What’s new in Studio 18.1? April 15, 2019

Susie Stitzel Product Manager – Design & 3D Solutions [email protected] More import formats for Studio Toolkit

3D Studio Max (3DS) (BLEND) FBX (Autodesk but supported by others: , Lightwave 3D, Maya, etc.) Open source formats: STL, DXF, OFF

Note: Basic material properties, like color, are imported but textures will be discarded

2 New interaction mode

In Scene Settings, choose the method you prefer when changing the view in the Studio window: Orbit the Camera: the previous method for changing the view; all existing files will open with this setting (but you can change it) Spin the Model: a new option where the lighting and camera are fixed and the model turns – as if it was on a “turntable” (the default for all new files)

Tip: If you change this option for an existing Illustrator file, save the file to make it the default when you next open it

3 Custom lighting environments

Load your own lighting environments from the Scene Settings dialog Currently supporting the OpenEXR (.exr) format Many free-to-download web sites for both HDRI (.hdr) and EXR files

Tip: Adobe Photoshop can open and convert files between HDRI and OpenEXR formats

4 Custom lighting environments – Examples

5 Custom lighting environments – Examples

6 Custom lighting environments – working with Scene Presets

When you save a Scene Preset, custom lighting environments are embedded in the preset

Imported lighting environments are also linked to the Illustrator document Illustrator will prompt for a missing link but… You still need the original lighting environment file to view your file as it was saved – a good reason to use Scene Presets Tip: Save a custom lighting environment Known limitation: Custom lighting environments are as part of a Scene Preset to quickly it use NOT embedded when exporting to Collada – the Esko on future files Viewers will default to using Studio’s “Office” environment

7 Flute direction for ArtiosCAD files

In Studio’s Change Board dialog, you can change the flute direction for ArtiosCAD files Changes both the fluting on the edge of the board and the face of the board Save As… a copy to be placed back in your Illustrator document

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