DMesh

1. Platforms, prices, and company

• Windows 95+
• $?
• Bruce Lamming:   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/4500/dmmain.htm

2. Applications

• DMesh is a mesh creation and deformation tool for use with 3D modelling, rendering and animation software. Its primary focus is the generation of smooth-surface mesh objects for use in humanoid and other organic modelling tasks. It uses a proprietary Musculature Definition Language designed specifically to assist in the creation of dynamic musculature systems. Recommended - a 3rd party rendering package: DMesh includes an OpenGL preview and capture option, but more sophisticated modelling and rendering environments are also supported. Direct support for POV-Ray, Moray, Poser, BMRT and PolyRay is included. The RAW file format is supplied for use with other 3D file conversion programs.

3. Examples/Samples

• http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/4500/mod0009.htm
• http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/4500/gallery.htm

4. Functions

• Export Options
• POV-Ray 3.1 and 3.5 (mesh, smooth_mesh and mesh2 - with associated Moray UDO if desired)
• POV-Ray DF3 point cloud for use with Media statements
• OBJ - WaveFront format
• RIB - for Renderman compliant systems such as BMRT
• RAW - for use with Polyray and several 3D file format conversion programs
• Multi- Layered Modelling Environment
• Supports a user definable number of layer's
• Designated layer's can be activated or deactivated
• Edit or Preview using a single layer, sets of layer's or all layer's
• Individual layer's can be additive or subtractive
• Layer's can be independently scaled
• OpenGL Mesh Preview
• User definable texture definitions supporting separate declarations for the OpenGL ambient, diffuse, specular and emission color components.
• Preview image sizing and capture to disk options
• Support for mouse-controlled panning, rotation and scaling operations
• View as shaded, wire-frame or vertex point clouds
• Preview single layer's, sets of layer's, all layer's or as a 'skinned' object
• Compound Mesh Objects
• Export object as a single 'skinned' mesh
• Export selected layer(s) for skin detailing, clothes or hair
• Height Field Support
• Import existing height-field displacement images
• Supports multiple height-field images per object
• Each height-field can be independently scaled
• Individual height-field images can be additive or subtractive
• Height-fields can be wrapped around a variety of primitives such as planar, conic, spheric and disc. (The up-coming Shape Plugin module will add support for an unlimited number of user definable shapes.)
• Automatic LOD
• All models can be exported at a user definable polygon resolution
• A few hundred polygons for VRML, real-time or layout environments
• Tens of thousands for more production oriented environments

5. Web Resources

• http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/4500/dmmain.htm