Requirements and Installation

Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7

Click here for Mac Beta info

1. •System requirements - same as version 2.
   

2. •Valid version 2 registration number required.
   

If you are not a registered user of GroBoto 2, you will need to purchase a license from our Store.

This beta version of Groboto will work alongside your existing version of Groboto. You will be able to launch either version. To allow this follow the installation steps below:

1. Download the file Groboto_2_90.zip (for 32-bit Windows) or Groboto64_2_90.zip (for 64-bit Windows)  to any folder on your hard disk.

2. Right-click on the file and select Extract All... Leave the default destination folder unchanged and click Extract. The destination folder should open (if not, open it manually). Inside of it you will see a single folder Beta (or Beta64). If you have WinZip installed on your computer, select Extract All after opening the .zip file with WinZip and extract the Beta (or Beta64) folder to any folder you want.

Known Issues

No Undo for some new features:

We have not fully tested Undo with all new tools and features -- another reason to save frequently.

Mesh Quirks:

Some new features (like control of seam width) can cause problems if misused. More information and tips are found here:

SeamNet Mesh Tips & Info...

Mesh Limitations:

Mesh density can be whatever you want, but there are practical limitations at both ends.

1. •Very low density can create very irregular meshes, or cause the mesh generation to fail.
   

2. •Very high density can create impractical meshes with many millions of polygons.
   

Moderate densities are easily achieved through GroBoto’s Output Panel settings.

Also see: Bot & SeamNet Mesh Info...

v3 scenes are not backward compatible with version 2. See Release notes on the right for important v2/v3 scene compatibility notes.

All other data files (Bots, Maps, Textures, Primitives, Styles, Gradients) are cross-compatible with version 2 & 3.

Beta Docs Home • Overview • Contents • Modeling • Mesh Export • Other v3 Changes & Features

Current Build - New Mesh Export • New Context Menu Items • Bug Fixes

Mesh Creation should be quite robust. However please see the Mesh Notes for guidance, and workarounds for known bugs & limitations

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1. Creating SeamNet Meshes from Bots & Complex Models improved with this release.

We expect most models to work with SeamNet meshing now. However, there are still a couple of known problems and some practical limitations. Please read the following pages before attempting to create meshes from Bot-Generated or other complex geometry:

SeamNet Mesh Tips & Info...

2. Ducts are NOT compatible with SeamNet Meshes. Any model containing Duct Objects will not work with SeamNet meshes. (Duct Objects are created by enabling the Duct Option in the Bot Panel or using the Duct Conversion tools in the ‘Selection & Groups Panel).

3. Please send all beta questions and Bug Reports to the ‘Win Beta Bug Report’ section of the GroBoto Forum

If we need to see your .gbr (Scene) file, we will let you know. See the next item: ‘Auto Saving of Temporary Files’.

4. Auto Saving of Temporary files.

GroBoto Beta 3 creates a folder named ‘TestMeshGBR’ in your Documents/Braid Art Labs/GroBoto folder. A copy of your current scene is saved to that folder just prior to any Preview of a SeamNet Mesh. Please preserve any files associated with a crash.

More Info in the ‘Release Notes’ Below.

Windows Beta Build (2.9.5) - Important Information

We hope you read everything on this page, but we are realists... So here are four -- possibly five -- things you really want to know.

Windows Page

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Feedback & Bug Hunting

If you experience a crash: Please save the Crash Log generated by the operating system. An option for saving that file appears in the System’s ‘Quit Unexpectedly’ dialog.

If you experience a crash when exporting or previewing a SeamNet Mesh: Please preserve the most recent file in your Documents/GroBoto/Braid Art Labs TestMeshGBR folder. (A copy of your current scene is saved to that folder just prior to a SeamNet Mesh preview).

Please send all Bug Reports to our Forum.

GroBoto Forum

If we need to see your .gbr (Scene) file, we will let you know.

3. Open the folder where your current version of Groboto is installed.

This would typically be C:\Program Files\Braid Art Labs\Groboto (or Groboto (x64)).

4. Drag the Beta (or Beta64) to that folder (be careful not to drop it into any folder inside the Groboto folder!).

5. Open the folder Beta (or Beta64), right-click on the file Groboto.exe and select Create Shortcut. Rename this shortcut something like Groboto Beta and drag it to your Desktop.

6. Any time you want to launch the beta version double-click on this shortcut. The Groboto shortcuts and Start menu entries you had before will still launch your old version of Groboto

GroBoto v3 beta and your version 2 GroBoto will share the same Documents/Braid Art Labs/GroBoto folder (and all of it’s subfolders). This provides easy access to all of your existing GroBoto data files (Bots, Textures, Maps, Scenes, etc.).

Dragging your Un-Zipped Beta folder into the Groboto folder

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IMPORTANT NOTE! These v3 Beta  Pages are being Updated & Moved

Please go to the New v3 Beta Site for the latest information and Downloads.

The information below is somewhat outdated, but still useful. It will be available here until we get everything updated on the new Beta Site.

Click here for a Table of Contents of these older pages