martyn
PRO Member
start am really sorry i had a think and decided i should sort it myself but i would like too your reply so i will re post it
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Are you looking for a coupon code to buy my software? You can get one from lots of 3rd party sites but they won't work. My software never goes on sale and has never been discounted. The only coupon codes that are given is when I give a club presentation and I offer a discount to the attendees. Other than that, everyone pays the same price.
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- Thread starter Bob Beaupre
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Martyn,
Another feature you'll like about Segment PRO is that the database of sample profiles is completely new and will soon have over 200 profiles in a variety of categories. When you open a profile, you are actually creating nine different vessels - a Painted Segment, a Feature Ring and a Tornado bowl, each in advanced, intermediate or novice skill levels. You can also add your own rating to each profile which lets you search the profile database for a vase (for example) with four or more stars.
One way to use this feature is to first open a profile you like and take your time making a design you like and when you're satisfied, save that as a Plan. Then view your sample profiles again and search for vases with four stars and then put a check mark next to bowls that interest you. When you click Open to view the first profile, it will automatically be built with the design of your Saved Plan. Now just click the 'Next Profile' button and you will rotate through each of the selected profiles built with that design.
What that means is that you can create the designs that you both like and know that you can build repeatedly and save them as Plans. Then when you go to a craft fair and a customer is interested in your work, select a saved plan and the let the customer see the design in a couple of profiles that you select.
I'm still targeting this Friday for the .9 release of the software. The price will be $69 but it will not be available for purchase for a couple weeks as we work to get a minimum screen resolution that will work for most people (but not all, unfortunately).
Martyn Lloyd said it will do 96% of what WTP will do but not all. And no do not replace Lamination Pro, a version of 3d Pro built in. However, remember files created in the new software right now are not comparable with WTP. Hope I got that correct Lloyd.
Bob,
You got it completely correct. If there is a consensus that an export ability from Segment PRO to Woodturner PRO is needed, I will do it. It will certainly be possible but will be a lot of work. I'd rather spend that time making Segment PRO more powerful, but I will listen to the users.
Lloyd, what about importing from Woodturner Pro will it be supported? I can see using this more than exporting from Segment Pro but don't think it is a must have.
Once you see Segment PRO, you'll start to see how radically different these programs are. They both build segmented vessels, but there is almost no similarity. It kinda comes down to this - if you need to build a bowl that can only be designed in Woodturner PRO (staves, compound segments, unusual design objectives), you need to build it completely in 3DP/Woodturner PRO. Once it is done, it cannot be opened in Segment PRO because it has staves or compound segments. If it isn't unusual, it will take you longer to export it than design it from scratch in Segment PRO.
The target for Segment PRO is those turners that want to design a bowl rapidly and would rather spend time building the bowl instead of designing the bowl. If there is a need to add rows one-at-a-time so that you can have each row or every other row be different then Woodturner PRO is for you. But in the time it takes you to do that, you could have designed 20 bowls and selected the one you liked the best in Segment PRO.
Lloyd
The target for Segment PRO is those turners that want to design a bowl rapidly and would rather spend time building the bowl instead of designing the bowl. If there is a need to add rows one-at-a-time so that you can have each row or every other row be different then Woodturner PRO is for you. But in the time it takes you to do that, you could have designed 20 bowls and selected the one you liked the best in Segment PRO.
Lloyd
Lloyd don't under sell Segment Pro. It may not be able to do somethings that WTP can do but that goes both way. Segment Pro in itself is a VERY powerful program. It has some features that we only dream about and as you have said will never be in WTP. They are both exceptional programs for us segmenters, just have different agendas.