Model layer
Choose Layer > Add Layer > Add Model Layer... to create a new Model layer.
Choose Layer > Attach Layer > Attach Model to active Layer... to attach a new Model layer to the active layer.
The new Model layer can be selected from the Layers listbox to make it the active layer.
With the model layer you can import 3D models created with 3D modelling tools like 3D Studio Max, Lightwave and Maya into BluffTitler.
the X-files
BluffTitler can import 3D models stored in the .x format. This is the standard file format used by DirectX. For most 3D tools, plugins have been created to export to this format. The shareware Accutrans software can be used to easily convert common 3D formats to .x.
There are many sites where you can download 3D models. 3D CAD BROWSER offers all its models in the .x format. (choose DirectX ASCII (.x) from the dropdown)
Model layer properties
Position
The position of the model.
Rotation
The rotation of the model.
Size
The size of the model.
Colour
The colour of the model.
Transparency
The transparency of the model.
Specularity
The specularity of the model.
Submodel
A model is built out of submodels. If this property is set to 0, all submodels are rendered. If this property is set to X, only submodel X is rendered. If this property is set to -X, all submodels except X are rendered.
It came from outer space
Here's a little story created with two model layers and a picture layer:
Suddenly we noticed two bright objects in the sky
On a sunny afternoon in May we were cycling along the Gein river, just outside Amsterdam when suddenly we noticed two bright objects hovering in the sky.
We have never seen anything like this
We got off our bikes to have a better look when they started moving towards us.
We were wondering what they were
At first we thought it was a radio controled helicopter or some other sort of hip new flying toy.
We felt they were trying to communicate
When we continued our ride the mysterious objects kept following us. It became clear that this was not a practical joke of some local nerds. We had the feeling that they were trying to communicate.
They were moving fast
The things could cover hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye. Then they would go up and down just as fast. The laws of inertia seem not to apply to them.
They must have been UFOs from outer space
It was a bright, clear sky so it could not be a meteorological phenomenon. And the way they looked and moved they could not be terrestrial.
They must have come from outer space...