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July 2008 - Volume 6, Number 7

July 2008Volume 6, Number 7 
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fryrender, Rendering as Never Seen Before
fryrender is the unbiased spectral renderer developed by Feversoft which offers quality, stability, and speed. All the elements involved in the render (materials, lights, cameras, etc.) are based on physically accurate models up to the point that when you hit render a simulation of the real behavior of light happens inside. Moreover, fryrender is the first engine of its kind capable of transforming scenes into a format that can be navigated in real-time with the aid of Virtual Reality technology Random Control 4. All this makes fryrender much easier to use than traditional rendering engines that require significant knowledge of the rendering process and adjustments in order to produce realistic images and animations.
Setting Up a Scenic Space with VectorWorks Spotlight
VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT 2008 is a very easy to use and powerful software to design and render theatrical scenic spaces. In particular VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT 2008 offers numerous specific features to design the lighting of the environment and all its related elements. This tutorial presents instructions on how to set up a scenic space using VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT 2008. Included is the setup of the environment, the setup of the lighting for the scene, different rendering modes, textures application, backdrop painting, and final tuning of the environment. All this is explained in simple terms and with numerous images to aid in describing in detail all the steps in the process.
VisualMill Races to Success with Suzuki Motorcycles
When you think of a major player in the race motorcycle business like Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki, you probably think that the company that builds the racing components for its frames and engines must also be a major manufacturing company. However, Anderson Race Engineering, the company supplies the custom parts for the Suzuki GSXR1000 motorcycle has only four employees, a CNC Vertical Milling Center, and a complement of support machines that include manual lathes and mills. Thanks to VisualMILL Pro, they can compete at the highest level while staying within their budget.
V-Ray Brings Your Rhino Models to Life
V-Ray for Rhino 4.0 is a state of the art photorealistic rendering program for the most demanding synthetic image generation and animation. It offers all the most advanced rendering techniques available today and is perfectly integrated with Rhino 4.0. It is also available for 3ds Max and Google SketchUp. This gallery shows several examples of highly realistic image renderings created using V-Ray for Rhino 4.0.
A New Book from Gary Lamit: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0
by Gary Lamit
Cengage-Engineering
A New Book from Gary Lamit: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 is one of the most widely used CAD/CAM software programs in the world today. Designed as part of an undergraduate course for first and second year engineering students, Pro/engineer Wildfire 4.0 is an extremely beneficial book for both aspiring and newly employed engineers. The text includes lessons for creating a new part, assembly, and drawing using a set of Pro/E commands, and walks you through the process systematically while guiding you through parametric design. A student using this text will be able to create individual parts, assemblies, and drawings with confidence.
Quidam Studio Must-Have Tool for High Throughput Workflow
Rating:
Reviewer: Laurence Wood
 
Review: “At FVG LLC we develop virtual hyperreal imagery and new reflexive motion content for publication in BusinessWeek special ad sections and online/commercial broadcast. Our production timelines are measured in hours or days. Quidam Studio has proved itself to be an indispensable tool in our high throughput production workflow. One of the most amazing aspects of Quidam is that it virtually does not require any documentation to apply. The user interface is extremely intuitive, i.e. consider its ease of use to be essentially inversely proportional to Maya by comparison, (which we also use heavily). Interestingly Quidam can also be applied to models that are not character oriented. We discovered this when we had to make some rapid changes to a non-character model and experimented with Quidam to see if we could use it for this task because of its user interface, which "does not get in your way", and we were pleasantly suprised that we could.”
An Interview with Michael Gibson, MoI CEO and Founder
Selected post from Novedge blog
It's part of my daily job to stay in touch with new technologies and systems by reading CAD news and playing with trial versions. Over the years I've become immunized to most of the CAD marketing buzz. Despite the grand announcements, the CAD world evolves at a slow pace with few real advancements each year. This is why when I looked into MoI (Moment of Inspiration) the first time, I wasn't really expecting much. After a short while I noticed that the system created by Michael Gibson was not just another modeling system. With surprise I saw some new ideas and a strong effort to rethink the modeling problem with a fresh approach. In particular I appreciate a system that is easy to use and that manages to hide the complexity of the underlying mathematical model.
What's New
QuoteCAD is a powerful software application that gives you the power to quote your designs and projects from a DWG CAD drawing. Designed to be user friendly and efficient it provides a quote at any stage of your design.
Designed for architects, landscape designers, and surveyors, RhinoTerrain takes full advantage of the power of Rhino geometry and graphics to provide precise digital terrain modeling.
fryrender 1.0 Master License is the unbiased spectral renderer developed by Feversoft which offers quality, stability, and speed. All the elements involved in the render are based on physically accurate models.
Blast Code Megaton for Windows is designed for the destruction of objects. Its highly interactive design greatly reduces the time needed to develop totally unique and higly realistic blast scenarios.
Designed for the AutoCAD professional who works with design documents on a personal computer, Everest 2009 Professional allows you to easily manage your AutoCAD data.
Designed for an individual AutoCAD user working in an organization where design documents are kept on one or more network computers who also works with designs on a personal computer, Everest 2009 Team Premier provides easy AutoCAD data management.
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