JPT: plugins for Alias|wavefront
by Jack Liao
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITH
NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY WHATSOEVER.
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.
Fixes for some PPT plugins for V8.0
Source code for some of the JPT plugins
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 README | Sets pivots for objs/CVs/verts to the center. Fixed periodical patch/curves bug. | 12/11/96 | ||
jptDistribute README | Moves selected objects evenly along an axis. | 1/7/98 | ||
jptExportMTL README | A simple utility for exporting Alias shaders to Wavefront .MTL format. | 9/25/96 | ||
jptExportMultiSDL README | A simple utility for exporting animation as per frame SDL files. Primarily used for rendering pptFollowCurve animation. | 3/13/97 | ||
jptHideOthers README | Makes un-selected objs invisible. | 10/15/96 | ||
jptImportCamera README | Imports camera animation data. | 12/27/96 | ||
jptInvertVisible README | Inverts visibility for all objs. | 8/18/96 | ||
jptMoveAxis README | Move selected objects/CVs/vertices in X, Y, or Z axis by numeric keyboard input. | 4/1/97 | ||
jptSaveCamera README | Exports camera param animation values to a simple ASCII file. | 12/27/96 | ||
jptSpherize README | "Blows" selected verts/CVs/objs outward in a spherical fashion. | 8/18/96 | ||
jptTestRender README | Renders a selected region in the perspective window. | 12/8/96 | ||
jptView README | Moves selected objects/CVs/vertices in the perspective window. | 7/7/97 |
Polygons/Games plugins
jptBevelEdge README | Bevels polygon edges. Now checks for bevel length so no longer screws up the polygons. | 10/15/96 | ||
jptBevelVtx README | Bevels polygon vertices. Now checks for bevel length so no longer produces overlapping verts. | 10/15/96 | ||
jptDeletePolys README | Deletes selected polygons from a polyset. | 8/18/96 | ||
jptDivide README | Sub-divides polygons. Now supports selected polygons for localized sub-dividing. | 10/15/96 | ||
jptDuplicatePolys README | Copies selected polygons and makes "walls" from original polygons for extrude. | 8/18/96 | ||
jptMakePlane README | Converts a curve into a polygon. | 1/7/98 | ||
jptExtrudePolys README | Interactive multi-poly extrution with trans/rot/scale. | 10/1/96 | ||
jptMirror README | Mirror copies polyset objects with option to merge with the original object (kind of like boolean). | 10/15/96 | ||
jptNSide README | Looks for n-sided polygons. | 11/17/96 | ||
jptPolyData README | Prints the content of a polyset (# of verts, # of polys, ... ). | 8/18/96 | ||
jptPolyPrimitives README | Creates polygon primitives such as cube, sphere, plane, cylindar, torus, icosahedron, ... | 10/8/96 | ||
jptProjectMap README | Transforms the solid projection cube to face the selected polygons. | 12/11/96 | ||
jptRound README | Smoothes polyset objects. Added interactive sizing. Also supports selected polygons. | 3/12/97 | ||
jptSetMap README | Interactive UV texture mapper for selected polygons. Can tran/scale/shear your texture UVs. | 2/5/97 | ||
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 README | Sub-divides polyset objects along the grid. | 10/15/96 | ||
jptXformVtx README | Translate/rotate/scale your verts using any edge/poly normal/vert normal as axis of xform. | 8/18/96 |