3DsMax/Cinema4D equivalent in opensource?

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mathieu_r

3DsMax/Cinema4D equivalent in opensource?

in General Discussion • Other • 1 year ago

Hi,

I'm really interested in rendering shapes as a more advanced 3D rendering.

I've heard a lot about using 3DsMax together with Processing and I'm very mich impressed by the work done by Diana Lange
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dianalange/6830971250/in/set-72157629206992270

Are there some sufficient opensource softwares?

What would you advise me to use as an opensource 3D tool? blender? POV Ray? OGRE? Another one?

Thanks!

Replies(3)

butterbr0..

Re: 3DsMax/Cinema4D equivalent in opensource?

1 year ago

I would suggest Blender, it is awesome. You can pretty much do everything that 3ds Max can do, but you dont have to pay 7k $ for it.

mathieu_r

Re: 3DsMax/Cinema4D equivalent in opensource?

1 year ago

hi,

I agree. blender is great. But there is the format problem: what is the most appropriate format to export from Processing and to import to Blender. I thought it was DXF but the autocad blender add on fails to import DXF correctly..

Any idea?

mathieu