Author Topic: Anyone Have A Good Modeling Tool? (Read 10827 times)

Cobo · « **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2007, 09:17:49 AM »

Quote from: Corporal Perez on July 24, 2007, 02:24:03 AM

I download that dll and i dont know where to put it now?

That dll would probably go in the executable folder.
I believe uni had the same problem.

Corporal Perez · « **Reply #21 on:** July 24, 2007, 11:30:13 AM »

I got it now. I had to put it in Windows\System

But i just dont understand blender.

Apocalypse · « **Reply #22 on:** July 24, 2007, 11:42:42 AM »

Give wings3D a shot it is much easier but very effective.

Corporal Perez · « **Reply #23 on:** July 24, 2007, 01:05:12 PM »

Ok ill try wings 3d again. But when i first tried it i just didnt understand it!

Apocalypse · « **Reply #24 on:** July 25, 2007, 10:17:29 AM »

You just make shapes and move them around and stuff just right click there's a ton of options.

Corporal Perez · « **Reply #25 on:** July 25, 2007, 10:19:54 AM »

Is google sketch up any good for modelling for dp?

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #26 on:** July 25, 2007, 10:28:59 AM »

Quote from: Corporal Perez on July 25, 2007, 10:19:54 AM

Is google sketch up any good for modelling for dp?

I wouldn't use it. I don't even think you could easily get something made in Google sketch up in DP.

ViciouZ · « **Reply #27 on:** July 25, 2007, 12:17:19 PM »

As far as I can tell, it should be possible, but you need to get SketchUp PRO to export to .3DS, and use Blender to convert that to md2 or SKM. So yeah, it's possible, but why waste the money when you can do the same stuff after a 2 hour tutorial in Wings3d?

Corporal Perez · « **Reply #28 on:** July 25, 2007, 02:43:14 PM »

Yeah i had Sketch up pro before i found it easy to use. But i want to learn wings. Any chance someone can tell me where that tut is?

y00tz · « **Reply #29 on:** July 25, 2007, 02:45:03 PM »

Quote from: Corporal Perez on July 25, 2007, 02:43:14 PM

Yeah i had Sketch up pro before i found it easy to use. But i want to learn wings. Any chance someone can tell me where that tut is?

There's a 100% chance that Google will.

Apocalypse · « **Reply #30 on:** July 26, 2007, 09:43:31 AM »

When I try to open a .3Ds it just says that blender doesn't support that.

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #31 on:** July 26, 2007, 09:45:29 AM »

You have to import it. Not just 'open it' with blender.

Apocalypse · « **Reply #32 on:** July 26, 2007, 09:47:25 AM »

Oh ok woops you can tell I'm new at this.

y00tz · « **Reply #33 on:** July 26, 2007, 09:49:11 AM »

Hehe I've been modeling for like, what, a week longer than you?

I kid, you're catching on, haven't you already got textures working?

Apocalypse · « **Reply #34 on:** July 26, 2007, 09:53:50 AM »

Yup

also I keep getting an import error I go import .3Ds and I get an error it says to look in the console and the console says no model named struct.

SWSoggyWaffles · « **Reply #35 on:** July 26, 2007, 02:34:22 PM »

use MilkShape, you can import a lot of formats, including .3ds, without errors

jitspoe · « **Reply #36 on:** July 26, 2007, 07:55:49 PM »

Wings3d must have come along a ways. It didn't have a uv unwrap tool when I used it. The modeling part was great, though. I never spent much time with blender, but it seemed a little more cumbersome to build things with.

Milkshape doesn't handle bone weights (unless they've added that recently). This doesn't matter for static meshes, but if you ever want to make an animated model, you'll want that (unless you're making a robot with stiff joints).

y00tz · « **Reply #37 on:** July 26, 2007, 11:25:21 PM »

It has in some ways. It's still a very basic, low-poly modeling tool .. which is why I love it

Apocalypse · « **Reply #38 on:** July 27, 2007, 09:48:13 AM »

Ok this is a screeny of all that is in the console.

Cobo · « **Reply #39 on:** July 27, 2007, 10:26:44 AM »

Install Python.
I remember I also had problems running blender when I first ran it.