3D program, Simple and easy to use

[talgtapp]

I need a simple and easy to use 3d program. I should be simple and intuitive. for my use its more important that its good for drawing.

 

[Rottie]

Are you looking for free software? I think Maya has free lite version on their website

 

[Lord Banshee]

well what kind of skills do you have?

The only easy 3d program i ever seen was SketchUp, there is even a free version now that Google owns them. http://www.sketchup.com/

Other than that i like 3dsmax, http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/s...=5659302&siteID=123112, and Rhino3D, http://www.rhino3d.com/, . I would love to try Modo too http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/

If you want Professional Design like structures are part design for manufactoring, i like Pro/E,http://www.ptc.com/appserver/m...roducts/home.jsp?k=403, and Solid Edge,http://www.ugs.com/products/ve...idedge/solidEdge.shtml.

Hope this helps

 

[talgtapp]

Thanks for the replys! Im not looking to get into 3D modelling, I just needed to draw some quick sketches to get the right 3D feel to a drawing in Illustrator. So its more of a help tool.

I checked out Zbrush and googles SketchUp. SketchUp was what i was looking for, I could even export as pdf and continue working on the files as a 2D vector illustration.

 

[TheStu]

I love sketchup since it let me model in 3d anything that is in my head, but you can start to use it right out of the box. I have tried Maya and Blender in the past and they just seemed to have a really steep learning curve, just to draw a line, let alone a 3d image. I could be wrong on that, but that was how it came across.

 

[Lord Banshee]

I agree with you TheStu, maybe if not all professional 3D programs have steep learning curves. My theory on this is when they first start designing the software they were only a couple different ones out so it did not matter how someone made a 3D box, what was important was it was able to no matter thousand clicks and key commands you had to do. I even experienced this with software like "Unigraphics" known renamed to UGS NX. We have version 17 at work and it is pain to work in, but i had a chance to play in a newer one, 5 versions of a leap and it was lot nicer to intuitive to make stuff.

Also you should really check out Modo if you want to make 3D models for making 3D models. I hear a lot of good stuff like how the design the GUI to be used from your thought process on making a model in 3D... So maybe or maybe not.

 

[Nothinman]

My theory on this is when they first start designing the software they were only a couple different ones out so it did not matter how someone made a 3D box, what was important was it was able to no matter thousand clicks and key commands you had to do.

That and they assume that if you're going to be using it all of the time you'll take the time to learn the keyboard shortcuts for the things you use the most so the menus and buttons are really a secondary concern.

 

[Lord Banshee]

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[Modelworks]

A free and good app is wings3d.
Its very easy to learn and you can do some pretty professional work with it.
http://www.wings3d.com/
http://www.wings3d.com/gallery.php