SELECTING THE RIGHT SOFTWARE

There’s a handsome selection of packages you can use for creating 3D machines, each with their own strengths and weaknesses

 

When considering which software to buy for creating scenes featuring 3D machines there are numerous considerations If you’re going to work or train for a professional career in 3D then the Autodesk and Maxon packages are likely to be most suitable as they are most widely used in the industry. Then there’s the consideration of whether you actually want to create the machines that feature in your scenes, or whether you’re content to texture and light them only On the creation side you’re talking about hard surface modelling and some packages are better at this ...

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