The Macmesh Project
A few months agao I downloaded
a fairly well known trimesh editor called MeshWork written by
Joseph J. Strout of Codenautics. I was awed by its simplicity,
and how well it was implemented, and how effectively and quickly
I could make a nice looking 3D model. About that time I also downloaded
POV-Ray, something which amounts to a powerful renderer that only
a programmer can work effectively, and it and Meshwork worked
together like peas and carrots. Where does Macmesh come in? As
I became little more advanced in Meshwork, I thought to myself,
"I could do something like this", and Macmesh was born
after a few evenings of light work. It is by no means ready for
use by the outside world, but enough is completed for a programmer
to know the direction it is going in. When it is finished, it
will be released as freeware, and I am hoping that it will be
built with the help of the METAL BASIC, the language it is written
in, community, which contains many smart people and some of which
may have more time to spare than me. If you can help, just download
the code and bang away at it, if its good, than I will announce
a new version and put the code up for download. Have fun.
**NEWS:**
10/31/2002: Many basic features added, now almost a
practical(and free!) tool! :- )
Also: compiled version now included with code.
***Press "h" in the program to get key help
List of needed features:
File saving as:
POV-Ray*
3DMF
*now saves AND opens as a plain .inc POV-Ray file. Use "command"+"s"
to save and "command"+"o" to open.
View options:
Planar views (x,y,z,-x,-y,-z combinations
to show side, front, top, back, etc.)*
Orthographic view
3D preview, click mouse and drag
to rotate style
renderer(Much later)
*implemented, use "command" with keys "f"(front)
"b"(back) "r"(right)"l"(left)"t"(top).
Tools:
Select points*
Erase points*
Make line*
Make triangle *
Make Mesh
Make point*
Relax/tense selected points
group/ungroup points
*done
If you have any suggestions for
other features, you can contact me at: <dr_light@beau.lib.la.us>
Download:
Macmesh
v0.0.4 code AND compiled app
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