Hiya Invidia,

Here is a really good place to start. You'll find that most of the folks here are here to help.

(1) Common answer to the second part of the question would be to try out the demos to the different programs. Each one will have its different strengths, but the core techniques will be similar. The user interfaces will be the biggest hurdle between you and what it is you want to do, so my piece of advice is to work with something that feels intuitive for you. And definitely freeware/shareware is worth having.

The second one is harder to answer... (2) you'll get a tool to create whatever it is that your imagination wants to give birth to... :biggrin: Basically you'll get a tool to put together points in virtual space to create polygons... and then you'll be able to join those together to create shapes. Hopefully, meaningful shapes.

Have a real good look again at the price tags after you've played with the demo units for a while. (3) If Rhino is what catches your fancy, then I think you should have a look at what they're doing in the Rhino Forum and Gallery. Teyon (who moderates this forum) is pretty amazing with Rhino, and he creates content for Poser as well.

(4) As long as the application you have selected is capable of saving or exporting to the OBJ file format, you should be able to take that mesh into Poser.

You might also want to look up the dictionary of terms that ClintH put together. Part of cracking this whole mystery of modeling is to be able to speak the jargon a wee bit.

Good luck! M

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