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Subject: FREE SOFT TO USE WITH VUE D'ESPRIT

gebe opened this issue on Jul 31, 2002 · 59 posts
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gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:00 AM · edited Fri, 20 September 2024 at 9:57 AM

Please let's establish a list of all free or not more then 10 $ software what can be used with Vue. We will link to these addresses from the Forum Annex. Also whatever you know, put it here. Thanks. Guitta

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:01 AM

Attached Link: http://www.shapemagic.com/products.htm#shapemaker

Simple and small modeling software. Free!

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:01 AM

Attached Link: http://www.adventuregamer.net/html/treedesigner.html

Design your trees. Free

raven ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:07 AM

Attached Link: http://www.pcplus.co.uk/article.asp?id=8556

Free trueSpace 1, modelling/rendering program


gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:07 AM

Attached Link: http://www.mtl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy.htm

Teddy, a cute and free program to create freehand objects in 3D. Are saved as *.OBJ.

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:13 AM

Attached Link: http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/

PlantStudio to create flowers and shrubs for Vue. Free

raven ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:14 AM

Attached Link: http://bakhter.com/html/main/amapi4.html

Free Amapi 4.15, modelling/rendering program


gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:15 AM

Attached Link: http://www.senosoft.com

P3dO Explorer. Free. To classify your vobs, veg, mat and other files. But also for Poser. Can read ZIP files without to open it.

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:19 AM

Attached Link: http://http://www.uvmapper.com/

UVmapper classic. Free.

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:20 AM

Attached Link: http://www.armanisoft.ch/webdesign/Spiralizer.htm

Spiralizer. Free

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:28 AM

Attached Link: http://www.acmebrick.com/md/

Brickmaker, incredible high resolution brickwalls you can configurate and design as you like. Free

impish ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:35 AM

Attached Link: http://www.anim8or.com/

Free modeling package

impworks | vue news blog | twitter | pinterest

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:42 AM

Attached Link: http://www.evolve.co.uk/helixir/

Helixir. Create seashells and spirls and more. Free

impish ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:44 AM

Attached Link: http://home.europa.com/~keithr/Crossroads/index.html

Crossroads 3D - File conversion utility

impworks | vue news blog | twitter | pinterest

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:48 AM

Attached Link: http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/mizno/main_e.html

Metasequoia. A free modeler. Get the freeware version. Impossible to buy or to update from Europe or from USA.

impish ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:48 AM

Attached Link: http://www.armanisoft.ch/webdesign/Elefont.htm

Elefont - 3D Text Generator

impworks | vue news blog | twitter | pinterest

Myske ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 6:01 AM

Wow, Im not logging out anymore today,this is cool ! starts downloading thanx a lot. Maria

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 6:09 AM

Attached Link: http://www.TreeMaker.nl

Treemaker 10$ A free dmo is available.

impish ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 6:48 AM

Attached Link: http://www.gimp.org/

Gimp - Free Graphic Editor

impworks | vue news blog | twitter | pinterest

wabe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 6:49 AM

What a nice idea to collect this urls! But anything for my Mac (not this discussion again)?? Especially some years ago i tested a little shareware program which was able to let you paint fractals in 3D space (voxels). I think that would be perfect to produce foam etc. BUT I FORGOT THE NAME - AND DELETED IT. Anybody any idea??? :-)) Walther

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.

pmermino ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 7:11 AM

Attached Link: http://www.kashmir3d.com/kash/kashget-e.html#kashmir3d

Kashmir 3D A terrain (.DEM, ...) editor and renderer... You can import and export in various format. See also http://www.swisstopo.ch/en/digital/INDEX.htm

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 7:22 AM

Attached Link: http://cg.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ki/3del_1419_hard_mac.html

Walther, maybe you could have a look at this address and find out what is good for MAC users (there are some links). Also do not hesitate to go to google.com and write "fractals+3d+voxels" in the search field. I think you know better then we what MAC users needs and really can use. Would nbe nice if you find some MAC addresses. Thanks:-)

bernieloehn ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 7:30 AM

Attached Link: http://www.wings3d.com

Don't forget Wings3d the free and easy to use modeller. Import/Export 3ds/obj. I use it for all my modelling stuff. Bernie

Keep cool and fight for the right of others
to have a different opinion than you have!

