ICRDesign opened this issue on Dec 24, 2015 ยท 22 posts
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 07 March 2016 at 6:29 PM
I have Silo 2.3.1 Professional. Never used it though because I'm using Hexagon 1.21 still. I like Hexagon's GUI a lot better. Maybe if I had learned modeling with Silo first, I would still be using it and not touch Hexagon ever? I've spent a lot of cash on modo over the years through upgrades. Still only understand/use maybe 5 percent of what it does. Nothing about modo is intuitive at all for me. I use it only for importing painted OBJ models and rendering. I do all my painting now in 3D-Coat. I have ZBrush, but again, the GUI is too alien. I can sculpt/paint in 3D-Coat without fighting with its GUI. I understand the metaphor that ZBrush is using, I just don't care at all for the metaphor. Mudbox simply used Windows' GUI. So simple from what I've seen in demos.
Hexagon 1.21 has a soft selection. Kind of limited. Hexagon 2.5.X has a much better soft selection. But it has some tool changes made that I don't like (slows done modeling for me). I try to stay away from kitchen sink 3D modeling apps now. I prefer using smaller apps that do certain jobs very well. It's the same for 2D editing. Photoshop is not the end-all be-all. Artists still have other apps for 2D as well.