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JPT: plugins for Alias|wavefront
by Jack Liao


THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITH
NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY WHATSOEVER.


Latest version: JPT v1.1 for Alias V8.0 -- Last Updated: 2/5/97
These plugins are basically the same ones you'll find on the V8.0 CDROM. Bug fixes and changes will be noted in the What's New and Bugs sections.

README for JPT v1.1 for V8.0

Fixes for some PPT plugins for V8.0

Source code for some of the JPT plugins

Other plugin related links

JPT for V7.5


What's New

jptDistribute Moves selected objects evenly along an axis. 1/7/98
jptMakePlane Converts a curve into a polygon. 1/7/98
jptSetMap Fixed a crash when texture maps are not assigned. 1/7/98
jptView Moves selected objects/CVs/vertices in the perspective window. 7/7/97
jptMoveAxis Moves selected objects/CVs/vertices in X, Y, or Z axis by numeric keyboard input. 4/1/97
jptExportMultiSDL Writes out animation as per frame SDL files. 3/13/97
jptRound Fixed a conflict with surface round option box. 3/12/97

Bug warnings for previous releases of JPT V8.0 plugins

jptRound Using jptRound will cause Surface->Fillet->Round's option box to come up incorrectly. Fixed on 3/12/97
jptSetMap Using jptSetMap with a shader that has no texture map will crash Alias. Fixed on 1/7/98

Download individual JPT plugins here

General purpose plugins

jptCenterPivot.gif jptCenterPivot
README
Sets pivots for objs/CVs/verts to the center. Fixed periodical patch/curves bug. 12/11/96
jptDistribute.gif jptDistribute
README
Moves selected objects evenly along an axis. 1/7/98
jptExportMTL.gif jptExportMTL
README
A simple utility for exporting Alias shaders to Wavefront .MTL format. 9/25/96
jptExportMultiSDL.gif jptExportMultiSDL
README
A simple utility for exporting animation as per frame SDL files. Primarily used for rendering pptFollowCurve animation. 3/13/97
jptHideOthers.gif jptHideOthers
README
Makes un-selected objs invisible. 10/15/96
jptImportCamera.gif jptImportCamera
README
Imports camera animation data. 12/27/96
jptInvertVisible.gif jptInvertVisible
README
Inverts visibility for all objs. 8/18/96
jptMoveAxis.gif jptMoveAxis
README
Move selected objects/CVs/vertices in X, Y, or Z axis by numeric keyboard input. 4/1/97
jptSaveCamera.gif jptSaveCamera
README
Exports camera param animation values to a simple ASCII file. 12/27/96
jptSpherize.gif jptSpherize
README
"Blows" selected verts/CVs/objs outward in a spherical fashion. 8/18/96
jptTestRender.gif jptTestRender
README
Renders a selected region in the perspective window. 12/8/96
jptView.gif jptView
README
Moves selected objects/CVs/vertices in the perspective window. 7/7/97

Polygons/Games plugins

jptBevelEdge.gif jptBevelEdge
README
Bevels polygon edges. Now checks for bevel length so no longer screws up the polygons. 10/15/96
jptBevelVtx.gif jptBevelVtx
README
Bevels polygon vertices. Now checks for bevel length so no longer produces overlapping verts. 10/15/96
jptDeletePolys.gif jptDeletePolys
README
Deletes selected polygons from a polyset. 8/18/96
jptDivide.gif jptDivide
README
Sub-divides polygons. Now supports selected polygons for localized sub-dividing. 10/15/96
jptDuplicatePolys.gif jptDuplicatePolys
README
Copies selected polygons and makes "walls" from original polygons for extrude. 8/18/96
jptMakePlane.gif jptMakePlane
README
Converts a curve into a polygon. 1/7/98
jptExtrudePolys.gif jptExtrudePolys
README
Interactive multi-poly extrution with trans/rot/scale. 10/1/96
jptMirror.gif jptMirror
README
Mirror copies polyset objects with option to merge with the original object (kind of like boolean). 10/15/96
jptNSide.gif jptNSide
README
Looks for n-sided polygons. 11/17/96
jptPolyData.gif jptPolyData
README
Prints the content of a polyset (# of verts, # of polys, ... ). 8/18/96
jptPolyPrimitives.gif jptPolyPrimitives
README
Creates polygon primitives such as cube, sphere, plane, cylindar, torus, icosahedron, ... 10/8/96
jptProjectMap.gif jptProjectMap
README
Transforms the solid projection cube to face the selected polygons. 12/11/96
jptRound.gif jptRound
README
Smoothes polyset objects. Added interactive sizing. Also supports selected polygons. 3/12/97
jptSetMap.gif jptSetMap
README
Interactive UV texture mapper for selected polygons. Can tran/scale/shear your texture UVs. 2/5/97
jptSetUV.gif jptSetUV
README
Polygon UV setter. Resets your quad's UV with 1 click. Can also rot/flip UVs on a quad. 8/18/96
jptSlice.gif jptSlice
README
Sub-divides polyset objects along the grid. 10/15/96
jptXformVtx.gif jptXformVtx
README
Translate/rotate/scale your verts using any edge/poly normal/vert normal as axis of xform. 8/18/96

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