Carrara Options

1. Size controls how far the line extends from an edge.
2. Use the Invert function to switch between white lines or black lines.
3. Space controls where the Size option is calculated, in Global or Local space.
4. Falloff determines how the line fades from white to black. There are several options including custom. Click the Custom Falloff button to edit the falloff when Falloff is set on Custom.
5. Use Min/Max to set alternate values instead of black and white.
6. Edges determine which types of edges are highlighted. Perimeter edges are only one facet. Inner edges are creases. Outer edges are ridges. Shading Domains are edges that border a shading domain. The Degrees slide controls how sharp an edge needs to be before it is considered an inner or outer edge.
7. Advanced Edge Detection makes second pass on edges to look for edges that may not show in the first pass as shared edges. It has slow start up speed, but will help correctly identify edges that are not perfect matches. Render speed is unaffected.
8. Use the Noise sub shader to add randomness to the edge falloff.

LightWave Options

1. Base Color is the color away from the edges. It can be set, controlled with the Graph Editor or input node.
2. Goos Color is the color near the edges. It can be set, controlled with the Graph Editor or input node.
3. The Blend, Opacity, and Invert options work like the options on the built in LightWave nodes.
4. Use the Noise input node to add randomness to the edge falloff.
5. Falloff determines how the line fades from Goos to Base Color.
6. Distance controls how far the line extends from an edge.
7. The Edge Angle controls how sharp an edge needs to be before it is considered an inner or outer edge.
8. The Include Alpha and Include Alpha Blend options can be used to include other functions in the Anything Goos ouput. For example, you may want to include a noise node's alpha output to spread grim over an object in addition to the edges identified by Anything Goos.
9. The Bump Amplitude controls how much the Anything Goos function itself contributes to the Bump output node.
10. Edges determine which types of edges are highlighted. Inner edges are creases. Outer edges are ridges. Perimeter edges are only one facet. In the node editor the are previewed on the X, Y, and Z axes.
11. Use the Base and Goos inputs and values for Luminosity, Diffuse, Specular, Glossiness, Reflection, Transparency, Refraction Index, and Translucency to drive the matching output channels.

How do I...

Install Anything Goos?

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

For LightWave 9

On Windows, it is the texture plugins directory. If you installed LightWave to the default location, this is C:\Program Files\NewTek\LightWave 3D 9\Plugins\texture.

On the Mac, OS X, it is the texture plugins folder. If you installed LightWave to the default location, this is /Applications/LightWave3D 9/SharedSupport/Plugins/texture.

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

Tips and Tricks

1. Anything Goos uses the surface normals of facets to figure out where the sharp edges are. If your model's normals are messed up, Goos will not give good results. Use the modeler to correct the normals.

Reviews and 3rd Party Tutorials

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Evaluation Mode

Anything Goos supports an evaluation mode which allows you to try out Anything Goos before purchasing it. When the Anything Goos Enter Serial Number window is displayed, just click Cancel to go into evaluation mode. During evaluation mode, the Anything Goos shader will only work for a limited amount of time before you need to close and reopen your 3D software.

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.

September 27, 2009

1. LightWave: Fixed a problem when Anything Goos was applied to an object with multiple layers that used the same surface.

April 05, 2009

1. LightWave: Fix for missing drop downs.

March 09, 2009

1. LightWave: Performance updates.
2. LightWave: Allows mixing common channels.
3. LightWave: Mix with another alpha to simplify nodes.

Pricing

$34.95 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.

Ordering

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