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Braid Art Labs Yaks About GroBoto v3's Latest Advancements

Oct 18, 2011 at 12:00 am by Store Staff


Somewhere in the Cloud – October 10, 2011 – Today Braid Art Labs LLP released new OS X and Windows versions of their unique 3D Modeling Software, GroBoto.

This release includes major advances in Braid's proprietary, unprecedented, automated mesh generation technologies.

"Terms like Revolutionary are tossed around pretty loosely in the CGI industry — I like to avoid hyperbole…" said Braid Co-Founder Darrel Anderson. "…I will note that GroBoto's core technologies are original and unprecedented. They are also very new, which means what you are seeing in GroBoto is more emergence & evolution than revolution. We are indeed on to something very big here… a complete system we have termed MetaSolid modeling. It's scope will become increasingly apparent over the next few months."

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More about the New GroBoto Mesh (PDF):
Download: http://www.groboto.com/v3-media/pdf/GroBoto-VariableMesh-Notes.zip
View in Browser: http://www.groboto.com/v3-media/pdf/GroBoto-VariableMesh-Notes.pdf

These latest advancements in GroBoto's automated meshing technologies result in both higher quality meshes and lower overall polygon counts. That expands the range GroBoto's exported meshes, making them more malleable & responsive when imported into other 3D apps. While not particularly flashy, these mesh improvements are a technological leap, and vital cornerstone in Braid's future plans for the MetaSolid modeling toolset going forward.

This is evidenced in Braid's ongoing development of a GroBoto-to-modo® workflow. That development includes the realize (early this year) of our first GroBoto/Modo Toolkit.

Links for the GroBoto/modo® work:
Many examples and instructional Videos of the workflow, and the installation of the Toolkit in modo.
http://www.youtube.com/user/groBotz

Ongoing threads on the Luxology site:
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=54799&page=14
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=59515

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Braid is still running a crossgrade Discount offer… It works like this:

  1. 25% Off - Our Standard Crossgrade discount (for owners of virtually any 2D or 3D Graphics App).
  2. Additional 5% Off - For simply Tweeting about GroBoto.
  3. Additional 10% Off - For posting GroBoto/Other app hybrid imagery on any major Graphics site or Forum or their personal Website, Blog, FaceBook etc.

...as you can see, the biggest discount comes from doing what comes naturally — playing with a new tool, incorporating it into their workflow, and sharing the results. We are not asking anyone to recruit or sell. Getting the discount is immediate and entirely under their control. Filling out a simple online form fires off an email with the discount code to the Artist.

It was vital to us that this be a mutually beneficial, enjoyable & honest exchange.

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Pricing and Availability
GroBoto is available now from www.groboto.com (Windows XP, Vista, 7 • Universal binary for Mac OS X 10.4 or later),  with a price of $100.00 (USD). A fully functional 30 Trial version is available.

Special 3.0 Launch  Cross-grade Pricing
Owners of just about any other 3D app are eligible for special Cross-grade Discounts (ranging from 25% to 40%). Details are available on the GroBoto 3.0 site- http://www.groboto.com/v3/Store/Offers

About Braid Art Labs LLP

Braid Art Labs was founded in 2006 by three pioneering computer graphics developers Darrel Anderson, Jeff Anderson, & Boris Tsikanovsky. Darrel Anderson is also an award winning Graphic Artists with credits in major publications, productions & film. Together they have about a century of Graphics Software Development experience.

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