3D CANVAS

1. Platforms, prices, and company
• Window 95/98/NT
• Free, 3D Canvas Plus-$34.95, 3D Canvas Pro-$69.95
• Amabilis, company of 3D Canvas:    http://www.amabilis.com
2. Applications
3D Canvas is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling. Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or created using 3D Canvas' Object Building Tools. Since 3D Canvas imports many popular 3D file formats, many of the public domain 3D models available on the internet can be incorporated in user's scenes.
3. Examples/Samples
• 3D Link Gallery for 3D Canvas: Aircrafts http://www.amabilis.com/galleryaircraft.htm
• 3D Link Gallery for 3D Canvas: Vehicles http://www.amabilis.com/galleryvehicles.htm
• 3D Link Gallery for 3D Canvas: Locomotives http://www.amabilis.com/gallerymstslocomotives.htm
• 3D Link Gallery for 3D Canvas: Miscellaneous http://www.amabilis.com/galleryother.htm
• http://www.davidcedrone.com/html/cnvs3d.html
• http://www.digitalcanvas3d.com/wowPortfolio.html
4. Functions - 3d Canvas
   • Modeling
   • Objects: cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, torus, NURBS, spline
   • Transformation: bending, twisting, taping, drag 'n' drop scaling, rotating, moving
   • Editing and manipulations (vertex, edge, face, polygon, curves, objects): lathing, extruding, deforming, sculpting, texture wrap orientation, deformation tool, painting tool, beveling, face and point editing, building tool, modeling tool
   • Rendering
   • Cameras: adjustable, movable
   • Lights: point, parallel point and spot light, shadow, ambient, directional
   • Optical effects: transparency, fog, shadow, ambient, specular, emissive
   • Materials: palette, shadow, blend, skin, composite, particle surfaces
   • Before and after rendering: smooth, flat and wireframe rendering, fog, including linear, exponential & exponential squared
   • Animation
   • Controllers: keyframe
   • Advanced animations: inverse kinematics, skeletal deformation, blend channels, expressions, soft and hard body dynamics, character animation
   • Basic Animation
   • File formats
   • Importing file formats: 3DS, POVRay, COB, DXF, WRL
   • Exporting file formats: 3DS, POVRay, COB, DXF, WRL
5. Functions - 3d Canvas Plus
   • Clone
   • Crease All
   • Normalize Groups
   • Pipe Builder
   • Reset Animation Positions
   • Scene Details
   • Shift Center on Selection
   • Train Simulator Wizard
   • Weld to Range
6. Functions - 3d Canvas Pro
   • Count Untextured
   • Clone
   • Consolidate
   • Crease All
   • Create Face
   • Create Unique Names
   • De-triangulate
   • Fill Untextured
   • Merge Triangles
   • Normalize Groups
   • Pipe Builder
   • Repair Geometry
   • Reset Animation Positions
   • Scene Details
   • Shift Center on Selection
   • Train Simulator Wizard
   • Update Material
   • Weld to Range
7. Web Resources
• 3D Canvas - Product of Amabilis: http://www.amabilis.com/products.htm
• Program Files: http://www.programfiles.com/index.asp?ID=7181
• WinSite: http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000029168
• Digital Canvas 3D: http://www.digitalcanvas3d.com