Okino Computer Graphics is pleased to have its NuGraf and PolyTrans products reviewed by Paulo de Andrade in DCC Magazine. You may also wish to read the Game Developer and 3D Design Magazine reviews of PolyTrans and NuGraf.
As PolyTrans is but a sub-set of NuGraf, all references to the capabilities of NuGraf in this DCC Magazine review also apply to PolyTrans, except for the raytracer and the material/texture editing.
Copyright 1999 Advanstar Communications and DCC Magazine
As quoted from the article, Mr. Andrade writes:
"Okino Computer Graphics makes one of the very best translation
programs on the market: PolyTrans. It fulfills all our data translation requirements
and supports an amazingly large number of file formats."
"For only $100 more you can
buy NuGraf, which has all of PolyTrans' features plus it lets you edit materials and
textures within the program itself and is also a powerful multi-threaded raytracer renderer."
"I find the $100 a real bargain considering all the extras you get. Just the raytracer alone
is worth much more than that, especially considering that it generates images of extremely
high quality."
"When used for 3D file conversion, NuGraf is hard to beat. I have converted
several scenes between many popular formats such as 3DS, Lightwave, DXF and SoftImage and
haven't had any problems. In fact, having used other translation software and
built-in 3D programs' import/export features I can say that I have never had it so easy."
"NuGraf takes care of everything, including translating all the image formats
for the texture maps and keeping them positioned where they belong, maintaining the
proper mapping coordinates and materials. Lights and cameras also translated transparently."
"Two things that really impressed me were the speed of translations and the ability
to handle very large files. 3D Studio MAX and SoftImage|3D users who have had to load large
DXF objects know very well how scary this can be. These programs just sit there for endless
minutes, apparently frozen, trying to make sense of all the polygons. In some cases the
conversion doesn't work as expected. NuGraf/PolyTrans, on the other hand, not only handles
vast quantities of polygons with ease but also does in seconds what takes other programs
several minutes to do."
"NuGraf does an excellent job at importing trimmed NURBS into SoftImage -- something
that the 3D program itself has a hard time with."
"NuGraf delivers outstanding results efficiently. It's a must-have
addition to anyone working in 3D who must deal with different file formats."
