Plugins extend creativity for Rhino users
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nPower Software product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jul 21, 2004
nPower Software has released version 3.0 of Power Solids and Power Booleans for Rhino.
nPower Software has released version 3.0 of Power Solids and Power Booleans for Rhino.
Power Solids has been called "the most important addition to Rhino" because it facilitates complex design creation and editing with important additions of filleting, shelling, and Booleans.
Power Booleans provides accurate polygonal and NURBS Boolean operations.
Because Power tools maintain their operator history, they facilitate design revisions through the editing process.
Power Solids 3.0 adds two exciting new commands that extend the Rhino functionality: Power Surface Fillet, and Power Face Edit.
Power Surface Fillet adds powerful new surface-to-surface filleting, with variable radius fillets, high order G3 continuity fillets, and fillet previews.
The new Power Face Edit command is a powerful sculpting tool for editing the faces of solid objects.
Rhino Power Solids 2.0 was recently selected by Animation Magazine as one of their recommended "creme de la creme" list of plug-ins (Animation Magazine, December, 2003, p38).
Rhino Power Solids 3.0 goes even further, taking a good product and making it even better.
Rhino Power Solids introduces a state of the art precise CAD geometric modelling kernel into Rhino.
Power Solids and Power Booleans are powered by Solids++, a powerful NURBS based solids, surface, and polygonal modelling kernel from IntegrityWare.
Power Solids/Power Booleans 3.0 contains the following exciting new features: surface to surface filleting; variable radius surface fillets; high order G3 surface fillets; face replacement; split face; UI improvements; and improved quality.
Power Solids 3.0 adds the ability to fillet between surfaces, a feature request from several of our 2.0 customers.
With surface-to-surface filleting, fillets and chamfers can be created between complex surface geometry.
Face replacement is a powerful new feature that provides great flexibility in modelling shapes that otherwise are difficult to model.
The concept is similar to modelling with clay; faces of a shape are contoured using surfaces defined by the user.
The images on the right show how a simple block shape can be turned into a mouse shape through face replacement.
New shelling and filleting commands greatly simplify the process of selecting and filleting individual edges/faces.
Power Solids also now provides a set of icons, snapping to BREP objects, dynamic subobject editing, and other "3ds Max friendly" user interface improvements.
Power Solids looks and feels like it was part of the original 3ds Max product.
Power Solids provides a full range of filleting options for both surfaces and solids.
This includes variable radius fillets.
The new Power Surface Fillet supports variable radius fillets that were previously not possible within Rhino.
Power Booleans introduces a powerful tool for subdividing shapes (either NURBS or polygons) through face splitting.
This tool can be used to perform 3D trimming operations.
Many new UI improvements are added in version 3.0.
Quick help (context sensitive help) is now available for all dialogs.
Fillet preview display has been added to show the actual fillet result before command completion.
This allows the user to see the actual fillet result before accepting it.
New icons and a new toolbar are included in version 3.0 to facilitate identification of Power commands.
For existing customers, Power Solids and Power Booleans 3.0 upgrades are free.
Power Solids 3.0 sells for $295.
Power Booleans 3.0 sells for $195.
The Power Solids + Power Booleans bundle sells for $395.
Power Solids is available for purchase at the nPower Software online store, and through various resellers throughout the world.
A free 30-day evaluation copy can be downloaded from the nPower Software website.
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