A Program to design basket illusion patterns and view them on a vase, bowl or platter
- Easy to use to experiment with different vessel shapes and patterns
- Design vessel with shapes spanning from platters to vases
- Allows an iterative design process with immediate 3D visualization
- The profile is based on Bezier curves and is easy to modify
- Pattern editors with a grid or radial format
- Printed output of the plans for constructing the project
- Plus many more features
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The program provides a multi panel layout with a main panel that displays the views for data specification and different aspects of the design. There are also two side panels on the right that display a 3D image of the current vessel design and the current profile. As data is changed on the main panel the side panels provide immediate feedback.
The 3D Views allows manipulation of the image by zooming in and out and repositioning the image with the mouse
Specification Views
App Defaults
Parameters that are persisted when the program is closed. The defaults are used to populate the vessel when a new vessel is initialized
Parameters
Values that apply to the current vessel. These include tabs for general parameters, inside surface and outside surface of the vessel.
Profile
The view that allows the manipulation of the profile. The outer profile is based on a Bezier curve that is defined by user specified points. Changes to the profile causes the vessel to be recalculated resulting in the profile view displaying the inner wall profile.
Specification Dialogs
Pattern Editors
The graphics editors used to define the patterns applied to the surfaces of the vessel. The editors display the pattern in either a grid or radial format.
Additional Views
3D View
A 3D view of the turned vessel
Program Features
- A new vessel is defined with general parameters that can be changed once the vessel is created
- Modification of the vessel profile through drag and drop of points on a Bezier curve
- The profile aspect ratio is maintained when the vessel height is changed
- Change the default wood color for the vessel
- Paint the cells in a grid editor or a radial editor
- Symmetric patterns can easily be created without defining all of the cells independently
- Change the vessel height
- Change the groove spacing, number of radial grooves and pattern symmetry
- 3D views allows manipulation of the image by zooming in and out and repositioning the image with the mouse
- Print out (pdf) image reports that include all information necessary to actually construct the vessel
- Specify measurments in English or Metric
- Saving vessel specification to a serialized file that can be opened at a later time
- Exporting patterns to a file that can be imported into another vessel
- Exporting a profile to a file that can be imported into another vessel
- Persistent program defaults
For a full description of all of the features see the user guide
Questions or Comments
Send an email to bi.support@segturn.com
Program Requirements
- Windows 10 on a pc or laptop (works best on a large display)
- At least an Intel i5 processor or equivilent
- 64-bit operating system, x64 based processor
- At least 4 GB main memory
- DirectX 12
