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Okay, so I want to spend a few minutes
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talking about what you actually need for
MegaEdit 3D.
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There's a few different moving parts
which are which are required for this.
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A few I've mentioned already.
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the first and foremost, though,
is that the 3D preview outside of,
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Infigo is a separate module,
so it's a separate license.
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So if after you've seen this,
you are keen to try out,
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you are keen to get more information
and then get in contact with your Customer
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Success manager,
which will be either Rob or Greg.
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and they can give you
that extra information if you need it.
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But you also need is blender.
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Now this is a specific version of blender
2.79.
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Forget that. Correct?
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it's an older version of the again,
freely available 3D modeling software,
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and it is still freely available
for download on the web from Blender's
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download locations.
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Now, the reason we need an older
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version of blender is
because we utilize an add on or plugin,
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which is not really compatible anymore
with the more recent versions.
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So there's no problem
with using this older one.
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It's just because we need to use
that particular plugin.
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That plugin is something called three.
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And what this basically allows us to do
is to export our blender fall
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in a Json format
that we specifically require.
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Now, as I mentioned this, this
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addon has been kind of depreciated
over the years.
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and it's probably quite unlikely
to be on the web.
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So if you do get to the stage
where you have the 3D preview module
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and you want to play around with it,
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you can ask our team and we'll be able
to provide that plugin to.
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Going down the
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list to something a little bit less.
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That's
let me get to this list on here as well.
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So the next thing I would recommend,
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but is not necessary
by any means, is Visual Studio Code.
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this is just
makes it a bit easier to do that.
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A couple of editable lines of code if you
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when you need to.
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So you can easily
just use notepad as well.
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This just makes it a bit clearer
why you need to do those changes.
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So you will need the ability
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to create your die line,
or some form of template
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that we're going to use
for the 2D element of, or preview.
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again, this could be multiple
different software packages.
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Most of you
probably have access to Adobe Suite.
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So Illustrator or Photoshop. Fine.
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You might have your own package, your own
capabilities of creating guidelines,
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whatever else.
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If you're in a pinch, even paint
might suffice for something basic.
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Now, I
contemplated not putting this one on here,
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but we do have recommendation
of a physical mouse.
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so rather than your laptop mouse,
if you are using blender,
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and I did try this for a little while,
using that without a mouse
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and just using a trackpad on a laptop
or something is incredibly difficult,
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if not impossible.
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I think I'm
sure Hector will be able to do it.
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but yes, I'd recommend a physical maps.
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You will need some MegaEdit knowledge,
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so especially the stuff
I'm going to be talking about today.
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It is assuming that you've got
some level of magnetic knowledge already.
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Things just like setting up your canvases,
setting up
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default product configurations
and all that kind of good stuff.
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you will need that.
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The sort of 3D preview element,
just sort of a bolt on on the end.
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Now there is the Infigo Academy,
which has loads and loads
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of resources on MegaEdit.
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So if you need help with that,
we do have it in video form.
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And of course if push comes to shove
you can contact our support team as well.
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Okay.
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and then finally what I've put on here
is blender modeling knowledge.
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So if you are planning to create your own
3D models,
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you will require some knowledge
on how to construct those using blender.
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what I've discovered as well
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is that you can import
other types of model in there as well.
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So if you're familiar
with another 3D modeling platform,
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you might be able to create
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in there and export it in a file
which is relevant for import into blender.
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So the capabilities are there and we can
provide more information if required.
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you do also have the option,
although it might need
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a little bit more thought
to download models from the open web.
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So there are various websites available
where you can download
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these blender models.
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Some of them that you download
might not be in the correct
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state to immediate use
to create a 3D preview from.
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So there is a caveat to that.
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But just so you know,
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resources are available on the internet
for you to download these, these,
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these already created 3D models,
but it might need a bit
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more work to get it in the right
state to use it.