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| Newtek's LightWave® is an invaluable tool for
developing 3-D imagery, whether for the vector-graphic environments of Evans
& Sutherland's Digistar I & II or for the full-color, full-dome environment of
Digistar 3 and other similar systems. Starlight Productions has created a number of LightWave® plug-ins that have proven very useful in these development environments. We are making many of these software tools available to non-profit and not-for-profit educational organizations without charge. See the stipulations for additional details. Note that these plug-ins are made available as-is, and carry no warranty. Check out the legal-eze disclaimer for details on these limitations. |
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| Plug-in | Version | Environment | Description | Download |
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| Camera-Pod | 2.01 | Full-dome/Layout | Manipulates a group of five cameras whose images may be stitched together to produce a full-dome master. (This utility becomes obsolete with the release of LightWave 9, and will not be supported or upgraded thereafter). |  |
| Coincide | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Moves selected points in multiple layers to the position of the first point selected. | |
| Export Channels | 1.01 | Any/Layout | Exports any channel data as a .csv file. | |
| Export VLA | 2.0.0 | Digistar II/Modeler | Exports an object from Modeler to Digistar .vla format. Optionally exports brightness (from weight map data), and parametric-offset (from morph map data). Exported files may be easily modified in a text editor for use with Digistar I. | |
| Full-dome Mask | 1.0.0 | Digistar 3/Layout 9 (or higher) | When used with an Advanced Camera (spherical) to directly generate a full-dome master, this utility adds a circular mask of any color, and writes user comments to any corner of the master. | |
| Gravitation | 1.3.5 | Any/Layout | Motion Modifier script that allows an object to move under the influence of one or more gravitational primaries with user-specified characteristics. | |
| Import Channels | 1.00 | Any/Layout | Imports data into one or more channels of an object. | |
| Import VLA | 1.00 | Digistar II/Modeler | Imports a Digistar .vla file as a LightWave object. (This utility is only marginally useful and, frankly, only as a last resort). | |
| Mesh-to-Channel | 1.01 | Any/Layout | Converts the vertices of a LightWave object to one or more channels. Axes are individually assignable, scalable, and translatable. | |
| Multi-Light Controller | 1.00 | Any/Layout | Creates multiple lights (at vertices of a mesh), deletes multiple-lights (selected via wildcarded name or from a list), and copies characteristics from one light to multiple lights. | |
| PolyFan | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Connects first-selected point to all subsequent selected points as 3-point polys. | |
| PolyRow | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Connects sequentially selected points (as two rows) into 4-point polys. Particularly useful for joining separate objects without moving any original points. | |
| Transect | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Divides an n-sided polygon into n 3-point polygons. | |
| Torque | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Creates a weighted torus according to user-specs. | |
| Tubule | 2.02 | Any/Modeler | Creates an open-ended tube according to user-specs. | |
| Twig | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Creates a branching structure according to user-specs. | |
| Vectorize | 1.01 | Any/Modeler | Converts a mesh from multi-sided polygons to 2-point polygons and removes duplicate lines. Intended for use prior to exporting to .VLA format (Digistar I & II environments). | |
| VerSelect | 1.00 | Any/Modeler | Selects points or polygons based on one or more user-specified geometric constraints. | |