Video: New in EVS 2021.4.2
This 40 minute training video is free to everyone and will introduce some of the new (and required) changes to EVS 2021.4.2 and how to best use the C Tech Web Scene viewer. https://www.screencast.com/t/8ERATtExZbA
read moreEarth Volumetric Studio 2021.4.2
Earth Volumetric Studio 2021.4.2: The April 2021 release of EVS introduces support for C Tech Web Scenes. It also brings many improvements and bug fixes, and is a highly recommended upgrade for all users. Major improvements since the beta include: CTWS files created in 2021.4.2 now allow for interactive probing for coordinates (via double click or ctrl+click) on https://viewer.ctech.com. Objects in model with analytical data also show values. Objects in model with Stratigraphy or Lithology show the material or layer (cell set name) You can...
read moreThe End of Sketchfab and the Upcoming C Tech Web Viewer
Those of you who have been using Sketchfab to deliver 3D models to clients or for marketing on your websites have (or likely soon will) receive an email from Sketchfab regarding a newly implemented limit on the number of materials in a model:Their definition of a material differs drastically from any equivalent in your EVS models, and we have discovered that models in EVS with more than one datamap and/or multiple methods of coloring objects (e.g. object colors, RGB, etc.) are interpreted to have a very large...
read moreSurvey on potential EVS Web Viewer
We are asking for your participation in an important survey. Many of our customers have asked us for a better web based viewer for EVS models. We continue to work on this technology, but we now face some milestones that will determine the direction of our development and are requesting your input. Please take a few minutes to answer our survey questions: https://forms.gle/jTenHqmX1tgwiReP9 Responding fully to this survey will help guide the development of this new technology. Let us know what features matter to you and your company now, so we...
read moreEarth Volumetric Studio 2020.12
Earth Volumetric Studio 2020.12: The December 2020 release of EVS brings many improvements and bug fixes, and is a highly recommended upgrade for all users. Major improvements and fixes in this release include: Improvements throughout scripting system, including fixing issues related to hangs when scripting certain modules Improvements and bug fixes in mask_geology. In addition, this module now works better on the GPU and can provide a dramatic improvement in speed Fixes to load_evs_field which caused certain EFB files to not load properly...
read moreOnline Class on 3D DrillGuide™
C Tech will conduct an online class covering advanced application of 3D DrillGuide™. Our prior training materials on DrillGuide™ have exclusively used krig_2d. However, we have encountered several projects where 2D analysis did not serve us well.In this class we will cover: The Pros & Cons of 2D DrillGuide™ When should we consider 3D DrillGuide™ analysis vs. 2D? How the nature of the project data drives the need Characteristics of data files not well served in 2D This course will be offered one time only on Dec. 8th at 1:30 pm EST....
read moreEarth Volumetric Studio 2020.10
Earth Volumetric Studio 2020.10: The October 2020 release of EVS brings many improvements and a long-asked-for thickness module.The thickness module provides the ability to compute the (vertical direction) thickness of any complex object. For those who have asked how to do this in the past and we said it wasn’t possible and would require a complex ray-tracing approach: that is what we needed to do. This provides the ability to do all of the following (and more): Compute the thickness of plume, intersection or union outputs Thickness can...
read moreRelease of Earth Volumetric Studio 2020.5
The last time I was this excited about a software release was August 2016 when we released the first 64-bit version of Studio. In many ways, the May 2020 release is far more significant. However, before I list the new features you will be able to enjoy, I need to make you aware of the requirements to run Earth Volumetric Studio 2020.5. All Enterprise and Floating license customers must uninstall their current license servers and install and configure the new CTech Universal License Server. Instructions are here. This new server will support...
read moreNew EVS Training Video: Advanced use of the place text module
In an effort to keep all of our users both entertained and educated during these times, we’ve put together another free training video on advanced use of the place text module. This is the second (permanently free) video in less than a week on powerful but underused EVS modules.As stated in the last announcement, we have made the four Intro Series videos available on YouTube as well as these new training videos on the buildings and place_text modules.I hope that these new training materials will help keep you engaged and fruitfully...
read moreNew EVS Training Video and Changes to Free Access
I hope that you’re all safe and healthy during these times. Almost 4 weeks ago we announced that we were providing Free Access to a large number of our Premium Training Videos. I am very pleased that the response has been overwhelming. For the first time in 4 and a half years that we’ve used screencast.com to host our training materials, we have dramatically exceeded our bandwidth allotment.In response, I am temporarily making the four Intro Series videos available on YouTube as well as a new training video that I created over the...
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