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Is it possible to produce 3d extrusions shapes in xara 3d 6 or wdp7 that can be 'pulled' ( moulded?) into various lumps bumps contours like the extrusions in this vector drawing of a vertebra?
If so any ideas how to start - my attempt looked awful using cylinder shapes:-O
cheers
scruffy
Which drawing would that be?
:p
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Not that I know of, but someone may come along and prove me wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by scruffy.thedog
You would need a true 3D application like Blender, Maya, Truespace, Cinema 4D, etc. to do that.
Xara 3D (xdp7, etc.) does not create a 3D mesh as the above mentioned application do. Xara 3D (xdp7, etc.) creates bitmapped extrusions that only give the illusion of being 3D.
Hi Scruffy,
There is a free program called Sculptris© where object(s) "...can be 'pulled' ( moulded?) into various lumps bumps contours..." in 3D.
http://www.pixologic.com/sculptris/
You can then save as an image (jpeg, png) or export as a photoshop .psd and bring it into Xara DP 6. It takes a little getting used to; probably best to watch the videos before you try it.
Have fun!
(quick example atchd.)
Wow Sculptris ... amazing stuff :D
for either Scuptris or blender what sort of pc power are people using i have a lap top 6gb ram dual core 2hz is this enough???
Scruffy you have more than enough pc power for any of the apps mentioned in the previous posts.
I have used Blender and I have been able to use Xdp7 to create many resource materials which I have used successfully in Blender. vector shapes and curves can be exported from Xara as .svg and then imported into Blender and extruded to create 3d meshes within Blender.
Runs fine on a 1.84GHz dual core 3Gb ram 6 year old laptop :)
Having a lot of fun with it :D
love the new avatar :thx
Thank you :thx
Sculptris is soooooo easy to use :D and there is something very relaxing and therapeutic in sculpting digital clay. I can't put it down :)
loaded it yday works fine my son loves he produced a yoda in 10 mins i can see this being addictive
as per frank nice Terminator 3 avatar!
scruffy