Hidden line rendering-Edges only

[jhowe]

I want to render an editable mesh of a gear as a hidden line display. I do not want to see the lines of the mesh elements, but of the physical edges of the gear, so that it looks like an iso drawing of a 2-D blueprint.

Does anyone have a good technique for doing this?

 

[Chach]

i'd definitely look into "toon renderers"; some are very expensive, however, some are shareware too.

 

[Chach]

here's the link to a toon renderer:

http://www.reyes-infografica.net/plugins.php?outcome=1