These factors are a winning combination that I think is a very good deal for a very useful application. Its sophisticated tools provide an easy way to explore and visualize design concepts, and the designs can be exported for use in major design applications. Inivis' AC3D v6 is fast and easy to use, and it has modest hardware requirements and a low price tag. Users can download a 14-day, fully functional trial version from the AC3D Web site for evaluation.ĪC3D v6 is a fully integrated subdivision surface modeler with a wealth of sophisticated features. The installation of AC3D v6 was both smooth and swift.ĪC3D v6 is economically priced at $69.95 for the full version, with upgrades from previous versions starting at $29.95. A 3D accelerated graphics card with OpenGL drivers is preferable for best performance, but is not an absolute necessity. Macintosh versions run on Mac OS X 10.3 or later. For a full listing of features, which are far more extensive than I can enumerate here, visit the AC3D Web site at System requirements for running AC3D v6 are a PC with at least a Pentium 120MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 10MB of free hard disk space and Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4/2000/XP or Linux x86. A software development kit is available for creating additions to use with AC3D's plug-in interface. AC3D has full polygon editing-you can, for example, create a sphere and easily deform the shape by moving the points or vertices. Extrusion and surface revolution are included, and you can edit at different granularity-such as groups, objects, surfaces or vertices. AC3D has multipoint polygon and line editing down to the vertex level, with no polygon limits. The OpenGL 3D renderer has adjustable field of view, and you can either spin the model or switch into its walk mode for Quake-style control. You'll find the ability to generate fast, real-time 2D and 3D OpenGL graphics views. Design files can be output in a fairly broad range of industry-standard 3D graphic file formats, among them 3DS, lWO, DXF, Renderman RIB, and Wavefront OBJ, so files can be moved easily among applications.ĪC3D design tools include a good mix of the expected and, for the price, the unexpected. 2006 marks AC3D's tenth year in development, and v6 adds several new features to this fast modeling application.Īmong the new features are a new and faster real-time 3D editing engine, intuitive new-look controls and some changes that make basic functions such as selection, handling and 3D shape creation faster and easier than in previous versions. You can use AC3D to quickly explore design concepts and create 3D models for various uses from games to models that can be used in major design applications. Subdivision surfaces allow smooth 3D shapes to be described using simple underlying polygon objects. Inivis released V6 of AC3D, its fully integrated subdivision surface modeler. First Look Review: Inivis AC3D v6 30 Jun, 2006 By: Ron LaFon Subdivision surface modeler
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