Sculptris – free 3D sculpting tool

Posted in Software Programs  by: admin
March 8th, 2010

Found this software not long ago. A free 3D sculpting software. Apparently, it is still in Alpha status. Nevertheless, even at this stage, it is looking very useful and promising.
See the demonstration below.

Get the 3D sculpting software here:  http://drpetter.se/project_sculpt.html

Blender 2.5: Symmetry Modelling (Part 2)

Posted in 3D Modeling  by: admin
February 19th, 2010

This is Part 2 of Blender 2.5 Symmetry Modelling.
>> Click here to go back to Part One.
Now, we need to delete away the face that will be overlap the mirroring plane. To do so, select the cube make sure that it is in edit mode (toggle with TAB key).  Select the face to be deleted [...]

Blender 2.5: Symmetry modelling (Part 1)

Posted in 3D Modeling  by: admin
February 19th, 2010

The interface for Blender 2.5 is significantly different from the older versions. Some of the ways of doing things in the 2.4Xs no longer works with this new version. One of these is symmetry modelling.
This tutorial will show one way of setting up symmetry modelling when using the newer version of Blender.
1. Add a cube [...]

Yafaray for TrueSpace

Posted in Software Programs  by: admin
January 11th, 2010

Just when we thought that Truespace is dead, Caligari has released a new version 7.61. This version is free as well. Please go to Caligari website to download it.
As I have not been using Truespace for quite a while, I will not comment on it.
Another happy news is that Truespace now has Yafaray support.  It [...]

Rhino3D: Creating a rolled sheet design (Part 2)

Posted in 3D Modeling  by: admin
August 9th, 2009

This is Part 2 of ‘Creating a rolled sheet design’ Rhino3D tutorial.
>>> Click here to go back to Part 1.
Now, we need to create the 2D profile of the roll. We do this by creating the curve in the appropriate view. This view must be perpendicular to the flat surface sheet that was previously created.  [...]