Translation in english by the original author.                        (Packed by Cellulo www.flat2d.com)   2019
	     

	   Super Easy Polygon Modeler

                         HexaGreat-3D for Windows

                              Version 5.25E

  Copyright (C) 1994,1998  Shusaku Furushima & Tomo the New Aquarian Kid

                               May 1, 1998



#### Description

HexaGreat-3D is super-easy 3D graphics modeler.  You can make 3D polygon models 
full-automatically and very quickly from your 2D drawings.  Try it!

This program has one restriction under which you can make only mirror symmetric 
model.  But, if you draw the perspective view of model in 2D drawing, this 
program calculates Z-axis depth, and makes 3D model automatically. 
You can make various symmetric models such as cars, planes, humans, animals, or 
anything with this program.

HexaGreat-3D is English porting version of Rokkaku-Daioh for Windows, which is 
Japanese most famous free 3D graphics software.



TIPS1: UNDER WINDOWS 2000/XP/VISTA,7,8 AND 10 YOU MUST ACTIVATE THE COMPATIBILITY MODE WINDOWS 98 ON THE SHORTCUT OR THE EXECUTABLE OF HEXAGREAT IN THE MENU PROPERTY (RIGHT-CLICK) TO LOADING OR MODELLING 3D MODELS WITH A LOT OF POLYGONS WITHOUT HAVE A DIALOG BOX ERROR THAT COME AND FREEZE HEXAGREAT 3D.

TIPS2: UNDER WINDOWS 10 THERE IS A BIG BUG, HEXAGREAT 3D CAN'T USE THE COMMANDS "OPEN" AND "SAVE AS" FROM THE FILE MENU AND THE ICONS ALSO THE EXPORT DXF FILE FORMAT MENU, RESULT A RETURN IN DESKTOP.

HERE TWO FIX:

FIX 1: USE A PC WITH WINDOWS XP.

FIX 2: IN WINDOWS 10, YOU CAN USE "VIRTUALBOX" WITH WINDOWS XP SP3(ISO) INSTALLED, THIS WILL CREATE A VIRTUAL MACHINE, SEE INTERNET VIDEOS FOR TUTORIAL. (TESTED AND APPROVED BY ME, HEXAGREAT WORK FINE UNDER VIRTUALBOX)

FIX 3: USE 3DACE INSTEAD OF HEXAGREAT 3D.



UPDATE  AUGUST 28 2012 by Cellulo   http://www.flat2d.com


----Added the folder "HARD ROK DATA" :) that content 383 rok files to study.
----Added new samples files in the folder "samples".
----Added the txt file "tips.txt"
----Added New shortcuts keys.



//Interface îcons//

Selection : S

Draw : D

Paint : P

Rotate : R

Move : T

Zoom : Z



//Edit Menu//

Paste Double : Ctrl + D

Mark View : Alt + V

Jump to Marked View : V




//View Menu//

Draw Mode : F1

View Mode : F2

Show Lines Only : F3

Show Faces Only : F4

Show Lines and Faces : F5

Insert Background Picture : I

Grid : G



//Model Menu//

Magnify face(s) or/and line(s) : Alt+A
Stretch face(s) or/and line(s) : Alt+S
Rotate face(s) or/and line(s) : Alt+R
Duplicate face(s) or/and line(s): Alt+D
E&xtrude face(s) or/and line(s) : Alt+E
	

Show : Ctrl+J
	
Group : Ctrl+G
Ungroup : Ctrl+U
	
Align to Grid : Alt+G



//Face Menu//

Put Faces to All Polygons : Ctrl+F
Put Faces to Selected Polygons : Shift+F
Delete Selected Faces : Alt+F

	

//Render Menu//

Orthogonal : F7
Perspective : F8

 
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#### Installation

Copy all files into you favorite directory.  Double click hxg.exe to start 
program.



#### System requirements
 Windows 95 or higher
 Windows NT4.0 or higher

 with graphic cards that can display 256 or more color
 (32000 or more color is recommended.)



#### Using this program

Please refer to help file.  Once you start program, select [Help]-[Contents]
command.
---------------NEKOVIEWER-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can make cool render of your 3D models with the program "NekoViewer" that i have translated in english.

It open Rok file ( Hexagreat format ) can make toon effect, manga shading, smoothing polygons on yours models,  import/export format DXF, and more.

You can download it on  www.flat2d.com   
Translation in english by Kato-yuen. 2008

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#### Technical Information

There are several methods to get 3-D models from 2-D drawings.  The methods 
are researched as "Computer Vision".

1. Shape from Shading
 Get 3D model from shaded pictures. 
2. Shape from Motion
 Get 3D model from several pictures from different angles.  It is difficult to
draw same 3D object precisely from different angles for designers.
3. Shape from Polygon, Shape from Right-angled Corners
 It is difficult to apply this method for curves and curved surfaces.
4. Shape from Symmetry (HexaGreat-3D)
 It is difficult to make non-symmetrical object.



Methods used in HexaGreat-3D are described in the documents below.

[1] H.Mitsumoto et al,"3-D Reconstruction Using Mirror Images Based on a Plane 
Symmetry Recovery Method",IEEE Trans on Pattern analysis and Machine 
intelligence, Vol.14 No.9, pp941-946, 1992.

[2] S.Kanai et al, "Generation of Free-Form Surface Models by Understanding 
Geometric and Topological Constraints on Rough Sketches", PrePrint of IEEE 
International Conference on Systems Engineering, September17-19,1992 
(in Special Session).



#### Copyright

HexaGreat-3D for Windows is freeware.  Freeware is copyrighted software and 
freely distributed. No charges are needed for all uses.

There's no guarantee about troubles caused by the existence of this program 
or by using this program.

The author will not have any obligations for modifying this program, if there 
happens some trouble.



#### Contacting the author

Send bug report, suggestion of new features or other to:

Shusaku Furushima
shusaku@ba.mbn.or.jp
14-14 Higashisumiyoshi Tokorozawa Saitama Japan 359

Toshihiro Morita
tomonak@aqu.bekkoame.ne.jp
4-10-10 Utsukushigaoka Aoba-ku Yokohama Japan 225

http://www.shusaku.co.jp/www/product_free.html