Wireframe Pro shader

1. Size controls how far the line extends from an edge.
2. Space controls where the Size option is calculated, in Global or Local space.
3. Use the Invert function to switch between white lines or black lines.
4. Falloff determines how the line fades from white to black. Radial rolls off from the edge in a curve, Linear goes straight from white to black, and Absolute is either white or black, now soft edge, through it is still antialiased by the renderer.
5. The Get Edges from Vertex Modeler option will only draw the edges defined in the Vertex Modeler.
6. Smart Quads will look for facet pairs that look like quads and skip drawing the center line.
7. Edge in degrees looks for sharp edges in your mesh and draws lines at those points too.

Wireframe Pro renderer

1. Line Size controls the thickness of the line. The value is the radius of the line in pixels.
2. Line controls the color and blend with the underlying color.
3. Use Obj Color will use the object approximate color for the line color.
4. Overdraw sets how far out of bounds the lines goes.
5. Use Depth Cueing to thin the lines as they fade into the distance. The value slider controls how many inches in distance required to reduce the Line Size by 50%.
6. The On Vertex Modeler Edges option will only draw the edges defined in the Vertex Modeler.
7. Smart Quads will look for facet pairs that look like quads and skip drawing the center line.
8. Use the On Silhouette Edges option to ensure that the edges on the outline of the object are always drawn even if they would not normally be drawn because of Smart Quads, they are not defined in the Vertex Modeler, or because they are are not a sharp enough edge.
9. On Edges Sharper Than looks for sharp edges in your mesh and draws lines at those points too.
10. The Backfaces Optimization sets whether or not Wireframe Pro will draw lines on backfacing polygons and if it will use backfacing polygons to eliminate hidden lines. For most scenes this can safely be left on. If the Wireframe Pro renderer is not drawing lines where you expect them or not removing hidden lines you expect it to, try turning this option off.
11. Wireframe Pro does antialiasing on the lines it draws by default, but for even smoother lines you can select Line Oversampling to increase the quality even further. Be advised that this will also increase Wireframe Pro's memory usage.
12. Alpha Content controls the contents of the Alpha channel if the Render Alpha Channel option is turned on. The options are to use the base renderer's alpha channel, the lines from Toon! Pro, or both merged.
13. Do base render turns on and off the underlying Photorealistic renderer image. By default the back ground will be white when this is turned off, or it will pick up the color from the Background or Backdrop settings.

Wireframe Pro Override effect

The Wireframe Pro Override effect, available on the Effects tab of the properties panel let's you override line effects set on the renderer's UI. Here you can control the lines for an object or shading domain. Select the domain from the list and change line settings above.

1. With the Synch All option selected, line changes are applied to all shading domains on the object
2. Override for selected domain tells Toon! Pro to use the settings in Toon! Pro Override instead of the values in the Toon! Pro renderer for selected domain.
3. Line Size controls the thickness of the line. The value is the radius of the line in pixels.
4. Line controls the color and blend with the underlying color.
5. Use Obj Color will use the object's approximate color for the line color.
6. Overdraw sets how far out of bounds the lines goes.
7. Depth Cueing will narrow lines as they get farther from the camera. The slider controls how many inches of distance for the lines to become half the width.
8. Turn off Remove Hidden Lines if you want a shading domain to not erase lines drawn behind it. This option would typically be used at the same time you turn the line size or effect to zero so no lines are drawn. For example if you were turning off the lines on the eyelash shading domain you will probaly also want to turn off Remove Hidden Lines so that domain does not erase any lines that might be behind it.
9. Some edges will be on shading domain boundaries. You can use the up and down arrows to control the settings priority. If an edge borders two shading domains, it will use the settings from the shading domain highest on the list.

How do I...

Install Wireframe Pro?

Extract and copy the files to the extensions or plugins directory.

