Need a good 3D-design program,not CAD or CAM

MillenniumFalsehood · Post by **MillenniumFalsehood** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:10 pm

I've heard of Milkshape, but are there any others?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:18 pm

Something like Carrara, or something like Formâ€¢Z?

karim · Post by **karim** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:25 pm

Depends on what you are looking to do.

I like Blender, and the interface has improved dramatically over the last year or so... (and its free)

Kolschey · Post by **Kolschey** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:47 am

I use Carrara 5 myself.

I think it has a lot of good features at a reasonable price.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:36 am

My god, another Carrara user. Thought I'd never meet one.

Been using Carrara since it was RayDream. Long time ago, in a state far, far away.

Stormy151 · Post by **Stormy151** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:31 pm

Wings3d is freeware. I've never actually used it, but I hear good things.

http://www.wings3d.com/

MillenniumFalsehood · Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:59 am

Those all look good. A question: are these programs known as vector design programs?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:09 pm

MillenniumFalsehood wrote:Those all look good. A question: are these programs known as vector design programs?

No. Illustrator, Freehand, & CorelDraw are vector design applications. There used to be a 3D vector program called...called...frak, can't remember. Another Adobe product that's all I can remember. Carrara can import vector profiles to use, so can Formâ€¢Z but niehter produce a vector format.

Kolschey · Post by **Kolschey** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:03 pm

kylwell wrote:
No. Illustrator, Freehand, & CorelDraw are vector design applications. There used to be a 3D vector program called...called...frak, can't remember.
Another Adobe product that's all I can remember.

Was that Adobe Dimensions, by any chance?

As it turns out, Adobe is putting forward a new version of Acrobat that allows for sharing of 3D data.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/main.html

It's a rather pricy critter, though.

Carrara can import vector profiles to use, so can Formâ€¢Z but niehter produce a vector format.

Actually, there is presently a plugin for Carrara called Vectorstyle that can export rendered images in a vector-based format.

Apparently, these are not 3D but 2D Vectors, however.

http://www.eovia.com/products/carrara_a ... rstyle.asp

I don't own it, but other folks I know speak well of it.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:32 pm

Yes, that was it. My indtroduction to the 3D world.

And I'd forgotten about VectorStyle. Keep thinking about picking up a copy. I;ve got a client who keeps wanting me to do a flying pig illustration in partial wireframe.

rocketrider · Post by **rocketrider** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:09 am

Yes it was Adobe Dimensions, i used to use it, they discontinued the stand alone program and merged it in with Illustrator CS

Glen