author
Sam
Weisbard
Chicago-based Studio/Maya consultant for training and production work
sweisbard@attbi.com
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StudioTools V9.5 tool bundle chart.
8.02.00
To see the following summed up in english, click here.
This chart shows the differences between Studio V9.5 packages by listing the tools included in each package. To save space, this chart lists only the tools that are added to or subtracted from DesignStudio; in order to comprehend this chart, you must be familiar with DesignStudio's toolset.
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Studio Curves > Fit Curve Surfaces > Birail and Square have Curvature Continuity
option and Explicit Control Evaluate > Continuity > Surface |
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Evaluate > Dynamic Section (separate cloud processing and evaluation program, Unix platforms only) |
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Pick > Point Types > Cluster Objects > Primitives > Jack Object Edit > Constrain > Constrain to Anim > Set Key Shape > ShapeShifter Animation menu: MetaCycle Windows menu: Expressions Control Light editor: Forces |
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Pick > Cloud Surface Edit > Trim Convert Locators > Deviation > MinMax Cloud Point Clouds > all tools EvalViewer Surface(separate cloud processing and evaluation program, Unix platforms only) |
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Pick > Cloud Curves > Fit Curve Surfaces > Birail and Square have Curvature Continuity
option Surface Edit > Trim Convert Locators > Deviation > MinMax Cloud Evaluate > Continuity > Surface Point Clouds > all tools except Tessellate Windows menu: Information > Deviation Table EvalViewer Cloud and EvalViewer Surface(separate cloud processing and evaluation program, Unix platforms only) |
what you give up: Pick > Object type > Selection Handle Xform > Modify > Rotational Scale Brushes > Marker Curves > New Curve > Sketch Curve Edit > Modify > Multiplicity Objects > Text Object Edit > Multi-List Edit Surfaces > Swept > Anim Sweep Cameras > Clone Anim: no tools Animation menu: no tools |
Here're
the differences between DesignStudio and Studio ranked from
insignificant to essential, based on my personal experiences and what
I
expect most consumer product design shops need.
Curves >
Fit Curve
Render menu: Toggle Shade > ClearCoat
Worthless to most
of us. Good users can fit better curves manually and
the clear coat stuff is all about on screen shading, doesn't apply to
raycast or raytrace, so what.
Evaluate >
Continuity > Curve
Evaluate > Min/Max Curvature
Never use these. Some people might, but I've never met them.
Surfaces > Birail, Square, some others build degree 5 and 7 surfaces and have Explicit Surface option
This is only actually
important if you go out to something like UG,
Catia, or another CAD package where the user likes high order geometry.
Degree 3 is all Solidworks can do, and until recently Pro/E was in the
same boat. So not too needed unless your customer needed it.
Surfaces > Draft/Collar/Flange
If you want to
make surfaces with draft, this tool is really valuable.
If you don't care because you're doing concept models to be reworked
later in another package, then so what?
Evaluate >
Continuity > Surface
Surfaces > Birail and Square have Curvature Continuity option
Really, really
important. Many products need curvature continuity across
surfaces for a "smooth" look. And being able to check for that
continuity, and also to check for gaps and tangent or curvature breaks
between surfaces, is really needed if the model is going to be used
downstream for tooling or as final surfaces in a solids assembly.