Ez3d VRML Author Pro and Ez3d
VR Builder offer a complete interface for all VRML
1.0> features. The real time modeling features in these products include
the following:
Level of Detail/Complexity Control for
all objects
Ez3d's Level of Detail tool provides real time modeling capabilities
with an easy to understand interface!
All the modeling tools in Ez3d ('Potter', 'Face Builder' etc.) offer
complexity control settings, so you can think "real time" as
you build a 3-D model from scratch!
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WWW Inline tool
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A 3-D object from any remote location on the Internet can be referenced
and placed in the Ez3d scene.
Ez3d allows an inline object to be represented as a bounding box.
Objects can be translated, rotated and scaled without being read from a
file or a remote location on the Internet.
Objects created in Ez3d can be automatically inlined and used with
the Level of Detail tool.
WWW Anchor tool
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3-D objects in Ez3d can be linked to other resources on the Internet
such as html (for hypertext), GIF (for images), MPEG (for video), aiff
(for sound), or wrl (for 3-D).
Automatic Polygon reduction
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Unique polygon reduction tool can be extremely useful for any real
time application. Simply select an object, set the polygon count you want
for that object and hit 'Start' and watch the tool reduce the polygon count
for the object right in front of your eyes!
Super-optimized geometry output
- Well sorted and coherant textures
- Removal of unnecessary nodes that slow down scene graph traversal
- Highly optimal triangle strip output
- "Flattened" subgraph
- "Flattened" transforms for faster traversal
Other features you'll love in Ez3d
2.0!
- Create an unlimited number of camera vantage points!
- Unique "Transform" tool allows precise positioning and
snap-assembly of objects in the 3-D scene. Ez3d supports a wide variety
of units (metres, microns, inches, feet, yards, etc.)
- New "universal manipulator" makes interacting with 3-D
objects even easier!
- "Object Statistics" feature gives statistical information
(number of objects, polygon count, etc.).
- Unique "hieararchial object list" editor facilitates easier
management of objects in the scene.
- "Potter" has been extended to allow an unlimited number
of holes of any shape to be "drilled" on the object.
- New "Slice" tool allows "slicing" and "extruding"
of objects.
- New and improved interface in "Face Builder" now allows
polygons with an unlimited number of vertices to be created.
- "Background image" feature makes modeling of 3-D objects
in Ez3d even simpler!
- New and improved "Texture" and "Material" editors
make texture and material mapping more functional and complete.
- Smooth/faceted shading option and crease angle setting allow more
display style control for objects.
- "Preview" your VRML world from within Ez3d using a VRML/Internet
browser of your choice.
- A host of other features for VRML authoring including unlimited
number of Walk/Fly viewers for creating walk throughs and a unique "VRML
preview" utility that allows previewing the virtual world content
with any 3-D Web browser from within the product.
Radiance Software International
1900 Powell Street, Suite 1135, Emeryville, CA 94608
TEL: (510) 848-7621 FAX: (510) 848-7613
E-MAIL: ez3d@radiance.com
WWW: http://www.radiance.com
Last modified: June 10, 1996