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Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: NiTRoX on January 24, 2007, 06:14:26 pm

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on January 24, 2007, 06:14:26 pm

Now any other free 3d modelling programs similair and as easy to use to SharpConstruct?

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2007, 11:43:25 am

There's Wings3D http://www.wings3d.com/ This is easy to learn.
Then there's Blender http://www.blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html The UI is a bit of a culture shock at first but it becomes quite efficient once you're used to it. The people who wrote SharpConstruct have been integrating similar functionality into Blender (hence the slow development of SC itself). Both W3D and Blender have good documentation and tutorials. Most 3D artists I've met use several programs rather than just one...

HTH

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: vcxzet on January 25, 2007, 12:23:48 pm

it is deprecated with the sculpt tool for blender XD

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2007, 01:44:09 pm

Aah, that would explain allot...  8)

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on January 25, 2007, 04:35:07 pm

Blender3D is hard to use and I don't like Wings3D. (have tried both)

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2007, 06:30:27 pm

Quote from: "NiTRoX"

Blender3D is hard to use

Indeed. It's hard to use, but only at first.
Like I said, it's very different to other 3D packages (Maya, 3DSMax, etc..). My only thoughts when I first tried blender were "OMG!" and "WTF?!". After about four hours of following the beginner's tutorials the basic modeling system became easy to use.

Quote from: "NiTRoX"

and I don't like Wings3D.

Neither did I at first, it looks like something you'd expect to see on a 1980's unix workstation. It's a lightweight subdivision modeler, good for when you just want to make a model and blender feels like featurespam. I alternate between the two pending what I'm trying to do.

Quote from: "NiTRoX"

(have tried both)

For how long? How many of the tutorials did you do? How far did you get in them?

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on January 25, 2007, 06:45:59 pm

Blender tried to do one of the easiest tutorials 9but i failed).

As soon as i saw Wings3D's interface i uninstalled it. :)

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2007, 08:26:53 pm

Quote from: "NiTRoX"

Blender tried to do one of the easiest tutorials 9but i failed).

heh, which one?

Quote from: "NiTRoX"

As soon as i saw Wings3D's interface i uninstalled it. :)

lol, that's one of it's greatest assets :)

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on January 26, 2007, 09:00:41 am

I don't remember well to tell you the truth but it was a video tutorial. I've redownloaded to try again.

Quote from: "Taiyo.uk"

lol, that's one of it's greatest assets

Please explain the term "assets" as I am not English nor good english.soz. :)

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: vcxzet on January 26, 2007, 10:39:40 am

assets is the short form of ass hats

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on January 26, 2007, 12:44:48 pm

.................

lol?

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 26, 2007, 03:44:42 pm

Lara Croft has large assets.

I recommend you follow this book instead of the video tutorials: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro

The videos were just too quick for me when I had just started...

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on January 26, 2007, 04:32:37 pm

I will try thanks.

A few mins ago I just realised that I wanted a free 3D sculpting program not a 3D modeller.

I am going to check ZBrush right now.

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on February 02, 2007, 09:43:54 am

http://www.misfitcode.com/misfitmodel3d/main.html

Open source and cross-platform. Haven't tried it yet though...

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: Taiyo.uk on February 04, 2007, 10:22:23 am

http://www.k-3d.org/wiki/Main_Page

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on February 05, 2007, 09:48:53 am

OK.

a great modeller for games is GMAX

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: leilei on February 06, 2007, 11:08:09 pm

SharpConstruct has been depreciated for Blender's sculpt anyway. Try Blender 2.43rc1 or 2.

Title: Sharp3D (SharpConstruct)
Post by: NiTRoX on February 07, 2007, 10:37:07 am

okei