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Art of Illusion
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:48:18 GMT
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Hey everyone -
After some private email exchange with Wayne Gramlich and Kevin Clague,
Wayne emailed me this (quoting with permission):
> Kevin, Tim:
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> I saw all this traffic on LUGNet.CAD.Dev, and I feel
> compelled to remind you folks about the Art of Illusion program
> (http://www.artofillusion.org/) Art of Illusion has the
> following things going for it:
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> 1) is open Source License (GPL to be specific),
> 2) is multi-platform (Windows, Mac, & Linux),
> 3) has a modular design to support new read/write formats
> (e.g. .ldr file format),
> 4) supports scripting via BeanShell,
> 5) has a fast renderer that supports ambient, diffuse, & specular
> reflection, mesh triangle support. I don't know about brick
> outlining, but the source code is there,
> 6) has its own ray-tracer built in,
> 7) has real documentation, and
> 8) has a thriving community of people using it.
>
> About the only thing wrong with it, is that it wasn't
> reinvented by the Lego community. ;-)
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> Ok, I'll go back into my hole now,
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> Later,
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> -Wayne
Wayne posted about AOI back in the fall, and I don't think it got many
responses, if any. I know a few people who are excited about the idea of
this program. Wouldn't it be great if we could use it as an LDraw
editor/renderer? Is anyone willing to take a crack at creating an LDraw
read/write module?
http://www.artofillusion.org/gallery/files/encounter.jpg (try not to let the
big face scare you) ;-)
-Tim
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| (...) Any news in this matter? I have been using AOI for a few years now and it's now a very nice and competent software, latest version 2.2 is impressive. :) A good and growing AOI forum: (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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