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In the newsletter which NVidia sends out, 3DCoat gets mentioned : 3D-Coat Ships New 3D Art and Sculpting Package 3D-Coat is an innovative application providing an array of tools for 3D model sculpting, detailing and coloring. Featuring the NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated voxel sculpting technology, 3D-Coat V3 makes on-screen sculpting fluid and responsive. Download the trial version here » http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/107508/9115394/4755/0/ (which goes to) http://uk.nzone.com/object/nzone_3dcoat_home_uk.html

LOL - the old silo is trash vs silo was ok now its obsolete becuase of redsChild [jamchild]and [media]feed argument rears its head Always fun - but can i ask is 3DCoat a comparable modeller to Silo? I havent really delved much into 3DCoat - although I now have 8gigs of RAM as 3dCoat seems to be a major RAM gobbler, but 3DCoat seems to have a few modelling tools. Personally I don't need a large variety of modelling tools, so is 3DCoat adequate for most modelling needs?

Looks like a barb to me. Perhaps the tool should be called barbie? lol

This is the first I've heard about any of these people dying - and all in one week! Thanks for the post

My models are all broken up into their different materials - is there some way i can have them welded for painting? currently they are separated and so become more rounded and separate even with 'no subdivision' selected on the import model menu. Also, is there some way i can set default map size for textures? My models all use 2048x2048 texture maps, but there seems to be no way i can set this as default - some models have 100s of texture maps.

Another sub-menu of primitives would be great - if it were added to the paint/sculpt/retopo/UV/voxels/render tabs - this way you could build/sculpt/paint straight away.

Its a model made out of many separated parts. I placed it above the grid so its feet were on top of the grid. As philnolan3d says, 3dc moved it back to the middle. I could get around it by grouping the object, and moving the group pivot to the base. I'm sending a copy of the .obj and .mtl file to andrew shpagin

When importing .obj files, the grid seems to be placed in the vertical centre of the object, can it be placed at the base of the model? In other words - The model im exporting has its feet on the surface of the home grid, but importing into 3D coat moves the vertical position of the model so it is centred on the home grid

Those are very nice images! Really imaginative

Hmm, I've just installed the latest NVidia drivers. 3D-Coat 3 alpha version 48 doesnt work for me on windows xp64 (missing files) - but I expect Andrew will get on it I'm avoiding any separate CUDA installations for the moment

This update features inbuilt CUDA support. Heres the full blurb, taken from the UK site : http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp64_181.20_whql_uk.html GeForce Release 181 WHQLVersion: 181.20 Release Date: 08.01.2009 Operating System: Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64 Language: English (International) File Size: 121 MB This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs. Exciting New Features: Added support for GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce GTX 285 Enables NVIDIA SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards with all SLI-certified GPUs Enables NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. (Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. This driver package automatically installs PhysX System Software version 8.10.13). Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #2. Download these free PhysX and CUDA applications now! Added support for the new NVIDIA CUDA Video Encoder with H.264 optimization Blazing Fast Performance: Boosts performance in numerous 3D applications. The following are some examples of improvements measured with Release 181 WHQL drivers vs. Release 178 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):Up to 10% performance increase in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset) Up to 13% performance increase in Assassin's Creed Up to 13% performance increase in BioShock Up to 15% performance increase in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Up to 10% performance increase in Crysis Warhead Up to 25% performance increase in Devil May Cry 4 Up to 38% performance increase in Far Cry 2 Up to 18% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies Up to 18% performance increase in World of Conflict And More: Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL. Supports CUDA. Supports Folding@home distributing computing application. Download the high performance client for NVIDIA GPUs here and join the NVIDIA team: #131015. Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software. Includes numerous 3D application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues. *Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.

Thanks Andrew for the update on this proggie. I haven't used version 3 much yet but it looks promising - incidentally I wouldn't take much notice of those who ask for a quick release of 3d coat 3 - I haven't found many games that actually use realtime voxels - heck even displacement mapping-centric games are a rarity; conversely the game Expendable (it looks like it uses some archaic Dungeon Siege engine(with glow)) written in 1999 features realtime bump mapping.

:lol: :lol: yeh or wait for OS XXXI - with 100% windows emulation no doubt

It could be 2017, I'm not bothered while he keeps on uploading updates

That blob is amazing! If you could paint bleach and acidic paint marks and cuts over it so it looked drippy and stained, that could be the new blob for the 3d coat logo (just a suggestion of course) [basically like a discarded artists jeans rolled into a ball-title 'ready to be washed']