June 2011 Newsletter
SES 2 Kit – now available
If you want studio quality lighting in modo, the new Studio Environment Set 2 product produced for Luxology by 9b studios is a quick way to achieve convincing results. It includes 50 carefully designed HDRI spherical images (complete with ground planes) for easily obtaining professional–quality studio lighting for small to medium-sized objects such as product shots, engineering visualizations, advertising art, or packaging shots. For users of modo, Bentley Systems MicroStation and Solidworks 2011. Get more info here.
SES 2 lighting in modo by Philip Lawson
Strike Trike!
Design+Industry, the largest design and product engineering consultancy in Australia, has helped Strike Motors develop a radical concept of a three-wheeled trike. The extraordinary machine is intended as a weekend vehicle and is styled to attract the performance vehicle enthusiast while it grabs the attention of bystanders. The Trike seats two people and will be powered by the high performance Suzuki Hayabusa 1340cc powerplant. Phenomenal acceleration coupled with excellent ride stability, amazing cornering capability and excellent stopping power will make the Trike the ultimate ride to be had. Check out the modo images produced by Ben Carroll here.
modo image by Ben Carroll
recoil plug-in for modo
recoil is a Plug–in written by Eric Soulvie for modo 501 that accurately simulates dynamic rigid body interactions. This first major Plug-in for modo realistically simulates dynamic forces and calculates accurate collisions between objects. It lets you quickly create complex animations of objects interacting with one another or create a huge stack of objects resting perfectly on one another. Here is a demo clip that Andy Probst created to explain recoil at the recent FMX show. More recoil Info can be found here.
modo + recoil image by Yazan Malkosh
See you in Berlin
On September 30th, Luxology will be exhibiting at the Meet and Greet 3D conference in Berlin, Germany. Tom Schlander and Andy Probst will both be there showing off modo 501 being used with recoil and the many other Kits available. We hope to see you there. For detailed conference information, click here.

Summer Sale on modo training
We are offering selected modo Video Training at 50% off for the Summer. Yeah, it’s a little crazy but this is your chance to increase your modo skills and save some money. Prices are good through August 30, 2011. See a complete list of elegible modo Training Videos here.
3D modeling with Adam O
IGLOO Customer Interview
We caught up recently with Gustavo Fernandes of IGLOO. At this Toronto–based production house, modo is used at both ends of the pipeline; for modeling and then for final rendering. They have used modo for a variety of commericials and also for website graphics. Check out the full interview here.
IGLOO Interview
Eric Soulvie - Meet the Developer of recoil
Meet Eric Soulvie, the developer who created the new recoil Plug-in for modo 501. In this video interview we learn about Eric’s background and how the modo Plug–in SDK enabled him to achieve an extraordinary level of integration with modo. Watch the interview here.
Eric Soulvie Interview
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