AC3D plugins

About

These plugins were written for AC3D.

Archived plugins: Some plugins have been moved to the archived plugins page. These plugins have had their functionality replaced by or incorporated into the latest AC3D distributions. The plugins are still made available for informational purposes or for older versions of AC3D.

Windows plugins: Some plugins listed here are only distributable as Windows plugins. However, all source code is provided, so anyone who wishes to compile the plugins for Linux/Mac is free to do so. If you do convert a plugin to Mac or Linux, post a message on the AC3D Forums (or contact Dennis at the AC3D forums) and we'll get the plugin posted here or in a common place, along with any source changes which may be necessary to convert the plugin to another platform.

Index of plugins

Geometry/UV
Bas Relief From Texture
Box Conform
Coordinate Swap
Divide Loop
Export UV map
Extrude path + scale
Fur
Greeble
Knife
Move Toward
Noise
Ortho Knife
Set Crease
UV Map
Wave
Wave3D

Selection
Export selected
Select Connected Surfaces
Select Surfaces With Like Material
Select Objects With Texture

Import/Export
Orbiter MSH import/export

User Interface
Quickgrid

3rd party interfaces
Poser Morph target Assistant

Windows only
Vertex to clipboard

Export selected (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Exports the selected geometry.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2008/11/08

Bas relief from texture (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Creates a bas-relief/heightmap grid from a texture.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2008/05/07

Extrude along path with scaling (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Similar to Extrude Along Path, but allows a scaling factor across the path.
Author: Original code by Andy Thaller, modified version by Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port (Debian Sarge 3.1): little_penguin
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2007/04/30

Noise (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Applies random movement/rotation to geometry.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux (Debian 3.0) port: AJ MacLeod
Linux (Debian Sarge 3.1) port: little_penguin
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2007/04/30

Divide Loop (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Divides a selection along the selected loops.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port (Debian Sarge 3.1): little_penguin
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2007/04/30

Export UV map (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Exports the selected geometry's UV Map to a Windows BMP file
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2007/04/30

Orbiter MSH import/export (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Adds AC3D import/export support for Orbiter Space Flight Simulator MSH files.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2006/09/10

Box conform (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Transforms the selected geometry to match the outlines of a specified box
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2006/08/20

UV Map (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Applies various UV Map styles to objects
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2006/07/08

Wave3D (Spiral) (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Transforms selected vertices into a waveform
Author: Eldon Brown and Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2006/07/03

Wave (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Transforms selected vertices into a waveform
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port (Gentoo): AJ MacLeod
Linux port (Red Hat/Fedora): Eldon Brown
Status: In production
Last modified: 2006/06/26

Greeble (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux, Macintosh
Description: Applies "greebles" to surfaces.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port (Red Hat/Fedora): Eldon Brown
Macintosh port: Andy Colebourne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2006/06/16

Vertex to clipboard (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Copies the selected vertices' X/Y/Z coordinates to the Windows clipboard.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2006/05/19

Select Connected Surfaces (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: "Flood selects" surfaces.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2006/05/15

Select Surfaces With Like Material (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Selects surfaces in your document containing the specified material(s).
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: In production
Last modified: 2006/03/13

Coordinate Swap (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Allow swapping of geometry axis coordinates and negating (flipping) of geometry.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux Debian port: AJ MacLeod
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2006/02/28

QuickGrid (back to top)

Platform: All
Description: Allows changes to the AC3D ortho grid with a button click on a tool palette. Helps with editing geometry using gridsnap that demands a variety of grid reoslutions.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
"Current grid" display modification: Andy Colebourne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/29

Fur (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Interactively creates fur-like strands on selected surfaces, allowing the creation of hair, grass, etc.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Contributors: Andy Thaller's Extrude Along Path plugin/source for AC3D, for creating polygons from line strands.
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port (Ubuntu): Nico De Ranter
Linux port (RedHat/Fedora): Eldon Brown
Status: Beta
Last modified: 2005/12/28

Knife (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Knife utility for inserting vertices and optionally slicing surfaces using an object designated as a knife.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux Debian port: AJ MacLeod
Linux RedHat port: Eldon Brown
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/10 (RedHat port)

Move Toward (or Away) (back to top)

Platform: All
Description: Allows you to move the selected objects, surfaces, or vertices toward, away from, or to a user defined point --- ideal for moving vertices along an edge, among other things.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Away/To modification: Eldon Brown
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/12/09

Ortho Knife (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Similar to the knife utility, but works based on orthographic views.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2005/12/02

Poser Morph Target assistant (back to top)

Platform: Windows
Description: Allows the import and export of Poser Morph Targets in AC3D.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: Alpha
Last modified: 2005/10/16

Select Objects With Texture (back to top)

Platform: Windows, Linux
Description: Selects objects in your document containing the specified texture.
Author: Dennis Hawthorne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Linux port: AJ MacLeod
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/07/08

Set Crease (back to top)

Platform: All
Description: Sets the crease angle on multiple selected objects.
Author: Andy Colebourne
Maintained by: Dennis Hawthorne
Status: In production
Last modified: 2005/07/05


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