Hiya Mike, Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment. I've seen your work, and the high quality of your modeling. Praise from you really means a lot to me. :biggrin: The keypads are intentionally sized, but I have no idea what they are for though. But, as with all the models and sets I design, I try to give them at least the hint of credible functionality. My biggest bias as a modeler is this irresistible urge in trying to maintain symmetry. Couldn't figure it out before, but this all is because I have a left-handed younger brother I love dearly. As kids I can still remember him complaining about why everything had to be right-handed. I suppose modeling this way is just the big brother in me subliminally coming out. I'm working on the wall units as we speak, but I haven't made substantial enough progress to post. Thank you again for the feedback. Cheers! M

Brilliant!!!

You are definitely THE master of the sci-fi interior sets. :biggrin:

Cheers! M

I do... but I don't really have much to say... :biggrin:

Cheers! M

Well if you decide to go with LightWave you've got a commitment from me to help out with the modeling bits... be warned though, I'm not much at organics, but I can help with the hard surface and architectural modeling bits.

Good luck! M

P.S. I started out in CorelDraw as well, and I'm up to version 11 and saving up for the upgrade to X3. :biggrin:

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

Happy Birthday, Lyrra! :o) Cheers! M

Great stuff, Andi! Would be cool to have a couple of rooftop billboards... something modular with changeable textures and stuff. Cheers! M

Thank you very much, davo, orangeparty and Philywebrider. :o) Things are slowly falling into place at the website, and we're gearing up to release a few new freebies as well as some interesting new products. Cheers! M

Coooool... now while you're at it, can you please reduce your images to less than 900 pixels wide, so moron's like myself don't have to horizontal scroll to see the whole picture. It would also be nice to have them optimized for grayscale so that the entire thread loads nice and quick. Just a small request, my friend. :o) M

Cute... you've got a little train set going already! :o) But seriously... you've really got this thing on the road... the rails... whatever. Now that I've seen the scale of this thing in relation to the details, I think that the glass parts of the front part of the train look tremendously oversized. In effect, it makes the whole train look tiny. Just a suggestion to keep your sense of scale consistent ladders are to scale, but the doors are oversized, so the glass looks oversized... so do the hatches on the bulk container car. With all these oversized elements, the train now looks smaller. Just some nitpicking... keep going. :o) Cheers! M

Sheesh... I thought folks had forgotten all about my "Rudeboy"... LOL! Good to see him resurrected and given a much better texture. Great mini-tutorial, AS. :o) Did this mesh back in 2000... almost six years old. I plan to create a new mech to compliment him one of these days. Cheers! M

Good to see you back, Jeff! And with a stunning comeback item as well. :o) Congratulations to both of you on this truly awesome collaborative product. Cheers! M