Forum: Vue


Subject: Ramble: I can't model!

Twit opened this issue on Nov 29, 2003 ยท 14 posts


Twit posted Sat, 29 November 2003 at 4:13 PM

I like doing basic CSG modelling. Primitives, boolean operations, precise numeric control over object properties - it all makes sense to me. None of this freehand stuff. I'm not an artist - I need numbers and sensible geometric shapes. The November challenge got me thinking about buildings in my local area that I could model. I thought the National Carillon would make for a reasonably simple, interesting subject. So armed with my digital camera I jumped on the motorbike and headed off to take some photos of it. Then I sat down at Vue and started modelling... ...then I gave up. Then I started again, gave up again, tried something different, gave up, scowled at everyone, tried something else, and gave up again. Then I downloaded some of those free modelling apps. Then I gave up again, tried something different, gave up...etc. I'm hopeless. Should I just accept my own limitations, or is there an application out there that would suite my needs? Perhaps a CAD package or something? I can't freehand.