Artifice, Inc.
DesignWorkshop

DesignWorkshop Features

With real-time QuickDraw 3D rendering, scaled automatic texture mapping, multiple light sources, and photo-realistic rendering, DesignWorkshop is built to turbo-charge your design process, from initial sketches through polished presentations.

Modeling

• Fully three-dimensional direct-manipulation Mac-style interface
• Three-dimensional crosshair interface in live perspective
• Space-jump function for instant and precise crosshair positioning
• Create and reshape cuboids, cylindrical columns, extruded arches and mouldings, contour site models, etc.
• Click-and-drag in any view to create and resize openings in solid-object walls, using feature-based solid modeling technology
• Paste-into Openings function for instant and accurate placing of door and window frames
• 3D object snapping
• Complete texture mapping and image placement using named materials
• Complete light sources, and separate controls for sun and artificial lighting
• Powerful trim function for accurate cutting of objects and groups
• Wallify function for rapidly converting from massing model to spatial model
• Fit objects and 3D alignment functions for fast accurate modeling
• Merge files for efficient handling of large 3DMF format models
• Object Info box for direct display and editing of object size, position, layer, material, etc.
• Unlimited user-named layering

Viewing

• Immersion viewing with "eye" and "look" tools for fully dynamic navigation in 3D
• Two-dimensional and three-dimensional zoom
• Plan, section, elevation, perspective, and axonometric views, all fully editable
• Shaded sections without cutting model, automatic poche
• Fast view-independent object-based shadow casting
• Saved user-named 3D views
• Support for multiple documents with multiple windows for each document
• Hide Objects, Projection Lines, etc. provide fast, professional-level modeling scene control

Rendering

• QuickDraw 3D real-time rendering with multiple lights and textures
• Available hardware acceleration and transparency
• Resolution-independent wireframe, hidden-line, flat shaded, and shadow-cast object rendering in 32-bit color
• Smooth shading and texture rendering with multiple light sources
• Sun angle set by date, time and latitude
• Point and spot lights in 32 bit color
• Named and scaled architectural material types are built in for rapid building of realistic scenes
• Sun studies rendered in parallel and recorded directly as QuickTime movies
• Walkthroughs by view list with variable interpolation, saved as QuickTime movies
• Automatically takes advantage of QuickTime 3D hardware graphics acceleration
• Easy production of QuickTime VR scenes

Interchange

• Open, merge and save the new Apple QuickDraw 3D "3DMF" metafile format for 3D web publishing and seamless integration with most Macintosh 3D applications
• Full clipboard support -- copy and paste from 3D to 3D, 3D to 2D
• Import and export object and pixel PICT, PowerCADD, and DXF interchange formats
• Powerful Radiance scene export with named materials
• PowerCADD direct translator plug-in module included free

Output

• Print current window at any time with any standard Mac QuickDraw or PostScript printer
• Save current window at any time as a 32-bit color PICT file with image resolution limited only by available memory.

Objects and Data

• Read and edit object dimensions, parameters, materials in Object Info floating window

General

• Built-in designer's markup pencil and eraser - markups print and save with image
• Straightforward site modeling and contour editing
• Reliable under stress, with sophisticated exception handling in low-memory and other error conditions.
• 100% native accelerated code for Power Macintosh

Available

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• Direct price $595. (upgrade, mail-order, and academic pricing available.)

For more information on DesignWorkshop, contact:

Artifice, Inc.
P.O. Box 1588 * Eugene, OR 97440 * 800-203-8324
541-345-7438 fax * 541-345-7421 voice
www.artifice.com
Internet - artifice@artifice.com
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