Bonzai 3d
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Have any of you heard anything about this?
http://www.architosh.com/news/2008-05/0513_aia_bonzai_3D.html
http://www.formz.com/forum2/messages/16/27189.html?1214596422
I know nothing about formZ or nurbs modelling....
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I saw the demo at the AIA convention a few weeks ago. Then the owner of Auto-de-Sys, Chris Yessios, nearly slugged me after I started pointing out--in answer to his (slightly contemptuous) questions after I was identified as an instructor of SketchUp--how I would do all of those things he was so proud of in his new baby with plain old SU, or with a little Rhino if I really had to. If I had known he was the founder and owner of the company, I possibly wouldn't have said anything. (Note to self: read the name-tags in the future!)
It's a stripped-down version of Form-Z with about 80% of the functionality of the whole thing, and a UI that looks like SketchUp but functions with much of that same old ponderous Form-Z goodness. It does read and write SU files, in case you're interested, and it costs about as much as a new license to SU Pro. They mentioned NURBS, but I saw nothing in the demo that looked remotely like the NURBS capabilities of, say, Rhino or MOI. I have the sense that Bonzai is not so much a full application as a kind of marketing ploy masquerading as one: the idea is to convince you to eventually shell out the full $2500 for a license to Form-Z because you need that other 20% functionality.
Mr. Yessios was particularly vehement about his program's ability to write STL files that would work well with Z-Corp printers. Over and over, he kept saying, "...and SketchUp can't save STL files. It can't save STL files. It can't save STL files!"
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Lewis, you are hilarious! I would liked to have been
a 'fly on the wall' while all this was going on.Mike
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NOW, say it with me everybody: WE CAN'T SAVE STL FILES!!
(you know what i'm winking about) 
Now, only you guys in the US: WE CAN'T SAVE STL FILES!!
And finally you guys in Europe: WHO CARES!!?? -
@unknownuser said:
And finally you guys in Europe: WHO CARES!!??
I care. That's why I wrote the plugin for that
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Lool oooppss
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@unknownuser said:
If you have a registered copy of bonzai3d, you can update this by going to bonzai3d's Help Menu and selecting Check for Update. Note that with Snow Leopard compatibility, we re-gain 3D Warehouse support on OS X as 3D Warehouse no longer supports OS X 10.5.
I just got this sent from AutoDesSys today, apparently according to these guys, 3D Warehouse only supports Snow Leopard? Surely not? It seems to be working here- I'm still on Leopard.
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Gentlemen,
Bonzai3d version 2.0 is now officially released! You can see what users are currently saying about it here on SketchUcation from this link:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=25915&hilit=bonzai3d
You can also find out more about bonzai3d -- including a Free Trial, Tutorial Videos, and its many features from here:
http://www.autodessys.com/products/bonzai3d.html
If you would like to send us feedback, please do so at: support@bonzai3d.com
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