For Carrara 8.0

On the PC, it is the Carrara8\Extensions directory. If you installed Carrara to the default location, this is C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\Carrara8\Extensions or C:\Program Files (x86)\DAZ 3D\Carrara8\Extensions.

On the Mac, OS X.

1. Open the Carrara 8 folder.
2. Ctrl-click on the Carrara application and select Show Package Contents.
3. In the newly opened Finder window, navigate to Contents\MacOS\Extensions.
4. Extract the contents of the ZIP and copy them there.

For Carrara 7.2

On the PC, it is the Carrara 7 Pro\Extensions directory. If you installed Carrara to the default location, this is C:\Program Files\DAZ\Carrara 7 Pro\Extensions.

On the Mac, OS X.

1. Open the Carrara 7 folder.
2. Ctrl-click on the Carrara application and select Show Package Contents.
3. In the newly opened Finder window, navigate to Contents\MacOS\Extensions.
4. Extract the contents of the ZIP and copy them there.

For Carrara 6.2.1

On the PC, it is the Carrara 6 Pro\Extensions directory. If you installed Carrara to the default location, this is C:\Program Files\DAZ\Carrara 6 Pro\Extensions.

On the Mac, OS X.

1. Open the Carrara 6 folder.
2. Ctrl-click on the Carrara application and select Show Package Contents.
3. In the newly opened Finder window, navigate to Contents\MacOS\Extensions.
4. Extract the contents of the ZIP and copy them there.

For Carrara 5.1

On the PC, it is the Carrara 5 Pro\Extensions directory. If you installed Carrara to the default location, this is C:\Program Files\Eovia\Carrara 5 Pro\Extensions.

On the Mac, OS X Universal Binary.

1. Open the Carrara 5 folder.
2. Ctrl-click on the Carrara application and select Show Package Contents.
3. In the newly opened Finder window, navigate to Contents\MacOS\Extensions.
4. Extract the contents of the ZIP and copy them there.

Enter my serial number?

After purchasing Wireframe Pro you will be emailed a serial number. If you open a scene with Wireframe Pro or use Wireframe Pro in a scene, the Enter Serial Number window will display. Enter your serial number in the field provided and click OK to continue.

Get starting using the Wireframe Pro shader?

1. Select File|New.
2. Select Insert|Sphere.
3. With the Sphere selected, switch to the Texture room.
4. In the Color channel, click the pop up and select Wireframe Pro.

Get started using the Wireframe Pro renderer?

1. Select File|New.
2. Select Insert|Sphere.
3. Switch to the Render room and change the Renderer to Wireframe Pro. Change the Line color to white, so that it will show against the default black background and dark default shader.
4. Click Render and you're finished.

Tips and Tricks

1. Wireframe Pro uses the edges in the mesh to create lines. If you want a line in your image, it must be modeled that way in the mesh.
2. Duplicate with symmetry doesn't always leave the surface normals in the right direction. If Wireframe Pro is not rendering lines on a duplicated with symmetry mesh, try turning off the Backfaces Optimization or reversing the normals on the duplicate mesh.

Reviews and 3rd Party Tutorials

• Sub7th's line art tutorial

Evaluation Mode

Wireframe Pro supports an evaluation mode which allows you to try out Wireframe Pro before purchasing it. When the Wireframe Pro Enter Serial Number window is displayed, just click Cancel to go into evaluation mode. During evaluation mode, the Wireframe Pro shader will only work for a limited amount of time before you need to close and reopen Carrara and the Wireframe Pro renderer will display every other block without the Wireframe Pro lines.

Release Notes

June 08, 2010

1. Changed where serial numbers are saved to a more modern OS friendly location. This fixes a problem with saving serial numbers on the 64-bit Windows Carrara when UAC is turned on.

Pricing

$39.95 US dollars for a single user license. The single user license includes the right to use the product with up to 5 render nodes using Carrara 5.0 Pro or better. Pricing is also available for a render node site license for use with Grid.

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