It will follow closely behind the delivery to the pre-order upgrades.  I'm hoping to have that out tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks for the support!
-bob

Quote - 1) Never, EVER trust Daz3D in ANYTHING.

1. Never, EVER preorder any software from ANYONE.

Eovia initiated the pre-order business.  As Dan Farr stated in a post on this forum, if DAZ had already acquired Eovia, no pre-orders would have ever been taken.  You cannot blame DAZ for what was done before they acquired the group.

Quote - I was kind of happy to see the $100 voucher and the 4 months offer (as I am already a PC subscriber), until I read this :(

So... if I get it straight, since I pre-ordered it, I basically get my pre-order amount back... whereas if I had not pre-ordered, I would get a bonus of $100 worth of stuff ?

No.

If you pre-ordered, you get the following:
1- Golden Pack - $30 value
2- Platinum Club membership - $29.95 value
3- $100 voucher for DAZ store

If you didn't pre-order, you get Hexagon 2.

Quote - Yeah. Really. And I could have bought the thing today, instead of waiting for them to bother sending me my pre-order link. Really, really stinks. They had a chance with me, and I think they just blew it.

I sent an email to everyone who pre-ordered earlier explaining that when we attempted to send the links at 3 pm Pacific time today, we ran into server issues that prevented that distribution. The servers handling this are in France and this issue will be delt with within a couple of hours. Those links should be to you by 2am Pacific time.

It basically boils down to this:
Hexagon is a fast stand-alone modeler.  It does not have any animation or rendering capabilities.
Carrara is a full 3D suite, with modeling, animation, terrains, shading (and more) plus rendering.

Of course, this is over simpliefied, but it should give the basic idea.

Best,
Bob Stockwell
Director, Sales and Marketing
Eovia

I just want to add that I am excited about this opportunity for Eovia.  I have spent a good deal of time with Dan and Chris and the team at DAZ over the past 2 weeks, and will spend a great deal more here.  We are coming together very well as a team, and I am confident that this will lead to great success for our users as well as for ourselves.

Charles and I are committed to keeping the Eovia vision alive, and Dan and Chris clearly believe in what we have achieved.  Moving forward as a combined team will provide us all with opportunities we could not realize alone.

This is a great time to be an Eovia user!

Best,
Bob

Late April 2006. Bob Stockwell Eovia

Eovia only sells upgrades direct. If you are finding a price that low on Carrara 5 Pro, it is likely pirated software because that price is far below actual reseller cost. Buyer beware. Regards - Bob Stockwell Director, Sales and Marketing Eovia Corp.

Can someone kill this thread already. The person who started it seems to have the information he needs, and it's just turning into a non-productive argument. Thanks Bob

Features in C5 Pro not in C5: Network Rendering Irradiance Maps loading/saving FBX 5&6 Import and Export After Effects camera support RPF support (After Effects and Combustion) MatchMoving Support (MatchMover and Syntheyes) Motion Capture (BVH) trueSpace import Graph Editor Edge Tools Advanced Surface Tools TransPoser 2 plug-in CADstyle plug-in (natively reads IGES, STEP, DWG, STL, SAT, VDAFS, VRML, OIV, and OpenNURBS) Hexagon does not ship with Carrara 5 Pro. -Bob

Has everyone on this thread that is using C5 downloaded the free update (5.0.2) from our website? It was posted last week. http://www.eovia.com/resources/download_update_car.asp Bob

Thanks Chuck. Anyone else?

As an informal survey, how many of you users have ordered an Intel-based Mac? How many will make this investment in the next 12 months?

Your serial number is delivered on your purchase receipt. Bob

Perhaps you should send him an email directly. Ringo is a very valuable member of the Eovia community, and he is well respected both inside Eovia and outside. However, he is not employed by Eovia. Bob