Acropora 1.2 Beta available for download

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http://www.voxelogic.com/images/zeller_2.jpg

Acropora is a procedural voxel modeler for creating complex, organic mesh topologies that are useful for all types of 3D modeling applications. This new release brings voxel modeling to a whole new level, with animation of modifiers and primitives.


Features include:


-A variety of base shapes and compound shapes as primary surfaces
-User-defined surfaces
-Splines, lofts, grooves, extrusions, chisels
-Full animation of base objects and modifiers
-Path objects
-MAX 2008 plug-in (more loaders on the way)
-Voxelisation of user imported models
-Over 60+ volume modifiers (filter, terrain, geometric, warp)
-Generation of up to 15 octaves of three-dimensional noise (volumetric, Perlin and fractal)
-Extensive voxel and noise editing tools
-Extensive post-processing of meshes (tesselation, smoothing, simplification,...)
-Batch processing
-Multiple LOD support
-Export to multiple mesh formats (FBX, OBJ, 3DS, DXF, DAE), DDS volume textures, and raw voxel data (full and RLE)

Download Acropora 1.2.0121 Beta here (http://www.voxelogic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32).

http://www.voxelogic.com/images/logo.jpg

[djlithium]

http://www.voxelogic.com/images/zeller_2.jpg

Acropora is a procedural voxel modeler for creating complex, organic mesh topologies that are useful for all types of 3D modeling applications. This new release brings voxel modeling to a whole new level, with animation of modifiers and primitives.


Features include:


-A variety of base shapes and compound shapes as primary surfaces
-User-defined surfaces
-Splines, lofts, grooves, extrusions, chisels
-Full animation of base objects and modifiers
-Path objects
-MAX 2008 plug-in (more loaders on the way)
-Voxelisation of user imported models
-Over 60+ volume modifiers (filter, terrain, geometric, warp)
-Generation of up to 15 octaves of three-dimensional noise (volumetric, Perlin and fractal)
-Extensive voxel and noise editing tools
-Extensive post-processing of meshes (tesselation, smoothing, simplification,...)
-Batch processing
-Multiple LOD support
-Export to multiple mesh formats (FBX, OBJ, 3DS, DXF, DAE), DDS volume textures, and raw voxel data (full and RLE)

Download Acropora 1.2.0121 Beta here (http://www.voxelogic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32).

http://www.voxelogic.com/images/logo.jpg

Will we be seeing direct Lightwave support?

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The general idea is to create as many plug-ins as possible. The data structure is well-defined in the help files, so those with programming experience (plug-ins) should have no trouble. So far only one plug-in is available, however, you can expect in the very near future more plug-ins from Voxelogic and others.

Cheers,
Thomas