AC3D plugins

About

These plugins were written for AC3D. All plugins work with AC3D version 5.

Windows plugins: Some plugins listed here are only distributable as Windows plugins. However, all source code is provided, so anyone who wishes to compile the plugins for Linux/Mac is free to do so. If you do convert a plugin to Mac or Linux, post a message on the AC3D Forums (or contact Dennis at the AC3D forums) and we'll get the plugin posted here or in a common place, along with any source changes which may be necessary to convert the plugin to another platform.

Contents

QuickGrid

Platform: All
Description: Allows changes to the AC3D ortho grid with a button click on a tool palette. Helps with editing geometry using gridsnap that demands a variety of grid reoslutions.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
"Current grid" display modification: Andy Colebourne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/29

Fur

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Interactively creates fur-like strands on selected surfaces, allowing the creation of hair, grass, etc.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Contributors: Andy Thaller's Extrude Along Path plugin/source for AC3D, for creating polygons from line strands.
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port (Ubuntu): Nico De Ranter
Linux port (RedHat/Fedora): Eldon Brown
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2005/12/28

Noise

Platform: Windows
Description: Applies random movement/rotation to geometry.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux Debian port: AJ MacLeod
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2005/12/26

Layers

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Allows you to arrange your AC3D objects into layers, letting you show/hide/select/deselect entire layers at a time.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux Debian port: AJ MacLeod
Linux RedHat port: Eldon Brown
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/10 (RedHat port)

Knife

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Knife utility for inserting vertices and optionally slicing surfaces using an object designated as a knife.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux Debian port: AJ MacLeod
Linux RedHat port: Eldon Brown
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/10 (RedHat port)

Move Toward (or Away)

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Platform: All
Description: Allows you to move the selected objects, surfaces, or vertices toward, away from, or to a user defined point --- ideal for moving vertices along an edge, among other things.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Away/To modification: Eldon Brown
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/09

Ortho Knife

Platform: Windows
Description: Similar to the knife utility, but works based on orthographic views.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2005/12/02

Poser Morph Target assistant

Platform: Windows
Description: Allows the import and export of Poser Morph Targets in AC3D.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2005/10/16

Select Surfaces With Like Material

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Selects surfaces in your document containing the specified material(s).
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/09/18

Select outer edges

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Selects edges on the "outside" of an existing selection.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/09/15

Wave

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Transforms selected vertices into a waveform
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/07/10

Select Objects With Texture

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Selects objects in your document containing the specified texture.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/07/08

Set Crease

Platform: All
Description: Sets the crease angle on multiple selected objects.
Author: Andy Colebourne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/07/05

Enhanced OBJ export

Platform: Windows
Description: Enhanced Wavefront OBJ exporter - adds textures, groups, and lines.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/04/20

Plantex (source code only)

Platform: All
Description: Planar texture coordinate editor. Currently integrated into AC3D version 5. The source for the original plugin is included for informational purposes.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne and Inivis
Status: Shipped with AC3D
Last modified: 2004/07/14