3D Model Software

[Incindre]

Hey I was just looking at some of the stuff on the DAZ community website and it got me wanting a 3D model creator/texturer type software. As you can see from my lack of decent technical terms I am a complete novice in this area. I want to get the best so any idea's on functionality, simplicity and powerfulness* in regards to certain programs?

*(powerfulnicity just didn't work there :lol:)

Thanks

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Currently Retired

Signs and Portents

[Caribe]

Well that depends.

I have laid my hand on the following:

Maya - Horrible interface IMHO too complicated, and yet it is one of the most powerful.

Cinema 4D - Good if you want to save yourself some trouble with things like real physics. However I find it is better suited for the movie industry.

3DS Max - For me this is the best one because it is the one I use, so I might be a little biased. Easy to model.

Bryce - Hated it.

Gmax - Good for starters if you want to go down the 3DS Max road. It's free and it's still around. However it's severly limited.

Houdini - Interface reminds me of Maya, however it could be Maya's contender because it's powerful as well.

Vue - This thing I personally do not recommend for Modeling. However it produces awesome looking pictures with minimal efforts. More of a landscape, atmospheric software. Reason for not recommending it for modeling: A modeling program is like modeling with clay. Vue is like modeling with a hammer and chisel. For those of you who know the terms but don't know what I mean: In Vue you model via booleans and booleans alone.



In any case I use the 3DS Max / Vue combo to suit my needs. Hope this helps.

PS: Try before you buy or you can end up strangling your piggy bank first and then yourself.

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I have recently met and discussed with Atalawohisdi the trader that flies the Caribe. Just so everyone knows, I engaged in Sigma 13. He flies through half the system before going back to New Berlin, where he cruises from one side of the system to the other, hugging the sun as close as he can. All the while, he flies near Battleships trying to scrape me off. I finally send out the white flag, and move back to Sigma 13. However, it was a ruse, and he bit. Knowing his trade route, I interdicted the trade lane and the chase began anew. It ended, an hour after it began, with me retreating, out of Countermeasures and getting very irritated.

He kept boasting how he has never been caught; I'd like to see him beat until he begs to pay, then beaten some more.

- Best day ever.

[Incindre]

Thanks I'll check those two out, and the answer for the program that you made that model thingy is VUE!

(aha! I win even though you pretty much told me)

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Currently Retired

Signs and Portents

[Xing]

I use metasequoia. Extremely simple interface, easy to use, decent render engine.

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