Hexagon my impressions. 2005-05-07 - By nicholas8681
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Looking at Hexagon many of you may look at it and see it as just
another duplicate of other modeling software. Well to an extent it is.
But it has many advantages over other software. (to me) One nice
advantage specific for Carrara users is that you can model completely
in Hexagon and then set up domains as you are modeling, and export to
.Car format complete with domains intact.
If you aren't a Carrara user what makes Hexagon unique? Well you can
compare Hexagon to an application like Silo, as it has many similar
tools, but Hexagon has many tools Silo doesn't, like line tools. For
instance you can create a object, and duplicate it along a bezier
line, or move the object along a line using the align functions. The
process of modeling a pearl necklace would be as simple as drawing the
thread as a bezier line, to put the pearls on, creating a pearl,
duplicating the pearl along the thread and then adding thickness to
the line to create the width of the thread.
Most other applications also do not have the dynamic geometry of
Hexagon, which you saw demonstrated in the boolean video on the Eovia
website. To me I see Hexagon as having all the functions I loved about
Amapi Designer, and then combining those functions into a much more
user friendly interface along with blending in all the wonderful
things you have seen previewed recently. (ie. edge extrusion, fast
extrude, edge loop selection, etc)
The simple uv editing tools are nice as well, as you can quickly set
up some simple uv mapping, and export to Carrara complete with the
uvmapping intact, and further tweak the mapping in Carrara's uv editor.
Anyway, thats my two cents. Take it as you will. I'm going to post up
a few simple tutorial/demonstrations of modeling in Carrara today, and
over the next few days to wet everyone's appetite.
Brian
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