TopMod 3d Printing Competition!

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:49:20 +0000

The folks over at Shapeways are sponsoring a 3d modeling competition for TopMod3d users. Here is more info: A few weeks ago I wrote about TopMod3D, a ‘topological mesh modeling’ tool that allows you to create really far-out and intricate models. I gave it a try and quickly came up with a simple design that I [...]

Ohloh TopMod3d

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:29:29 +0000

I received a Google Alert this morning for “topmod3d”, and it brought me to a site called Ohloh, a site that searches through source code repositories and analyzes the commits, creates a timeline, a list of contributors, etc… It’s a really cool way to learn about different open source projects, and I highly recommend checking [...]

TopMod User Survey

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:46:13 +0000

We have created a brief user survey to allow us to see your perception of TopMod’s performance and functionality. We expect this survey to take approximately five minutes to complete, and your responses will assist in improving the overall performance of our software. No identifying information will be used with the results of the survey [...]

Digg This! - TopMod3d Topological Mesh Modeler

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:43:05 +0000

TopMod3d is a free, open source, portable, platform independent topological mesh modeling system that allows users to create high genus 2-manifold (watertight) meshes that can easily be made into physical models using rapid prototyping technology.read more | digg story

Texas A&M University Department of Visualization Faculty Search

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:20:06 +0000

from: http://www-viz.tamu.edu/announcements/facultysearch07/ FACULTY SEARCH College of Architecture | Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas We are searching for tenured/tenure-track faculty in our new Department of Visualization. The new Visualization department is built around our existing M.S. in Visualization Sciences program. The mission of the Visualization faculty is to advance the art, science and technology of visualization and [...]

TopMod for Linux

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:54:50 +0000

We have a new build of TopMod compiled on Ubuntu 7.04. Click here to try it out before I upload a final version to the SVN repository.

TopMod 2.223 - Python Scripting in Windows and OS/X

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:08:28 +0000

Hello again, Yet another new version of TopMod available on the Google Code Repository. Here is a brief summary of the new features/changes: Python version available (requires Python 2.5) The program should remember where your script editor window was last placed each time you close TopMod Fixed some translation issues Added a “twist” factor to doo sabin extrusion Added more decimal [...]

TopMod 2.216 - Auto Save!

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:30:48 +0000

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know that there is a new version of TopMod available on the Google Code Repository. Here is a brief summary of the new features/changes: Auto Save (every n minutes) Save Directory Memory - TopMod will remember where you saved the last file, finally… Incremental Save (saves copies of the file as [...]

New Version - TopMod 2.213

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:46:46 +0000

A new version of TopMod is now available on the Google Code Repository. Here is a brief summary of the new features/changes: Improved selection routines: Select Similar (for vertices, edges, and faces) Grow/Shrink Selection (for vertices, edges, and faces) Selection Painting Crossing Window Selection Select Faces by surface area (with a new “selection options” toolbox New Selection Mask Icons in the toolbar New [...]

Use Firefox!

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:17:44 +0000

Just a quick note. I am running Google Analytics on the site, and it looks like 24% of the visitors to the TopMod site are using internet explorer. The site doesn’t even work in Internet Explorer, and I don’t really have the time or desire to make it work, so feel free to see the [...]