this is great mind mapping software.
Great for writing, planning a big project or even linking to images.
You can use it to help eg study an art movement because each thread of the mapping software can linkto an image, a web page, a word doc etc,
So you could use it to eg map out links to a bunch of threads on posing, rendering
It’s main advantage is that ideas are mapped out in an image format., as opposed to a linear, down the page approach.
I don’t believe DEM works directly in Bryce, certainly not in Carrara. Use Wilbur to convert DEM to height-map and it’ll work in any 3d app that does height-maps.
Bryce was actually the first program I am aware of (that didn’t cost a fortune) that did work with DEM’s. I had played with it and I haven’t played with Bryce in over 10 years. The article below talks about it in v4, but iirc, one could do it in 2.x or 3.x but the process of getting ahold of the DEM’s at the time, and then converting/bringing them in was a bit complex.
Bryce was actually the first program I am aware of (that didn’t cost a fortune) that did work with DEM’s.
As I said, it doesn’t work with DEM’s directly - they have to be converted. IIRC - haven’t needed to use it in a while - Wilbur converts DEM’s directly to heightmaps, which can be used in Bryce and any other software that uses heightmaps.
Now I remember - get the DEM from USGS, unpack in 3DEM (also free), process in Wilbur, heightmap to Bryce. Here’s a quickie of a corner of Utah done in Bryce:roll::)
You might ask why you’d want this when you got Hexagon for free. It’s just a matter of taste really. Wings is a very basic box modelling tool that always seemed really straight forward to me. Its still my modeller of choice.
TopMod is based on a new paradigm that allows dynamically changing the topology of 2-manifold polygonal meshes. The new paradigm always guarantees topological consistency of polygonal meshes.
Based on our paradigm, by simply adding and deleting edges,handles can be created and deleted, holes can be opened or closed, polygonal meshes can be connected or disconnected. These edge insertion and edge deletion operations are highly consistent with subdivision algorithms. In particular, these operations can easily be included into a subdivision modeling system such that the topological changes and subdivision operations can be performed alternatively during model construction.
TopMod demonstrates practical examples of topology changes based on this new paradigm and show that the new paradigm is convenient, effective, efficient, and friendly to subdivision surfaces.
I use Total Commander (which isn’t free, its like the old norton commander but on Steroids) I don’t know if anyone has seen a ‘good’ replacement that I can recommend to people. Again this isn’t free but in case someone has a recommended alternative the link is here http://www.ghisler.com/
Good find, now free, previously sold for 149$, reviewed here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403940,00.asp Bottom Line
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