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GEO STUDIO
Geo STUDIO is the ultimate professional-level 3D modeling and animation tool for windows-based computers. It provides a comprehensive suite of modeling, animation, behavior and texturing tools for building real-time low poly count models and scenes. Geo STUDIO comes with a full-featured data-driven behavior engine and both a C++ plugin SDK and GeoScript - a Lua*-based embedded scripting language for extending Geo with additional functionality. Geo STUDIO is an excellent tool for creating 3D object and avionics panel data for Laminar Research's* X-Plane* Flight Simulator
GEO STUDIO Pro
Geo STUDIO Pro builds on the foundation of the gaming focused Geo STUDIO platform by adding industry-standard interchange file formats for the Visual Simulation market along with specific enhanced functionality required for this market (e.g. light point creation/modification tools). Geo STUDIO Pro supports the industry-standard PRESAGIS* OpenFlight* file format along with Coryphaeus' DWB* and other IG vendor formats.
DATA-DRIVEN BEHAVIOR
Geo STUDIO comes complete with a data-driven Behavior System to animate geometry and node properties in real-time. All nodes (except vertices) can have 0 to 8 Behaviors. Each behavior is a collection of 1 to 8 actions. Actions are typically small algorithmic processors (called data actions) that take an input variable's value, acts on it in some fashion (possibly modifying the input variables value) then outputs the modified value to the action's output variable. Actions can also act like programmatic if-then-else or switch statements or use the topography and definition of a State Machine to allow complex logic to be defined. The state machine is a great way to visually layout your animated system visually and link it to driving variable values.
Ultimately a display action will transform, show or hide geometry based on its input variable's value. These variables can be internal to Geo STUDIO or defined in a simple text file. At runtime the variables can be driven by captured data or updated live by the simulation software via a simple network packet reader plugin if desired (the LiveLink plugin showcases this). Behaviors are dynamically tested and debugged internally with the Variable-Watch, Variable-Override and Variable-Exercise windows facilitating this.
GEO FORMAT I/O LIBRARY
A format read/write library is also provided for the native .geo format. This library can be used outside of Geo STUDIO to read geo files into your application or export as .geo from your application. The Format ;library is a C++ library and comes in 32bit/64bit as well as debug/release versions.
For those not wishing (or unable) to use the format library the .geo format is in the public domain and the documentation provides sufficient information for users to write their own format read/writer of their own if so desired.
EXTENSIBILITY
All features in Geo are provided by dynamically loaded Plugins which are written using the Programmer's Plugin SDK. This means that a plugin developer has the same tools at their fingertips as internal Carbon Graphics developers. Want a better scale tool or some unique functionality? Simple, just use the plugin SDK and add your own! On top of this users can use the GeoScript scripting language directly within Geo and gain access to almost 90% of the SDK functionality. In fact, you can write GeoScript "plugins" that show up in the toolbars and can be activated like any other tool.
PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT
Carbon Graphics can be hired to develop your specialized Geo STUDIO plugin. Different contract engineering pricing is reflected by the use-model of the developed Plugin - i.e. Plugins can be developed for customers sole use, sold through Carbon Graphics as an optional extra or ultimately added to Geo as bundled functionality.
FLEXIBLE LICENSING
Geo STUDIO and Geo STUDIO Pro are available with either a Node-locked, software Dongle-Locked or a Network-Floating license. A Node-Locked license locks the software to one particular PC. The Software-Dongle license allows the user to deactivate and activate the license on any PC (but only as many PC's concurrently as Dongle licenses were purchased. The Network-Floating license server leases out as many instances of Geo concurrently as were purchased with the Network option and at which level.
There is a price premium for the flexibility afforded by the dongle and floating licenses (contact sales@carbongraphics.com for details). Licensing requires an active network connection but Geo STUDIO/Pro can also be manually activated by users that run on a closed network (e.g. military networks).
A timed trial license is available for Geo STUDIO Pro. Trial licenses are available upon request for corporate customers only. Please note that Trial licenses are fully functional (including file import/export in order to fully evaluate Geo STUDIO's interoperability with existing workflows.
OPENFLIGHT*
Geo STUDIO Pro comes with complete OpenFlight*, Designers Workbench* and Aechelon* file format support. We support almost-all primary node and palette records - including PBR extended materials! MS&T File format support (and associated application functionality) is only available in the Geo STUDIO Pro version. Geo STUDIO Pro 3.1 supports import and export of all OpenFlight* versions up to and including 16.3
SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE
Carbon Graphics' maintenance is an optional (typically) yearly fee based on a % of the original product purchase price. Maintenance is highly recommended and provides direct contact to our engineers along with influence on the Carbon Graphics' product roadmap and timing. You also get free upgrades to any product version released during maintenance coverage as well as any needed patch releases for critical bug fixes.
An alternative maintenance option is our product Life-Time maintenance option which is a one-time maintenance payment for your product purchase(s). This puts you on maintenance and support for the lifetime of your purchased products. So no annual maintenance fees. Obviously this option costs more than the typical annual maintenance fee but it pays for itself very quickly. Contact sales@carbongraphics.com for additional information.
CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT
Carbon Graphics can be hired to develop your specialized Geo STUDIO plugin. Different contract engineering pricing is reflected by the use-model of the developed Plugin - i.e. Plugins can be developed for customers sole use, sold through Carbon Graphics as an optional extra or ultimately added to Geo STUDIO as bundled functionality.
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