Here at 3DVIA, we receive many questions about 3D formats and standards, which we want to answer, so we started a new series of Cliff’s Clips titled: “3D Format Spotlight”. In this first episode we wanted to clarify the two most common exchange formats: STEP and IGES. We wanted to better explain these formats in layman’s terms for all of our users, and to explain why these formats are important. For the next “3D Format Spotlight” we want to know what
Coming straight from the floor at this years GDC 2009, the folks at Little Chicken present how they built Subsurface in 60days with a team of only 6 in this great video. Your camera man <a title=”Virtools” href=”http://virgileblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/back-from-gdc-2009.html” target=”_blank”>and the source for this very cool spot</a> is our very own Virgile
In this episode, Tod — our resident “make it look nice” guru — gives us some valuable tips and tricks when it comes to adding textures to your 3DVIA Composer content. And now I can say that I know a little bit more about the .tga format and alpha channels. To see all 3DVIA Composer videos, click here for the 3DVIA Composer Channel. For more information on how to supersharge your technical documentation, go to the 3DVIA Composer page
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is a 3D model worth? Combining (or “remixing”) 3D models to create a large scene or assembly tells a story, and is easy to do. This video quickly walks you through how to remix models, and some benefits. I only scratched the surface for the uses of remixing models in this video, so if you have further benefits you would like to note, leave a comment below. And remember, any
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