What's New in 3D Canvas 2.0

New Highly Customizable Interface

All toolbars and panels can now be hidden if desired.

Three new view configurations have been added.

View projections and orientation can be selected on a view by view basis by right clicking on the view and selecting an alternative from the pop-up menu.

Dividers between view panels can now be dragged to adjust the size of each individual view.

Animation sub-paths are now provided which permit mixing of Spline and Linear object movement within one animation path.

Pauses within animations paths are now available. Adding a pause is as simple as clicking on the Add Pause button.

The new Crease Tool allows you to increase or decrease the amount of creasing visible on objects.

Animation key-frame ranges can now be played and recorded by shift-selecting a range on the animation slider.

The Group Selection Tool may now select either forward facing faces or all faces within the selection rectangle.

The range of effect for the Deform Tool can now be set.

The Divide Smooth Tool can now be configured to smooth all edges, or selected edges based on a condition.

The extrude amount can now be set for the Face Extrude operation.

Undo/Redo are now available for Object Building Tools.

Undo/Redo for animations.

Import/Export of 3D Canvas Scenes in POVRay format.

Animations can now be previewed through the through Layout Camera.

A new Status Bar provides feedback on the the progress of operations by indicating how much an object has been moved, scaled or rotated.

The time position within an Animation can now be directly entered.

Performance of the Surface Building Tool has been dramatically improved.

Enhanced support for 800x600 mode. Toolbars have been re-configured to work better in 800x600 mode.

Memory requirements have been reduced.

 

What's Coming in Version 2.1

Animated Object Deformations. It will be possible to animate any object changes made by the Deform, Bend, Taper, and Twist tools. As well it will be possible to animate any changes made by point or face editing.

A Stand-alone scene viewer will be available so that you can distribute your scenes in a navigable state to people who do not own 3D Canvas.

And more!

Version 2.1 is expected to be available by the end of May 2000, and will be a Free Upgrade for all registered 3D Canvas users.