Impressive 3D realtime

[Anonymous]

http://www.demicron.com/

I am able to view most, but not all on my Macintosh G5. How about you?

[Anonymous]

I spent another 30 minutes - O.K. maybe 45 min.

It was enjoyable and painless. The manual is great and I look forward to learning more about all the great features found in WIREFUSION.


Here is a link to a very simple example. Let me know what you think.

http://www.burginger.com/WIREFUSION/AC_TEST.html


Mark

[Anonymous]

this is very useful. i can just imagine the people on site checking what the building is meant to look like in 3d. brilliant to showcase your designs to potential clients.
the last version you put up seems too heavy. i cant use it.

[Anonymous]

If you have trouble viewing -

The folks over at UZR (makers of iModeller) have a test configuration page at:

The .UZR files and the associated UzrViewer are run by the Java system on your Macintosh computer.
There are some problems with the newest Java Apple ships,
please check your version here:

http://segal.org/java/configuration/launch.html


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While you are surfing visit:

http://www.imodeller.com/en/
http://www.uzr.de

Tell em Mark sent you and I will get a free cup of JAVA.

[Anonymous]

Now, for my next trick.... combine iModeller and WireFusion 4.0.

http://www.burginger.com/WIREFUSION/3DMAN.html

What you see here is applied textures.

The ultimate trick would be to take an ArchiCAD model in C4D, render it with baked textures and then export that model into WireFusion. Here is an example of the old Baker Court model. I will come back to this and fix the coordinate system, but you can at least see the effect.

http://www.burginger.com/WIREFUSION/BAKER_COURT.html

[Anonymous]

Here, check out this variation. World's fastest sketch engine.

http://www.burginger.com/WIREFUSION/aura.html


Now once the model is textured, glass transparent, etc. WOW!

Just a matter of time, the software can do it all.

Mark Burginger

[stefan]

I have the Personal Edition of Wirefusion 3.2 ($99) and the WF-3D plugin ($299). They came free with 3D World magazine last year.

I came up with this test:
http://caad.asro.kuleuven.ac.be/downloads/SB_RW.html

Made after a few tests, but it is doable.

[Anonymous]

I agree it is a positive direction when you use this program. Your test is a good example of the basics. Would you want to post the source file and a small explaination Stefan?

Looking at the professional examples on their web site allows you to see that there is true potential. How did you translate the ArchiCAD model? I tried VRML output but that did not work directly from ArchiCAD.

[stefan]

It went through 3ds max (as usual). It was originally an ArchiCAD file, though.
The difficult part was connecting the sliders to an imagelist.

[Anonymous]

I enjoy this 3D presentation model. I will work to explore it further. I don't like the idea of using it for interiors. The only interior presentation method I care for would be fully rendered views. This presentation method does look nice for building exteriors and sectional perspectives.

Meanwhile for you OSX users, here is an update for your JAVA:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120289

And while you are surfing check out the latest test of the Aura Circle Home project. This one is easier to view and you can print too.

http://www.burginger.com/WIREFUSION/aura2.html

This is an interesting effect:

http://www.burginger.com/WIREFUSION/aura3.html

Now I will take a step back into the Cinema4D model and apply textures, perhaps a little ground cover. I think WireFusion has a winner application here, great interface.

The VRML file is now down to 173 kb after the WireFusion compression, and the final presentation is 255 kb (including the player). Impressive when you think that the original VRML model from ArchiCAD was 12MB! Of course my ArchiCAD file for this project is 17MB.

Does anyone out there have any comments regarding download times and compatibility? DJ?

This would be a great way to showcase individual ArchiCAD objects on a web site such as Objects Online.


Stephan, are you using the version 4?

[Anonymous]

O.K. - to get to point B from point A you used the very expensive MAX and I used the somewhat pricey C4D. Both produce a good VRML2 file.

Here is another application, PC only, which can help you move a file from ArchiCAD to WireFusion

http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dexp/

$149 - that is easy on the budget.

Here is a batch of Links for 3D solutions:
http://www.righthemisphere.com/company/partners.htm


How about these FREE plants.

http://3dplants.0catch.com/download.html