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Ok, I Agree

mcolinp

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  • 2017-12-20 at 7:10 am in reply to: Roadmap For The Near Term #1376
    mcolinp
    Customer

    It would seem to me that Environment Maps (HDR) for reflections as well as Lighting; should be a top priority. There’s not much people can create that will impress without that.

    Also; consider doing some documentation in regards to using HDR’s; as well as a simple list of supported nodes. (Both Cycles & Verge 3D.) It seems like the “Verge PBR Node” & “Fresnel” are the only supported nodes at this time.

    I’m all excited to start building PBR materials; but it seems that my efforts are a bit premature.

    2017-12-14 at 10:44 pm in reply to: Text Annotations #1223
    mcolinp
    Customer

    Yuri; feel free to reach out to me when you start considering how to develop this more comprehensively.

    I own many licenses to software that could be useful in testing scenarios with other software packages. I have Autodesk’s Product Design Suite Ultimate (2013) which includes:

    – 3DS Max design
    – AutoCAD Mechanical
    – AutoCAD Electrical
    – Mudbox
    – Navisworks
    – Showcase

    I also hold current releases of :

    – Autodesk Alias
    – Autodesk Inventor
    – Autodesk Fusion
    – Rhino

    2017-12-08 at 6:36 am in reply to: Puzzle Class Selectors? #1072
    mcolinp
    Customer

    I also would see the benefit of this. I hope it is implemented soon.

    2017-12-02 at 6:27 pm in reply to: Pre-Loading Feature Request(s) #988
    mcolinp
    Customer

    Sounds Great!

    2017-12-01 at 10:41 pm in reply to: Text Annotations #978
    mcolinp
    Customer

    I did a little quick digging; and came up with a couple possibilities.

    1) In the Blender “Object Panel”, you can add -> “Custom Properties”

    seen here:

    https://i.stack.imgur.com/qHikt.png

    2) Most Cad programs can export an excel sheet or xml file that could be available to link somehow.

    2017-12-01 at 10:20 pm in reply to: Text Annotations #977
    mcolinp
    Customer

    Another feature enhancement to Annotations: File Meta Data.

    I’m not even certain if this is possible in Blender; but most 3D CAD programs use meta data fields as associative information. Some of the Metadata in CAD systems is auto-generated; such as “Weight, density, etc; based on the users selection of a “Physical Material”. Other things that might be included as metadata could include, but not limited to: Part Name, Part #, Designer, Status (WIP or Completed), Approvals by specific managers, Third Part Vendor (Perhaps w/ a web link), as well as many other “custom Categories created as needed.

    I would say that most designers and engineers would like to have a way to include some of these data-blocks with parts (Meshes); and be able to display them in either a window to the side, or an annotation. (With the window to the side option; I could envision a user picking a “part’ and a window popping up on the side or corner of the screen; with all metadata for the selected part shown.)

    How this data is aggregated into a blender file; I’m still unsure.

    2017-11-29 at 6:42 pm in reply to: Pre-Loading Feature Request(s) #893
    mcolinp
    Customer

    Thanks for the reply Yuri.

    Perhaps consider another derivative of option 2):

    While option 2 focuses on each individual part have multiple resolutions, etc; a slightly different feature would be to have a minimal number of parts loaded at the beginning (a defined Base set of parts as the starting point); and further exploded animations would add more parts (on-demand, as needed); as well as substitutes for parts that have had data stripped away (as described in option 2) that is needed once parts start revealing other components, etc.

    I hope this makes sense; and if you still need better explanation, let me know.

    2017-11-24 at 1:39 am in reply to: User Guide (Documentation) ? #686
    mcolinp
    Customer

    Looking at the Camera rotation Limits a little further; I’m confused as to why there are not limits for direction x, direction y, & direction z. As it is there is simply only one entry. And when inputting limits in the fields; there doesn’t seem to be feedback as to what the limits are allowing or restricting (as we were used to before).

    2017-11-23 at 11:49 pm in reply to: User Guide (Documentation) ? #684
    mcolinp
    Customer

    Another thing I’m a bit confused on:

    How is that camera controlled in the scene?

    I can’t help but reference the setup we all were familiar with before; which allowed rotation and zoom limits, etc. An Auto-Spin “Turntable” seems to be needed as well.

    -EDIT- I now realize that I was not seeing the “Camera Limits” because I was using the Cycles engine instead of the Verge3D engine. Still not sure about the turntable feature though.

    2017-11-23 at 11:18 pm in reply to: User Guide (Documentation) ? #679
    mcolinp
    Customer

    After looking into the PBR shader; it seems to me that it is missing IOR settings. This is the thing that makes materials look “accurate” to real life. Perhaps I’m missing a way to add it, but if not; I would request that it is added as soon as possible.

    Thanks

    P.S. Anyone who is confused, (like I was), by the PBR Shader not rendering correctly on screen in the Verge3D engine; it is because the “Verge3D PBR Node” has to be used in the Cycles Engine to render in realtime on screen.

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