what is a good progy for modeling???

[Shayetet13]

what are the best programs for modeling???

 

[SpuD]

3d studio max 5 or 6

 

[The Dark Elf]

Softimage|XSI 3.5

 

[spin]

Search around this forum, there are countless other topics of the same nature that discuss the merits and disadvantages of each of the major packages. Reguardless, there really isn't a "best" program for modeling, only the program that is best for you. Try out Gmax, Maya PLE, and XSI Exp. All 3 are free and I'm sure you'll find at least one of them to your liking.

 

[RMachucaA]

Softimage|XSI 3.5, soon to be V4. with Rigid Body Dynamics, and inside painter program in the FX|Tree. Cant go wrong with that.

 

[HiroProtaganist]

didn't realize XSI was gonna have a insdie painter. will it work similar to DeepPaint?

 

[High Poly]

3D Studio max 5.1 with service pack 1

no problems at all

 

[cyborgguineapig]

Cinema 4D

 

[DeathlessOne]

Lightwave is an extremely powerful tool, lightwave and 3ds together are the best (if you have access to them). Lightwave has a lwo>3ds convertor built in, everything you make in modeler can be easily exported. I'd say anything you feel best with, except Maya.

 

[RMachucaA]

Just use what the "professionals" use (valve)

XSI , and why did they move to XSI? such a move is costly, imagine how hard it hit them when they realized XSI is such a good program, outclassing everything else.... And lightwave fanboy, i used lightwave, and it is nowhere near as good as XSI. I too was a LW fanboy, until i saw the light. Come to the light my son, the light is good.

 

[jameth]

is there a trial version of XSI?

 

[Estevan]

u can actually get version 3.0 for free just go to softimage.com

EDIT GO HERE FASTER
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[Triggerhappy41]

Is there a trial of 3D Studio Max too?

 

[spin]

http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/

 

[Chris D]

Originally posted by RMachucaA
Just use what the "professionals" use (valve)

XSI , and why did they move to XSI?

Apparently because 3DS Max stopped being backward compatible with previous versions.

 

[essex]

The XSI EXP has that dumb XSI wallpaper in the background everytime you try and render something.

 

[Nith Sahor]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Apparently because 3DS Max stopped being backward compatible with previous versions.

Really? That's odd, because I remember somebody once made an MD3 exporter for Max 5 and I was able to run it on Max 4... maybe its the .max format that changed or something like that...