gebe opened this issue on Jul 31, 2002 ยท 59 posts
gebe posted Wed, 31 July 2002 at 5:00 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 Online Now!
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 Online Now!
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
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
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
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
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. BernieKeep 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/
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
MightyPete posted Thu, 26 December 2002 at 5:16 AM
Attached Link: http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/
sittingblue posted Fri, 27 December 2002 at 3:49 PM
Attached Link: http://a-i-studio.com/snowflake/
Create 2D fractal snowflakes for alpha planes, textures, and more.
Charles
sittingblue posted Fri, 27 December 2002 at 3:59 PM
Oh yeah, Fractal Snowflake Generator is freeware.
Charles
Stevie822 posted Wed, 22 January 2003 at 11:34 AM
These have made creating things in VUE so much nicer 8-D Browse .VOB image files and even .VUE scenes without starting up the VUE program with this freeware viewer -> PDO EXPLORER from SENOsoft http://www.senosoft.com/ Browse 3DS images easily with this freeware 3DS viewer -> 3D BROWSER Lite from MooTools www.mootools.com Glad to have something to contribute to the group for a change. ~Steve~
gebe posted Fri, 20 June 2003 at 1:24 PM
Attached Link: http://www.lysator.liu.se/%7Ekand/caustics/
Works great:-)
gebe posted Thu, 26 June 2003 at 11:27 AM
Attached Link: http://www.irfanview.com/
free
MightyPete posted Thu, 03 July 2003 at 1:15 AM
Attached Link: http://www.wolfiesden.com/
As originally posted by Mivan posted here so the link does not get lost. For anyone interested there is a downloadable terrain generator available at www.wolfiesden.com. It was originally designed for brycers but exports bmp. grayscale which can import into Vue. I installed it on my old 350 PII with Xp and it is running ok. He also has a bunch of other free apps. Mivan
MightyPete posted Fri, 17 October 2003 at 11:45 PM
Attached Link: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031015005537
News above Download here: http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/index.shtml
rrkknight3 posted Wed, 01 September 2004 at 7:21 AM Online Now!
Attached Link: http://www.blender3d.org/
Blender, a used-to-be-commercial, but now open source modeler and renderer.
MightyPete posted Sun, 30 January 2005 at 9:07 AM
Attached Link: Pov Tree
This thread has got long lost so I'll resurrect it cause there is tons of new FREE programs out there that could come in handy to the Vue community and the backroom is not keeping up to date. I sent some in and they never got posted there. Now there lost. Some kind of java mesh builder program. Now I'm not sure if this is it or not. It was cool anyway. I sent it to Agiel in a private message months ago. So if you find some program free and you think it will be help to other Vue'ers then post on this thread.