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October 2003
Drape 3D is a new feature builit-in to ScotWeave Dobby and Jacquard Designer which allows you to see the current ScotWeave fabric draped onto a real 3D model.

What's new about this, you might ask ? The ScotWeave Auto Drape feature has allowed you to do this for quite some time.

The difference is that Drape 3D uses real 3D wireframe models which means that you can rotate the model or move to a new viewpoint and see the model from a different angle - all in real time.

All of this is achieved on standard off-the-shelf Windows pc hardware and packaged in ScotWeave's intuitive user interface to ensure that you can get the results you want quickly and easily.

A gallery of Drape 3D Images can be viewed here.

How Much Will It Cost Me ?
The best news is that its entirely free as part of the standard ScotWeave installation/upgrade package for ScotWeave Dobby and Jacquard Designer. If you purchase either of these packages now then Drape 3D will be included in the software. If you have a ScotWeave software maintenance contract then Drape 3D will be included with your next update. It couldn't be simpler.

Technical Details
The ScotWeave Drape 3D feature uses advanced industry-standard OpenGL graphics to produce high quality, fast 3D rendering on standard Windows pc hardware. 3D performance will be enhanced by the latest pc hardware but it is not essential and development testing has been performed on an old 266 MHz Pentium computer under Windows 98. You can optimise performance by downloading the latest graphics drivers for your pc.

The wireframe models conform to the industry standard "3DS", "Lightwave Objects" or "Wavefront Objects" file formats and new wireframe models can be readily obtained at low cost from a number of different sources.