Bonzai 3D

Bonzai 3D is a modeller designed to be easy to understand and use. It's ease of use is comparable to Google Sketchup but it offers an advanced underlying modeller with many of the features of formZ at a substantially reduced price.

Unique at this price level is the inclusion of NURBS modelling - making this an ideal choice for industrial and product designers requiring a great modeller at a low price.

Output can be further enhanced by the use of the RenderZone plugin.

Bonzai3d 2.0 New features

3D Dimensions
5 new dimension tools have been added including linear, angular, radial,leader lines and notes. Dimensions are associated with the objects that they reference andupdate dynamically as the model is changed.

NURBS modeling
Six new NURBS modeling tools for extending, merging and blendingcurves and surfaces enhance bonzai3d’s smooth modeling capabilities. The Blend toolsfeature an innovative interface that makes surface benlding easy and intuitive.Walkthrough tool: This new tool enables real time point of view animation through a scene,including collision detection.

3D Clipping planes
This feature cuts models open to reveal interior spaces withoutdestroying the model. The clipping planes are preserved in their own palette so that they canbe recalled as needed. Clipping planes are an effective working and presentation tool.

Components
The bonzai3d 1.0 Content feature has been drastically improved and is nowcalled components to match industry standards. Components are managed in the newComponents palette. Component groups are now embedded in the project files making themportable and editable directly in the project. The Component tools have been reorganizedand a specialized tool for repositioning windows and doors has been added. The holecreated by window and door components is automatically healed when a door or window ismoved, deleted or replaced.

Printing
Bonzai printing has been completely overhauled and adds the ability to print to a specific scale.

Preferences
The size of the tool icons can be changed through a new option in thePreferences dialog. Additional options control the display of the tool names in the icons.

Views menu
New items for Home, Previous, and Next views have been added.

Help
The Project Info dialog has a new tab for tracking linked files.Parameter editing: Object parameters in the Parameters tab of the Tool Options palette cannow be edited on multiple objects simultaneously.

Group editing
Groups can now be edited in the project. This eliminates the need to ungroupand re-group when wishing to make a change to an object in a group.

Object isolation
Objects can now be easily isolated when wanting to work on them and theyare part of complex models.

Colors of edges
Control over the color of object edges has been added with the new EdgeColor attribute

Transformations
Applying operations such as move, rotate, and scale on large models hasbeen optimized.

DFX/DWG extensions
Support for AutoCad 2010 has been added to the DXF/DWGtranslator.

Localizations
bonzai3d is now localized for Spanish and German. Additional localizationsfor Italian, Japanese, and Chinese are in progress and will be released shortly.

RenderZone plugin
Last but not least, a RenderZone plugin, which includes Sketch rendering, is now available and a trial version is included with bonzai3d v2.0.

Memory:
Minimum: 512 Mb
Recommended: 1 GB

* Note that complex models or large texture maps may require additional memory.

          
OS X:
Minimum version: 10.5
Recommended version: 10.5.8 or later
* Note that the latest updates are recommended


Windows:
Minimum version: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 (Pro, Home, or Ultimate Editions).

* Note that the latest Windows Updates are recommended.


Hard Disk Space:
Minimum: 500 Mb
Recommended: 2 GB

* Note that complex models or large texture maps may require additional hard disk space.