;- ) Bernie

sittingblue ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 10:55 AM

Attached Link: http://www.abbott.demon.co.uk/knots.html

Knots3D (Windows)

An easy to use freeware program, Knots3D creates random or user-designed knot meshes with a celtic-style. Exports meshes in .obj format.

Charles

Rimkopf ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 2:09 PM

Attached Link: http://www.softcad.com/indexeuro.asp?page=product/do_fS3D.asp

Cad prog, build houses etc. Exports in DXF. Easy to use.

Rimkopf ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 2:22 PM

SoftCAD.3D 1.16 Lite Free Forgot to include the name!

Rimkopf ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 3:00 PM

Attached Link: http://www.artofillusion.org/index.html

"Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java...." "....exports either Wavefront .OBJ or VRML files"

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 3:04 PM

Attached Link: http://www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html

Desighnworkshop. Free architecture software. Very easy to use.

jval ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 3:27 PM

Note re message 23: Wings is also available for Mac OSX

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 3:29 PM

WOW jval, thanks for our MAC users:-)

riversedge ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 3:34 PM

Turbocad v6.4 for CAD program that is accurate and fairly intuitive for 3D SOLIDS that Boolean WITHOUT PROBLEMS!!! Cost is about 10.00 us and is actually free somewhere else. http://store.yahoo.com/purplus/turves65prom.html

gebe ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 3:40 PM

How nice. We have already a great list:-). Continue, friends! And thanks. :-)Guitta

audity ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 6:44 PM

...for those who like to do "free modeling", try these ones : MILKSHAPE 3D (shareware modeler) http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/index.html ----- ELASTICITY (freeware mesh deformer) http://www.flash.net/~drsledge/manual/manual.htm ----- HEXA GREAT 3D (freeware polygon modeler) http://plaza10.mbn.or.jp/~shusaku/roku/rokue.html ----- DRAW 3D (free drawing application for creating 3D objects) http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gorbash/Draw3D/Draw3D.html ----- But what would be 3D objects without good textures ? you'll surely need those : GEN TEX - Genetic Texture Generator http://www.i-tex.de ----- PROJECT DOGWAFFLE - Paint Software http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Ridge/7251/cyberop.htm ----- If PAINTER is too expensive for you, get DOGWAFFLE ! it's an amazing FREE paint software. All the other softwares included in my message are just "toys" but DOGWAFFLE is a very "serious" and "pro" software. these software are only for PC... sorry MAC users. Eric

macmullin ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 8:08 PM

3D Canvas v 4.23 is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling. It can imports many popular 3D file formats can be incorporated in your scenes. http://www.amabilis.com/ or http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/gmm/fw3d.shtml AccuTrans 3D V.2.8.4 provides accurate translation of 3D geometry between the file formats used by many popular modeling programs. Very, very powerful and very good! I use this program for most conversions. Free to use but if you want it to convert your textures as well it will cost you $20 American. http://www.micromouse.ca/

pmermino ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 8:42 PM

Attached Link: http://www.xnview.com/

Xnview : an efficient and free converter for 2d images. Excellent.... import 360 graphic files formats export 40 graphic files formats

PAGZone ( ) posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 10:31 PM

Might be a good idea to include what platforms are supported too. IE Win 9.x, 2000, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X... Just my 2 cents. -Paul

sanvito ( ) posted Thu, 01 August 2002 at 1:09 AM

Attached Link: http://students.washington.edu/sschmitt/world/

World Machine is a freeware terrain heightfield generator for Win98 or later. It uses an 'object-based' approach so that changes can easily be made anywhere in the pipeline. Steve S.

