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wfalco16-Pearl
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February 10, 2015
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Texture

  • February 10, 2015
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Renderers...

What's the diff between Bump, Color Texture and Decal ? - In a nutshell
please.

They all add images to surfaces.

Bump did not render. That was the only difference I could see.

Thanks,

WayneF
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kimndave91-Visitor
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February 12, 2015

I'll second on Blender. Check out http://www.blendernation.com/


My previous tool was POVRay which was much easier and more flexible to use than PTC rendering.The utility to go between was slp2pov, but that's not available anymore.


One of the best features in both is volumetric parametric textures, so materials like wood have grain continuity across cuts and gaps. More important is independent control of camera location and camera field of view, so matching scenes for overlaying existing photos with proposed new equipment is straightforward.


Both of them have easy to use animation systems; with Blender you get a full production system - rendering, animation, physics simulation, game logic, compositing, animation editing, and dozens more main components. There is a recently added parametric component designed for cabinet design.

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bokm96061-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 12, 2015
i tried to learn blender a few years ago...primarily i wanted to use it as
that...a rendering tool. the tutorial i found mostly focus on geometry
creation which i wasn't too interested in....i wanted to import a
step...apply some textures/color, etc...and render....

Any good "meat and potatoes" tutorials on just the rendering aspect?

Pete

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:35 PM, David Schenken <->
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> I'll second on Blender. Check out
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ptc-59241-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 12, 2015
Hello, I am trying to find out how to get a copy ofPTC Creo toolset for Creo development.Can you someone send me an url to download it to learn it for Creo.Evan Coffield

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wfalco16-PearlAuthor
16-Pearl
February 12, 2015
Thanks David. I really would like to try Blender.


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wfalco16-PearlAuthor
16-Pearl
February 12, 2015
By the way - this is my latest using photolux.....


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