3D VEHICLE PROFILE SOFTWARE

[LeeMorris]

Look good that.
Be interesting to see if anyone has used it.

Lee

[Robert Lambie]

14,000 3d vehicle models? ide be interested in what brian hays has to say on this… i.e.
are there that many outlines on the go let alone 3d ones?
why do the the latest models just happen to be the most popular?
when you design, do you have to use "their" outlines?

i think the concept is good… even better if you do allot of wraps.
but unless it is actually "for wraps" there is no need because your regular £100 vehicle library does the same job.
my opinion is, if it were a plug-in for the likes of my existing outline library priced anywhere from 0-£100 ide maybe consider it… but £200 odd quid for the ability to show a 3d visual is a bit extravagant when we know fine well "even for wraps" we cant design in 3D….

[Jason Xuereb]

It is totally useless I say.

Building a customers expectations by providing a 3d model which doesn’t fully take into consideration the installation of the vinyl will only cause problems.

There are already enough expectations with vehicle outlines. Customers must totally understand that the design is an impression of the finished product.

It’s also an added step in the design process. Doing the 3d model doesn’t actually help you with what you need to print.

Its just a really novel selling idea but I wouldn’t create them for every client. In the end they are the ones paying for it.

[Brian Hays]

There are a few problems with it that I can see. You design onto a normal vehicle template, you then take the design into the 3D software. You then produce an animation. A spinning van is all very well & good. But spinning round is about all it does. It won’t show the contours of the panels etc. If you want to send something to your customer all you can send is a spinning van. They cannot spin it themselves, they can’t adjust how it spins to look from different angles etc. Look closely at the samples they are just boxes really. A bit like the cars that you can make from a folded piece of cardboard.

We have looked into it, and I know somebody that has invested a lot of time & money into trying to do it properly. What they had done was much better, you could add far more detail, so you could see your graphics going into contours etc. You can also spin the vehicle any way you like. The downside is that it takes around a week to produce 1 outline. And is very difficult to use. And you would have the same problem where you could only send a customer an animation. Unless of course your customers purchase the 3D software. This of course aint gonna happen.

IMO at 1st glance it looks great, but I can’t see what use it is? bit of a gimmick. And I can’t see it helping to get extra business.

[Micheal Donnellan]

might look nice but I still work from photos line art and cg dont appear to register with customers. If it had the ability to texture the model and then turn into into a skin template so you could compensate for all the curves it would be useful. |Also ability to zoom pan and tilt is needed.

[David Rowland]

Has any body else tested this software? I am keen hear a few more reports on it.

[John Hughes 2]

Hi, we bought this software package on a whim at SignUK earlier this year.
We thought it would be great to show our customers what their van would look like before cutting/printing. But it’s not that easy to use & the number of 3D templates are very limited. Spent many a hour playing around with it, including talking to the German tech guys but in the end gave up !! Anyone want to buy it from me !!!!

John

[Nick Minall]

quote Dave Rowland:

Has any body else tested this software? I am keen hear a few more reports on it.

Dave, have you go the demo?

Nick.

[David Rowland]

no, not seen the demo.
John thanks for that
any more?

[Steve Morgan]

Ingram Publishing are offering something very similar. Their version only has 750 3D models but includes their ordinary profiles and some safety signs for £199.00. There is a subscription to download new models.
I seem to remember that their support is in Germany so it’s probably the same product, but a lot cheaper.

Steve

[David Rowland]

i think that is the leaflet i got steve, i believe it is the same.