Hierarchical motion with kinematic controls using cubic splines.
-Lights and camera can be moved like any other objects.
-Automatic compositing (rotoscoping) and compression of generated frames.

IMPORT modules were also available. They required the Modeling module and provide support for the following file formats:
-DXF.
-Wavefront.
-TDDD.
-RIB.
The included API (Application Programming Interface) allowed you to create your own Import/Export module.


Space

Studio

Museum

GoldSkier

Gold

Gestel Italia srl
$500
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