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digit cd<br />
GET TO GRIPS WITH THIS MONTH’S FULL FREE CREATIVE SOFTWARE<br />
AN INTRODUCTION TO EOVIA AMAPI 6.1<br />
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This month the <strong>Digit</strong> CD features Eovia<br />
Amapi 6.1, a full 3D modelling package for<br />
Windows 98/NT/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.1/9<br />
(and OS X under Classic). The package<br />
includes a full set of tools for the creation of<br />
scenes for illustration, product design and<br />
more. It includes rendering tools and an<br />
export module allowing models to be<br />
pon opening Amapi 6.1, you’ll be greeted by the Registration page (right), where<br />
you’ll need to enter your name and the Password (serial number) that you’ve<br />
obtained through registering at www.eovia.<strong>com</strong>/offers/digit-0305.htm. You’ll also be<br />
given the choice to use the Workshop interface – as found across Eovia’s product range –<br />
or the Standard interface, which uses a palette similar to other creative tools such as<br />
Photoshop. This tutorial has been created using the Workshop interface and below we<br />
have provided an easy visual guide to all of the available tools. These tools can also be<br />
found, with the same icons, on the Standard interface’s palette.<br />
Amapi’s creative tools are divided into three sections: Construction, Modeling and<br />
Assembly. Changing between sections is achieved by swiping the mouse to the right<br />
edge of your screen.<br />
Construction Palette<br />
3D Primitives<br />
Height Fields<br />
Grid<br />
Platonic Solids<br />
Cone<br />
Cylinder<br />
Cube<br />
Sphere<br />
Drawings<br />
Text Editor<br />
Extract Curves<br />
Facet Extraction<br />
Extrusion<br />
Sweeping<br />
Double Sweeping<br />
Ruled Surface<br />
Surfaces<br />
Coons<br />
Gordons<br />
Hull<br />
Construction, Modelling and<br />
Assembly palettes alternatly sit<br />
on the right-hand side of the<br />
interface, while the Control<br />
Panel sits below.<br />
Assembly Palette<br />
Duplicate Repeat<br />
Symmetry<br />
Rotate<br />
Move<br />
Scale<br />
Snap<br />
Lay On<br />
Weld<br />
Unfold<br />
Modeling Palette<br />
Deformers<br />
Bend<br />
Wrap<br />
Spherical<br />
Thickness<br />
Cut<br />
Taper<br />
Bend<br />
Twist<br />
Stretch<br />
Delete<br />
Smooth<br />
Chamfer<br />
Decimate<br />
Tessellate<br />
Surface Relief<br />
Soften<br />
Bump<br />
exported into Discreet 3DS Max.<br />
The CD also includes demos of Eovia’s<br />
latest 3D suite, Carrara 4 Pro – plus two<br />
other full packages: Paint.NET 2.1 and<br />
CADopia IntelliCAD 5.0. There are also<br />
12 royalty-free images from Creatas and<br />
F.stop.<strong>com</strong>, demos, showreels and more.<br />
Control Panel<br />
Scene Manager<br />
Display Hidden Lines<br />
Simplified Display<br />
Working Plane<br />
Perspective<br />
See All<br />
Zoom<br />
Viewpoint<br />
Magnetization<br />
Navigate<br />
Hide/Unhide<br />
Group/Ungroup<br />
Measurements<br />
Constrain Cursor Movement
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