TsElements for SolidWorks
[VIA] Rhino News
Mark Biasotti has recently published two free video tutorials that provide the usage and implementation of TsElements for SolidWorks.
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Omni light
How to illuminate a lamp using an omni light, and how use the “Vray2sidedMtl” to create a translucency effect on the lamp shade.
SectionTools Plugin for rhinoceros
[via: rhino newsletter]
The latest version of Sectiontools Plugin for Rhino 5.o wip is realeased with some improvements.
What’s new:
- Added new command “stEditSections” to edit sectioning options such as solid mode, direction and attributes. stEditSectionHatch and stSectionDir are now part of the new command.
- Combined “stView”, “stSetCPlaneToSection” and “stSetViewToSection” into one new command “stViewSections”. You can now “Clip”, “SetView” and “SetCPlane” all in one step.
- Added support for persistent options to stCreate, stCreateArray and stViewSections commands.
- Fixed a bug when flipping section direction.
- 2D Layout now outputs curves, solids and hatched to 3 different sub-layers. This will help assign different layer attributes to each one.
- Made it more reliable to view section curves, surfaces and hatches.
- Fixed CPlane alignment bug.
- Added a new item to “SolidMode” option in stCreate and stCreateArray commands. It allows adding both hatches and surfaces at the same time.
- Added enhancements to stMoveSections command. Dragging sections’ now gives real-time feedback of intersections and section clipping plane location.
- When creating sections, selecting objects is now a separate step from options. This way it will be possible to preselect objects and change options.
- Fixed duplicate polycurves in 2D layouts bug.
- Enhanced reporting output
- Fixed a crash bug when saving as V4 then open in V5.
- Many other minor bug fixes.
- Added nine new short clips and updated toolbars and help manual.
Fake or Foto
Fake or Foto? Do you have a good eye?
The Challenge…
Do you remember this popular contest from last year? Now FakeOrFoto has new pictures up.
Today we’re presented with images in movies, on TV, and in the press that are of such good quality we don’t even think to consider whether the picture is of something that exists in reality or if it was generated by computer software. Movies can be considered as being at the high-end of the range of uses for computer generated imagery that mimics real-life, but there are many more day-to-day examples that challenge our ability to tell what’s real and what’s not.
Come along now, you may know that answer. I got 9 of 12 on the first try. How about you? I’ll expect the answer.
