Need help, what type of software should I use for making a 3D image

[MrDingleDangle]

what I want to do is very simple

I want to have a 3D ball and be able to show a slice removed,

such as a slice iincludes everything at one point of the y-axis and all of the x and z axis...or one point (or cube) on the surface that includes all the depth points...

basically i wrote a program to retrieve data this way and want images to show exactly what is being done.

edit: i tried photoshop, but could only get io look like a 2d ball...maybe cause im not a good artist 🙂

 

[singh]

I would use C++ w/ OpenGL. Lots of examples on the web that show you how to display a 3D Sphere. Remove some vertices and voila!

Of course, this isn't the most simple thing to program if you're not familiar with 3D math 🙂

 

[igowerf]

With photoshop, you can make it "look" 3D by using gradients. It might be kind of hard to do exactly what you want though.

 

[notfred]

if you happened to spend $3500 on 3D Studio Max, this would take about 5 seconds to do.