A new Jan-18-2007 beta release is now available from the download page at http://moi3d.com/download.htm .

New stuff:

Image backgrounds! You can now bring images into MoI's viewports for use as visual tracing or proportion guides.

This is available under View/Image. After starting the Image command, push the "Add" button to insert a new image. The list of images is shown, allowing you to remove or hide/show any particular image. Pausing over an image name will show you the full path.

The following options are also available, and affect all images:

Draw below objects - choosing this option draws images as a backdrop behind everything else.

Draw with objects - this option draws images mixed in as if they were regular objects.

Draw above objects - this option draws images on top of everything else as an overlay. This is intended to be used with transparency, it gives you a way to always see a faint image without objects blocking the way.

Show in all views - shows the image in all viewports.

Show in ortho only - only shows the image in the Top/Front/Right views, not in the 3D view.

Transparency - you can put in a percentage value here from 0% (fully opaque with no transparency) to 100% (completely transparent).

It currently isn't possible to edit the location or size of an image after you place it, this will be coming for the next beta release.


New Transform / Align command. This new tool makes it easy to line up either control points or objects. This can be used for example if you have 2 points that you want to adjust so they are exactly horizontal or vertical. If you select entire objects instead of points then you also have an option for which sides of the objects you want to line up with each other.

New "Cap ends" option for sweep and loft so you can create a solid in one step when sweeping with planar curves.

Toggle switch for Circular array so you can switch between "fill angle" and a new "step angle" mode.

Variety of bug fixes, including some for meshing small-sized objects.

Please let me know if you have any problems!

- Michael