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Does anyone know were to get or have a 3d modeling program, that is easy to make potato cannon designs with, Or a program that specializes in PVC modeling, or designs?

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If so please post a link to the download site, or info on the program.(Don't say a peice of paper and a pencil)


The process of cannon designing will change for Spudfiles

CannonCreator wrote:If so please post a link to the download site, or info on the program. (Don't say a peice of paper and a pencil)


The process of cannon designing will change for Spudfiles

A piece of paper and a pen? (Man, I crack myself up sometimes.)


Click url=http://www.blender.org/]me[/url].

Ok that dosn't work well I cant figure it out, anyone else have something?

This baby's pretty awesome, because its free, has instructions and is (comparitively) easy to use. I use it quite a lot anyways.
Good luck

Ya actually I have this im messing with it right now. Im just seeing if there is anything easier to use, thanks.

there will be, if you are patient

but in the mean time blender is cool

3D modeling isn't supposed to be that easy. It has a high learning curve.

Blender is one of the best ones (for free) you'll find, you just have to practice using it a little. Try taking the tutorials.



Oh yeah, BLB has a program that he uses for modeling things, and it is amazing. But I forgot what it was called..

ok, so should I download just the blender installer, or the installer, and that one archieve file?

Uh, if we want something "easy" to use, we probably don't want to recommend <a href="www.povray.org">pov-ray</a>.

Why?

Because, in all likelihood, it is (someone's) definition of a "steep learning curve".

I mean, ok, it's pretty easy to stick a camera in the scene; we just type:

camera { location (x,y,z) look_at (x,y,z) }

And I guess it's not that hard to insert a simple lighting scheme...

light_source { (x,y,z) color rgb (r,g,b) }

But then if we want to stick a shiny red ball in there...

sphere { (x,y,z), radius
texture {
pigment { rgb (1,0,0) }
finish { phong .9 phong_size 10 }
}}
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Of course, it's not actually <i>hard</i> to use. It's just complicated enough that you quickly learn that the user's manual is your friend.

Pov-ray does indeed have a very steep learning curve. But once you get used to it it is amazing.

This is my chrono rig, drawn in Pov-ray.

I probably used about 10% of the capabilities of Pov-ray for that drawing. (And 100% of my skills at using the program ) Click the picture to get the full resolution.

I've always used Bryce.

http://www.daz3d.com/

It's not free, but it has boolean modeling, which makes fittings and pipes a little easier than other programs. The shapes aren't polygonal in shape, so high res is just as easy as zooming in.

I'd recommend Wings 3D, but it's only a modeler for the moment. You'd have to export it to another program to render.

http://www.wings3d.com/

Pov-Ray, if you can get used to the text interface is probably the best one you can get.

Blender has a learning curve to it, and you NEED a three button mouse.

no you dont, trust me

Are there any lightwave users out there?

Gmax ftw.

i almost got Gmax but idk why i opted for blender but i like it so im not changing