I've always had a bit of a list of things that would be nice to have, but I'm always looking for more ideas.

Just to let you know what's in the pipeline...

1) MS FlightSim X Export - partly done. This is likely to be close the new MS Train Sim format.

2) Moldings - imagine an inset operation followed by an extrude. (useful for panelling on carriages)

3) With new higher poly modelling for trains, how about real rivets? It's only a short step from my Nuts and Bolts tutorial on the 3DCResource website.

I would love a paper model generator, but that may take a while.
Also a new UV mapping tool, I may try making a plugin to do this too.

Hi Paul,

1. I love your Bridge builder plug in, but any chance you could change max number of arches to 30 rather than 25, I was building the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick and it has 28. (Yes, I know I built one with 25 and one with 3 and put them end to end, but it would have been easier just to select 28).

2. Do you have a plug in (or an easy method) to remove all the textures from a model and strip it back to the basic 3DC shape? I built a large complex model and then noticed I had set the specularity wrong, and it was a big job to remove all the layers to get back to an untextured model (yes I should have saved it untextured, but I am not perfect :-) ).

Mike Simpson

Hi Mike,

Tassie calling!

Use the Swap Texture Files plugin, and then check the "Remove all texture reference" box at the top, then click OK

regards

Frank

Thanks Frank,

I thought there must be an easier way of doing this. I am finding that under Vista everything takes so much longer to do in 3DC, so removing textures off a large model was taking for ever.

Mike, Penrith, NSW, Australia

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1. I love your Bridge builder plug in, but any chance you could change max number of arches to 30 rather than 25, I was building the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick and it has 28. (Yes, I know I built one with 25 and one with 3 and put them end to end, but it would have been easier just to select 28).

Here it is - now up to 35 arches....

TSBridge7.zip (23 Kb, 21 downloads) Updated bridge builder

Thanks Paul, just what I needed.

Mike

hello everyone
wondering if anyone can send me to the right direction to find a plugin that i'm looking for, been trying to find ,just can't. Looking for the plugin called Ts Butt Objects, i guess thats' what it's called. need a link to were it can be downloaded from or can someone send it to me email address if that ok so can download it. if it's not a plugin then maybe someone can tell what operation it is in 3dcanvas pro. thank you. heres' my email address
Nohuja@yahoo.com