We are actively promoting the OpenClip concept with other software companies. In addition, in TopoTools, the dialogs for Analyze Topo/Find Contours and Analyze Topo/Analyze Slope have options to copy 3D surfaces and topo contours as 3D objects which can be pasted into a 3D program.įor example, in TopoTools and Analyze Topo/Analyze Slope, you can go from this.Īnd you can also copy 3D surfaces from Analyze Topo/Find Contours in TopoTools: This means that objects with a Z height created by TopoTools or Paolo Rossi’s Topography Tools will be copied as 3D objects and can be pasted as 3D objects in a 3D program. You can press the Option key while selecting Cut or Copy and OpenClip will do a place 3D objects on the pasteboard. This allows you to see that something has happened, and to look at the file with the OpenClip Viewer app if you're really interested in knowing more about this.Ī normal Cut or Copy places 2D objects on the pasteboard. Library/Application Support/OpenClip/OpenClip
In addition, it also writes a file out to the path OpenClip also works on Paste but requires that other programs put objects on the pasteboard (same as 'clipboard') along with several others that PowerCADD puts there. Other programs that have their own OpenClip plug-ins can then Paste into their program. Whenever you choose Cut or Copy, OpenClip will place the drawing objects on the clipboard in the OpenClip format. OpenClip works ‘behind the scenes’ and requires no action on the part of the user. The capability is basically the same as in Bonzai3D except for pen size and color, which are handled in Bonzai3D but not FormZ. The Macintosh version of FormZ 6.7 from AutoDesSys handles Paste from OpenClip in the current plane. Thanks for this copy function from PowerCADD to Bonzai. I think this collaboration with AutoDesSys is a great thing. I know this will be a big timesaver for me. I'm sure this is going to come in real handy to many people. Great news about the copy from PowerCADD to Bonzai! Here’s a garden shed created using copy and paste between PowerCADD and Bonzai3D. You can draw anything with PowerCADD and WildTools. There are many parallels between Bonzai3D and WildTools-both are equally feature-rich.
Download the Bonzai3D demo to try it out.īonzai3D is a powerful 3D solid modeling program that offers a full set of 3D modeling capabilities. It handles Paste from OpenClip in the current plane. The Macintosh version of Bonzai3D 2.0 from AutoDesSys is the first program to be released with an OpenClip plug-in. It is this close match that makes In2Space a true 3D extension of PowerCADD. The In2Space interface, where possible, is similar to PowerCADD. The program is designed to be a sister program with PowerCADD.
In2Space is in development, and PRD expects to release the initial version shortly.
The ability to copy and paste precision vector graphics between PowerCADD and a 3D modeling program began as a collaboration with PRD Software and is provided with their PowerClip plug-in. It features Copy from PowerCADD, Paste in In2Space. PRD Software’s In2Space, the 3D modeling partner for PowerCADD, is an architectural modeler with tools specifically designed with buildings in mind. One OpenClip plug-in is all that is required for each program. It lets you draw in the program of your choice, paste the drawing into the 3D modeling program of your choice and then copy drawing objects back into your 2D program as fully editable vector objects.Īnd all that is required is that each program supports OpenClip, either in the program or with a plug-in. OpenClip allows you to copy and paste precision vector objects from one program to another-any combination of 2D or 3D CAD, illustration or drawing program. Why can't software companies just come up with a way to copy and paste this stuff between programs? Hang onto your mouse. Oops, you left out a line, so you've got to go back and repeat the whole thing. When you want to create a 3D model, it's such a pain to have to export to DWG, then import into your modeling program.