Thanks to Helmut for another in-depth contribution to the C3D knowledge base.
I like Helmut’s idea of having many of the scripts demonstrated in this one comprehensive thread.
With the exception of Polygon to Spline, I am not repeating any of the scripts already explained by Helmut. I wanted to follow his lead and share the ones I use the most or think might be the most valuable for any of you who are just beginning to explore the range of available scripts. This is not the Tutorial subforum, so it’s mainly just to introduce the scripts and describe their functions, but the pictures I have might include additional information, which still serves to describe the script.
Some of the attached pictures are duplicates of ones I have previously submitted to the forum; they are included here for simplicity’s sake. Being a visual learner (and forgetter) I make these as references for when I want to use a tool, script, or process and I can’t possibly remember all the steps and settings that took me a long time to figure out. If you save the pictures they might come in handy, to alert you to the availability of a particular script, and hopefully save you some time and frustration in getting it to work right.
There are many scripts that I don’t understand and haven’t used. I hope this thread will motivate others to contribute descriptions of more scripts, or additional information about the ones already briefly described.
If there are any of you out there who are proficient at Javascript and can fulfill requests for specific new scripts, please so state. There has been a constant demand for specific functions, and there are already many tools in other 3D modeling programs that would be nice to have if they could be emulated in Javascript.
One particular question I have is whether there are already open source scripts available on GitHub or SourceForge that could be adapted for C3D. If so, that could rapidly expand C3D’s usefulness while keeping it affordable for a wide user base, from beginners to professionals.
