| DigiScribe
allows MicroScribe users to input 3D data into LightWave version 6
through 8.5 in 4 different modes: · Point Mode · Curve Mode · Polygon Mode · Primitive Mode |
DigiScribe is a Retinal Reality plugin for LightWave Modeler that connects to the Immersion MicroScribe 3D Desktop Digitizing System, giving animators a fast and easy way to translate irregular, organic and odd-shaped objects from the real world directly into LightWave. At the touch of a button, 3-D polygons, surfaces, primitives, points and curves are translated into LightWave simply by tracing the MicroScribe over real objects. DigiScribe launches directly from LightWave Modeler allowing animators to move back and forth between generating geometry with the MicroScribe and using all of LightWave's powerful and familiar modeling tools. DigiScribe is simple to load and appears as the "DigiScribe" function under the LightWave Modeler Additional menu.
It is currently available for LightWave 6.0 through 8.5 running Windows Me, NT, 2000 and XP. DigiScribe REQUIRES the serial version of the Microscribe (NOT the USB version, sorry). A 30-day trial version of DigiScribe can be downloaded here (version 1.15):
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| Display Panel Select 3D Mode. Panel displays real time X, Y, Z coordinates of MicroScribe tip, number of points entered and help messages. |
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Preferences
Panel Set control parameters for each specific mode, such as Polygon Merge Distance, Auto Plot Interval Distance, Primitive Segments, Minimum Sphere Segments, Minimum Primitive Sides, and Scale. |
| Point
Mode In Point Mode the user can create individual points, or auto-plot points at a specified interval distance when sweeping the MicroScribe through space. This is especially useful for tracing the surface of irregular objects. |
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Curve
Mode In Curve Mode the user can create spline curves, closed curves or curves constrained in the X, Y or Z plane. Objects with curved surfaces are easy to create with the DigiScribe by tracing a few curves over the object's surface and then creating a polygon patch from the set of curves. |
| Polygon
Mode In Polygon Mode the user can create polygons with any number of sides or strips of quad or triple polygons over the surface of a 3D object. When points are placed close together, DigiScribe automatically merges the polygons, creating continuous surfaces from mixed quads, triples and multifaceted polygons. |
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Primitive
Mode Create boxes, circles, cones spheres and disks with a minimum number of points entered. Just add two points, top left and bottom right corners, to create a box. Three points will create a circle through those points. Options such as the number of sides and segments are adjustable in the Preferences Panel. |
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Retinal Reality Animation Studios LightWave 3D is a registered trademark of NewTek, Inc. |