{"id":3698,"date":"2009-06-12T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:58:47","slug":"bonzai3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698","title":{"rendered":"Review: bonzai3d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digital Arts has published my review of bonzai 3d, originally published in Macworld,\u00a0on its site.<\/p>\n

\"Stair<\/a>

The Map Texture tool allows a new mapping type to be assigned to a whole object, or individual faces<\/p><\/div>\n

My verdict was 4 stars out of five for the $499 tool, saying that bonzai3d presents a serious challenge to Google Sketchup Pro. Slightly cheaper, it also scores points by offering NURBS modelling and its own sizeable library of content and textures, in addition to supporting Google 3D content. However bonzai3d 1.0 only runs on Leopard on an Intel Mac, unlike Sketchup Pro, which also supports Tiger.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Straight and spiral stairs can be generated from a path<\/p><\/div>\n

Read the full review on Digital Arts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Digital Arts has published my review of bonzai 3d, originally published in Macworld, on its site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":3700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,527],"tags":[23,24,157,255,256],"class_list":["post-3698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-print","category-magazine-review","tag-2d","tag-3d","tag-3d-animation","tag-bonzai3d","tag-modelling"],"yoast_head":"\nReview: bonzai3d - Fired By Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Review: bonzai3d - Fired By Design\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Digital Arts has published my review of bonzai 3d, originally published in Macworld, on its site.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@FiredByDesign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@FiredByDesign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9360b626bf4ab4cde98ab739484b96e8\"},\"headline\":\"Review: bonzai3d\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-12T11:07:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-28T09:58:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698\"},\"wordCount\":137,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"2D\",\"3D\",\"3D animation\",\"bonzai3d\",\"modelling\"],\"articleSection\":[\"In Print\",\"Magazine Review\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698\",\"name\":\"Review: bonzai3d - Fired By Design\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-12T11:07:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-28T09:58:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1\",\"width\":600,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Straight and spiral stairs can be generated from a path and roofs can be generated from 2D shapes or from faces of 3D objects\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?p=3698#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Review: bonzai3d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fired By Design\",\"description\":\"creative inspirations and revelations\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fired By Design\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/cropped-Big2015_MB6.png?fit=207%2C236&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/cropped-Big2015_MB6.png?fit=207%2C236&ssl=1\",\"width\":207,\"height\":236,\"caption\":\"Fired By Design\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/FiredByDesign\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9360b626bf4ab4cde98ab739484b96e8\",\"name\":\"The Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/193c97f822851de225bd66155cb32c475f037c54adfdfa97a254b30d0ad4a458?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/193c97f822851de225bd66155cb32c475f037c54adfdfa97a254b30d0ad4a458?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/193c97f822851de225bd66155cb32c475f037c54adfdfa97a254b30d0ad4a458?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Editor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firedbydesign.com\\\/?author=129\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review: bonzai3d - Fired By Design","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Review: bonzai3d - Fired By Design","twitter_description":"Digital Arts has published my review of bonzai 3d, originally published in Macworld, on its site.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1","twitter_creator":"@FiredByDesign","twitter_site":"@FiredByDesign","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Editor","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698"},"author":{"name":"The Editor","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9360b626bf4ab4cde98ab739484b96e8"},"headline":"Review: bonzai3d","datePublished":"2009-06-12T11:07:09+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-28T09:58:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698"},"wordCount":137,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1","keywords":["2D","3D","3D animation","bonzai3d","modelling"],"articleSection":["In Print","Magazine Review"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698","url":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698","name":"Review: bonzai3d - Fired By Design","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1","datePublished":"2009-06-12T11:07:09+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-28T09:58:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Stair-lift.jpg?fit=600%2C375&ssl=1","width":600,"height":375,"caption":"Straight and spiral stairs can be generated from a path and roofs can be generated from 2D shapes or from faces of 3D objects"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3698#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Review: bonzai3d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/","name":"Fired By Design","description":"creative inspirations and revelations","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#organization","name":"Fired By Design","url":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-Big2015_MB6.png?fit=207%2C236&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-Big2015_MB6.png?fit=207%2C236&ssl=1","width":207,"height":236,"caption":"Fired By Design"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/FiredByDesign"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9360b626bf4ab4cde98ab739484b96e8","name":"The Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/193c97f822851de225bd66155cb32c475f037c54adfdfa97a254b30d0ad4a458?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/193c97f822851de225bd66155cb32c475f037c54adfdfa97a254b30d0ad4a458?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/193c97f822851de225bd66155cb32c475f037c54adfdfa97a254b30d0ad4a458?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"The Editor"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/firedbydesign.com"],"url":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?author=129"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}