Presentation Options (3-D)

Images of 3-D models are frequently needed for presentations at trade fairs, for product catalogues, Internet presences etc. HiCAD provides different options here:

• Lighting and shading
• Assign suitable colours to your model. Use the HiCAD Colour Editor to define your own colours and materials: Select Drawing > Others > Extras >Colour Editor. You can also assign textures to your model.
• Use the Graphic window function to set the background individually and to illuminate the 3-D model optimally with a minimum of slider movements (on the basis of OpenGL) .Click the icon and select Colour settings.
• Or use the functions of the Lighting (3-D) toolbar.
• Shade the model using the 3-D View Functions.
• Save the model as a pixel graphic (e.g. using CTRL + C).

• If required, you can simulate environments by assigning a panorama to your model. The surfaces of your model can then mirror the environment.

• Creating VMRL files, e.g. for the Internet
• Motion simulations and Physical simulations
• Assembling and Transport simulations
• Export and further processing of the 3-D model, with the rendering program Gamma Ray, including animations

3-D models, processed with Gamma Ray

• Creation of 3-D PDF files for an interactive representation of 3-D model

In this way, the models can be viewed and evaluated from all sides, as well as moved, rotated, zoomed etc., even without HiCAD.

Colour Editor • Customising HiCAD • Using Textures (3-D) • Simulate Environments (3-D)