Virtual 3d to Physical 3d...

[kugelfang]

Attached is a screen shot of a card model I designed in Wings. I used the UV mapping tools to 'unfold' the geometry and wrote a Ruby script to extract the UVs and save them as SVG which I then edited in Inkscape to add the graphics. This is a model of an early passenger Zeppelin named 'Sachsen'. It ends up being a 1/250th scale model.

The geometry was kept simple (which is appropriate for card modeling) so I could test the work flow. Wings is 'almost there' in terms of being a great tool for card modelers. So it's prompted me to finally learn something about Wings plug-ins and how to make them so I can cut out the Ruby component. A lot of card modelers are using Sketchup and Blender to do this but life would be so much easier in Wings. Well... almost!

--jeff