wabe ( ) posted Thu, 01 August 2002 at 1:12 AM

still haven't found my little Mac program i am looking for. But tomight i had some ideas which maybe could be interesting. Computer Arts (british magazine) from time to time offers on the added CD full products. On CD of issue 67 it was Poser 3 On CD of issue 58 Amapi 4.15 On CD of issue 63 EyeCandy 3.1 So this are not the newest versions of the packages, but they are free. AND THEY ARE THERE FOR BOTH WORLDS - PC AND MAC! And i think you can order old issues from the magazine, so there is a chance to get these. www.computerarts.co.uk :-)) Walther

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.

wabe ( ) posted Thu, 01 August 2002 at 1:17 AM

Ahh, i forgot something. For all who can handle Cinema 4D files (by the way, importing Cinema files is something for the wishlist), here a collection of nice materials. Not all of them are working (some are using very specific Cinema features), but there are some really nice things there. http://www.maxon.net/deepshade/shader/shadr_inx.html Walther

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.

Rimkopf ( ) posted Thu, 01 August 2002 at 7:17 AM

Attached Link: http://www.webattack.com/get/dogwaffle.shtml

PROJECT DOGWAFFLE - Paint Software mentioned by audity Download it here

h-kana ( ) posted Fri, 02 August 2002 at 1:24 AM

Attached Link: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/

You can use Terragen as terrain modeler. Hatsumi

Jcleaver ( ) posted Tue, 20 August 2002 at 11:05 AM

Tried to find the tree machine; but I must be blind. All I see is a listing of trees and plants to download.


gebe ( ) posted Fri, 23 August 2002 at 8:13 AM

Attached Link: http://webplaza.pt.lu/saunier/ppmodeler.html

Free modeler

gebe ( ) posted Fri, 23 August 2002 at 8:16 AM

Attached Link: http://www.real2virtual.co.uk/frame.htm?home.htm

Easily create photo-real 3D models from photographs, scanned images and drawings. Shareware

gebe ( ) posted Sun, 08 September 2002 at 1:14 PM

Attached Link: http://bantam3d.com/download.asp

In the MarketPlace here at renderosity it costs 29.90$, but you can have it for free directly from Geese's site:-) and you never would miss it again. Grass Maker WOW! just WOW!

gebe ( ) posted Tue, 17 September 2002 at 10:09 AM

Attached Link: http://bantam3d.com/

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TWIG for 10$ and you can create your own flowers.

MightyPete ( ) posted Fri, 06 December 2002 at 6:48 PM

Attached Link: http://www.photomodeler.com/Lite/index.html

Ha ha found one nobody has found yet, and it's completly free. Windows machines. There getting harder to find there almost all already here. This program makes meshes from photos. 3ds files to boot !

MightyPete ( ) posted Fri, 06 December 2002 at 7:03 PM

Attached Link: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gorbash/Draw3D/Draw3D.html

Found anouther one and it's free. Windows machines. Untested on win 2000 & xp

gebe ( ) posted Mon, 16 December 2002 at 11:10 AM

Attached Link: http://leocad.org/win.htm

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for free

MightyPete ( ) posted Thu, 26 December 2002 at 5:16 AM

Attached Link: http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/

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Just in case you need a bit more control with your lego meshes don't forget this program to. It's slightly, like way more powerful than the program above but you still need the program above to convert the dat files to obj. Don't make your meshes too big or you'll have problems importing them into Vue or any other program for that matter. Best export it in groups with a master file for all the groups. That way if the big mesh is too big to import you can import the smaller groups and put it back togeather again In Vue. I mean big meshes. 1500 parts, maybe break it up to 200 parts where it will be easy to put back togeather again. I've managed to import 1500 piece meshes all at once but it took a long time and a few times it never imported. But it did import eventually.

sittingblue ( ) posted Fri, 27 December 2002 at 3:49 PM

Attached Link: http://a-i-studio.com/snowflake/

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Fractal Snowflake Generator from A.I. Studio

Create 2D fractal snowflakes for alpha planes, textures, and more.

Charles

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