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cohort
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| Posted on Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:49 am || Last edited by cohort on Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:19 am; edited 1 time in total |
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A few free 3d modelling/rendering tools:
Blender
Wings 3d
POV-ray
You can also get trueSpace 4 free through one of the cgi magazines..
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| Posted on Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:51 pm |
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there is also Daz3d while there testing out there program they've been ofer a freeware vertion of it for a few mounths now.
maille Code V2.0 T8.3 R6.4 Ep.f Fper Mfe.s Wsg$ Cpw$ G0.25-2.5 I0.5-30 N31.31 Pa Dacdjw Xa27g37w1 S94 |
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cohort
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| Posted on Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:36 am |
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Non-free tools which can be used free for non-commercial purposes:
Maya PLE (personal learning edition)
Shareware tools:
Moray modeller, a modeller for POVray (see above)
Free rendering tools:
POVray
Yafray (Yet Another Free RAYtracer)
Free converters:
IGP2POV Converts IGP output to a POVray format
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| Posted on Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:15 am |
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More non-free programes
Bryce3D.com world render (one i use)
3DMax.com or Descreet.com world render (the one i use)
Poser.com (humoids mostly) form render
LightWave .site unknown world render (another one i use)
MantaRay " text render
Corrara.com world render (my fovorite for doing cars)
Vistas3D.com world render
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| Posted on Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:14 am |
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| thanks i need to get 1 |
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Sothpaw
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gaylapdancer
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| Posted on Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:42 am |
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I found AutoCad a lot harder to use for modelling weaves than Blender. I have tried many other modellers, but Blender always comes out on top. [url] http://www.blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html [/url] is the homepage
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reason_dow
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| Posted on Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:38 am |
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maya unlimited is great, but the cost is a little deterring... $2000 is a bit much for most people. I'm just glad I was lucky enough to get a copy for free 
To all those who think that life is a show, they can not see the strings...
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Scorpion
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| Posted on Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:53 pm |
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Anyone tried modeling weaves in Rhinoceros? I've made some maille working with it and I think it's a great tool. There is also a plug-in to rhino which contains some great materials and a chain creator! Quite a handy tool I say... 
Weaving a thread 'round your heart and your soul
Deceiving your eyes and delaying your goal
--Iron Maiden--
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| Posted on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:24 pm |
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| reason_dow wrote: | | maya unlimited is great, but the cost is a little deterring... $2000 is a bit much for most people. I'm just glad I was lucky enough to get a copy for free |
Technically, Maya Complete is $2000; Maya Unlimited (which includes Live, Fur & Cloth) is $8000. 
But if you want to make tutorials to submit to MAIL or other NONCOMMERCIAL projects you can get the student version for $2-300. You might have to provide proof of being a student at a college, not sure.
-phong
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Darkayen
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| Posted on Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:21 pm |
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| If you have the money to spend, SolidWorks is the best way to go, in my opinion. Easy to use and it has a boat load of potential. Can litterally link the rings together and test the movement/flexability of the weave. |
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cjwj
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| Posted on Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:48 am |
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Google Sketchup?
I used it to model a mame cabinet i built for a friend of mine, mighty easy to learn
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| Posted on Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:20 am |
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| please forgive my ignorance what is RSI?Repetitive stress injury? |
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cjwj
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