Exterior3D - NEW PRODUCT!!!!!!!

EVEN NEWER: Stay tuned... This month we'll be announcing a new program for both Macintosh and Windows. It will replace Exterior3D, and has many new features. Join our mailing list, or check back here later this month (November 2004). In the meanwhile, there is no demo to download; the latest demo of Exterior3D has expired.

MOVIES........SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!!

To view a movie, click on the link at the beginning of a paragraph below, or on the graphic to its right. A new window will appear, and the movie will begin playing automatically. To return from a movie, close its window or move it to the side. To pause, resume, or replay a movie, or return to a particular frame, use the controls at the bottom of the particular movie window. These are QuickTime movies; they require that you have QuickTime installed.

Import and export DXF - It takes just three steps to get from raw data to finished surface: 1) import points or polys from a DXF file; 2) create a DTM; 3) export the surface as a DXF file. You can import this new DXF file into programs such as SketchUp, VectorWorks, AutoCAD, DesignWorkshop, and BOA.
Create points - Select the Point Tool, then click anywhere in a 2D view to create points where you click. You can afterwards move or edit these points, display labels, etc.
Create polys - Select the Poly Tool. Each click in a 2D view will insert a vertex. If you click on the first vertex, the poly will be closed. Double-click elsewhere to enter the last vertex when creating an open poly. You can afterwards drag the entire poly or individual vertices, close or open it, display labels, etc.
Create a DTM - Select points and/or polys, then create a DTM. A default contour interval will be calculated, based on the data. If all of the data were at the same elevation, then no contours would appear.
New window, 3D view - Select points and/or polys, then create a DTM. A default contour interval will be calculated, based on the data. If all of the data were at the same elevation, then no contours would appear.
Manipulate data - Drag, raise, or edit data from which a DTM has been created, and see the DTM change in real time. The change can be seen in any number of views simultaneously.
Manipulate views - Zoom or pan in either 2D or 3D views. Zoom in or out with View menu commands, keyboard shortcuts, or by dragging up or down while holding down both the Shift and Control keys. Pan by dragging around while holding down both the Shift and Control keys.
Rotate 3D view - Rotate a 3D view by dragging with the mouse. If you picture the contents of the view as if it were the earth, then you drag horizontally to change longitude, and vertically to change latitude.
Lighting controls - Show or hide the drawer containing the controls by choosing a command from the View menu. Drag the slider knobs to change various lighting aspects in real time.
Info palette - Show the Info Palette by choosing a command from the View menu, or by double-clicking an object. Information is displayed when exactly one object is selected, and most of that information can be edited.