The Mutatron Guide

The Mutatron v1.0b1 Created by Dale M. Greer, using Robert Dierkes' Trigrid Sample as a starting point, and with some help from Tumbler by Nick Thompson and Pablo Fernicola. What is The Mutatron(tm)? How should one speak the name "The Mutatron"? System Requirements User Guide The Mutatron Window Spike Editor Bananoid Editor Menu Commands File Menu Edit Menu Display Menu Geometry Menu Texture Menu Spikes! Menu Other Stuff A Cool Effect Problems Disclaimer Distribution Contacting the Author What is The Mutatron(tm)? The Mutatron adds spikes to 3DMF meshes. It also displays 3DMF objects in various QuickDraw 3D styles, lets you add vertex normals and can map pictures over an object with uv-parameters. Also, it can create several basic shapes, so you don't need to have a 3DMF object on hand to see what it can do. How should one speak the name "The Mutatron"? The name "The Mutatron" is pronounced "The Myutahtrohn," and should be spoken in a low, guttural voice, like that of Arnold Schwarzenegger, or, for an older generation, Henry Kissinger. Select the "Play" item under the "Sound" menu to hear a selection if you are using SimpleText to read this document. If you have the Speech Manager installed, select this text - The Myutahtrohn - then select "Speak Selection" under the "Sound" menu. The Speech Manager incorrectly pronounces the correct spelling as "Myutaytren." The definite article "The" should always preceed the noun "Mutatron," i.e., one should not call The Mutatron by the apellation "Mutatron" alone. This rule does not apply to those whose languages have no definite article. In Japanese, the romaji for "Mutatron" should be "Myutaturonu." In German The Mutatron is neuter, Das Mutatron, but in Italian and Spanish it should be masculine, Il Mutatron and El Mutatrón, respectively. However, in French it should be feminine - La Mutatron. In Arabic languages, Al Mutatron is correct. System Requirements The Mutatron cannot run without QuickDrawª 3D 1.0.3. Previous version of QD3D have a bug that prevents The Mutatron from operating. QuickDraw 3D only runs on Power Macs with System 7.5.1 with at least 16MB of RAM. At this writing, The Mutatron has been tested on a Power Macintosh 6100/60. User Guide The Mutatron Window Rotation - Hold the mouse button down in The Mutatron window and move it around to rotate the model. If you hold the mouse in the same place for more than a quarter of a second, rotation will cease. Translation - Hold the shift key down with the mouse down in The Mutatron window and move it around to move the model around in the frame. The center of rotation moves with the model. Using the option key instead will move the model but leave the center of rotation in the center of the vie…