Npower Power Booleans Architectural Tutorial

Jeff Mottle · November 4th, 2004

Hey Everyone,

The guys at Npower have created a special Tutorial for the CGarchitect.com community to show what types of work can be done with the new Power Booleans plugin. The tutorial links can be found below as well as the latest press release here:
http://www.npowersoftware.com/pressreleases/PressReleasePowerBooleans30.htm

Tutorial Links:
www.npowerdetroit.com/tutorials/Max/AdvTutorials/PBAdvacedTut1.wmv
www.npowerdetroit.com/tutorials/Max/AdvTutorials/PBArchTut.zip

http://www.npowersoftware.com

How many people are using this plugin now and what are your thoughts? Personally I've used it a number of times on past projects, but if anyone else has feel free to post your experiences.

Npower · November 5th, 2004

Jeff,

Thanks for your support. I just wanted to let everyone know to check out the tutorial before you hit the Press release. Please let me know what you think. This is the first architectural demo I have ever made and it was a blast. Hey, if there is something more you want to see just let me know. Oh, and one more thing if you have any problems with viewing the file let me know, this is a new server.

DapperDanJelly · November 5th, 2004

Hi,
I've tried Npower Boolean v2 and I must say that the tryout was a bit frustrating : few functions enabled plus a quite bizarre display under Nvidia Maxtreme (sometimes the color change, the model appears only in subobject mode ...).
I will definitly need this kind of tool and also the powerTranslator but not if the display still the same with the Maxtreme driver.
Maybe it's because of the trial version, I don't know but I can download a trial v3 and check the display and send some pics ?

Thanks a lot.

gcrocker · November 5th, 2004

Hey DapperDanJelly,

We did fix that Maxtreme driver problem a while back. We had to go
and buy a $600 QUADRO card, but the good news is that it took only
about 10 minutes to figure out the problem once we had the driver
installed. I now run Maxtreme on my main development machine.

Gary Crocker,
nPower Software

DapperDanJelly · November 6th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcrocker

Hey DapperDanJelly,

We did fix that Maxtreme driver problem a while back. We had to go
and buy a $600 QUADRO card, but the good news is that it took only
about 10 minutes to figure out the problem once we had the driver
installed. I now run Maxtreme on my main development machine.

Gary Crocker,
nPower Software

Wow,
I'm a bit "has been", I think

with the v2.0 trial
I'm sure you are happy with this quadro card, no ?
Power Solids/Translators/Booleans for MAX / VIZ is the bundle I will probably purchase next year (2005).
I just want to first play with max 7 poly. new features before. I haven't purchase it at this time, I'm still using Max6 and the free polygon tools.

Thanks for replying

November 4th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,059 Name: Jeff Mottle	Npower Power Booleans Architectural Tutorial Hey Everyone, The guys at Npower have created a special Tutorial for the CGarchitect.com community to show what types of work can be done with the new Power Booleans plugin. The tutorial links can be found below as well as the latest press release here: http://www.npowersoftware.com/pressreleases/PressReleasePowerBooleans30.htm Tutorial Links: www.npowerdetroit.com/tutorials/Max/AdvTutorials/PBAdvacedTut1.wmv www.npowerdetroit.com/tutorials/Max/AdvTutorials/PBArchTut.zip http://www.npowersoftware.com How many people are using this plugin now and what are your thoughts? Personally I've used it a number of times on past projects, but if anyone else has feel free to post your experiences. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

November 5th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Npower Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan Age: 41 Posts: 6 Name: Eric Pinkel	Re: Npower Power Booleans Architectural Tutorial Jeff, Thanks for your support. I just wanted to let everyone know to check out the tutorial before you hit the Press release. Please let me know what you think. This is the first architectural demo I have ever made and it was a blast. Hey, if there is something more you want to see just let me know. Oh, and one more thing if you have any problems with viewing the file let me know, this is a new server. Last edited by Npower; November 5th, 2004 at 07:09 AM.

November 5th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
DapperDanJelly Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Paris Posts: 35 Name: Dan Dapper	Re: Npower Power Booleans Architectural Tutorial Hi, I've tried Npower Boolean v2 and I must say that the tryout was a bit frustrating : few functions enabled plus a quite bizarre display under Nvidia Maxtreme (sometimes the color change, the model appears only in subobject mode ...). I will definitly need this kind of tool and also the powerTranslator but not if the display still the same with the Maxtreme driver. Maybe it's because of the trial version, I don't know but I can download a trial v3 and check the display and send some pics ? Thanks a lot.

November 5th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
gcrocker Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Age: 47 Posts: 1 Name: Gary Crocker	Re: Npower Power Booleans Architectural Tutorial Hey DapperDanJelly, We did fix that Maxtreme driver problem a while back. We had to go and buy a $600 QUADRO card, but the good news is that it took only about 10 minutes to figure out the problem once we had the driver installed. I now run Maxtreme on my main development machine. Gary Crocker, nPower Software

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