View's names quantity (wish)

[rhinorudi]

@jeff_hammond

i know of a new 3d software which has a little widget thing that’s sweet, easy, and very powerful regarding generic view changes… if anyone is interested in having a look at that

Interested! Currently looking at Fusion360 (for T-Splines on a Mac) and Modo (for working with zBrush).

Not that I need a bigger tool belt

[jeff_hammond]

@rhinorudi

@jeff_hammond

i know of a new 3d software which has a little widget thing that’s sweet, easy, and very powerful regarding generic view changes… if anyone is interested in having a look at that

Interested! Currently looking at Fusion360 (for T-Splines on a Mac) and Modo (for working with zBrush).

Not that I need a bigger tool belt

it’s fusion360… it has the thing called the View Cube. (i’m not sure if it’s new in fusion or something that they’re borrowing from their other software)

Fusion 360 Tutorial 6: ViewCube and Home View

there are probably 40 set view changes you can make using that thing… it’s not entirely dissimilar to rhino’s world axis icon except with this one, you can click on it or manipulate it to change the camera position.

[rhinorudi]

@jeff_hammond

if it’s new in fusion or something that they’re borrowing from their other software

I believe it is from AutoCAD. I remember seeing it there a few years ago when I was beta testing AutoCAD for Mac 2013. That cube is nice and you can actually get Fusion360 for free.

FormZ vs. Rhino

If you look at the fine print, you can get it for free. I have a year right now. I mostly work on a Mac also and keep my Windows box for T-Splines & Grasshopper. [image] I am not sure I want the learning curve right now, I am way more comfortable using T-Splines, which I purchased late in the V2 cycle, giving me a free (or really cheap, I don’t remember) upgrade to V3 and a nice discount on Autodesk T-Splines V4. I don’t know FormZ at all and if I had the time I would probably learn Fusion36…

There are some neat things about Fusion. You can set parameters and then use that in equations. Say you draw a circle at 2 inches. You set that to a term like Circle2. than you can enter an amount for another circle like circle2+1 inch to get a 3" circle.