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English forum => Development corner => Topic started by: boarder25 on January 05, 2008, 23:08:26

Title: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: boarder25 on January 05, 2008, 23:08:26

what do you ppl use to create boats etc.. i used to use atosesk 3ds max then switched to maya anyways what do you use and the creators of this simulator

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: simondr on January 06, 2008, 00:13:30

I use Lightwave but the creators and some of the others use the preffered program Max.

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: JHB on January 06, 2008, 11:56:39

3ds Max. Don't ask why... ;D

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: goax75 on January 07, 2008, 13:09:59

3Ds MAX, Rhino Marine,    ;D

Why JHB hehehe  ;D

Regards

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Mr Robville on January 12, 2008, 20:00:47

Cinema 4d

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Minime on January 14, 2008, 19:56:28

Are those programs for free, if not is there any demo availible too see them

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Shipaddict on January 14, 2008, 20:40:15

A lot arn't for free. Don't know about a demo..

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: boarder25 on January 14, 2008, 21:28:02

you can download a free 30 day trial of 3ds max wich is good and the tutorials are very good on their i found when teaching som1else and you can also download a persanal learning edition of maya which doesnt have a time limit but u cant us it for commersial use and if u want to print what uve done it will write not foe comercial use over it in light wrighting but it is a great learning tool and is how i learnd, thy are availble at this website www.autodesk.com ant there prety easy 2 find and as a bonus the have good community sites 4 support etc.. whitch ur find when looking at the software :)
matt
(they are very expensive to get the licences but if u look in the right places u can get then for very little in comparisonoh and they arnt easy to learn but when u do they are very powerful things and are used for a lot of the animated films and cgi)

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Minime on February 02, 2008, 12:32:29

I have tryed 3ds Max but I couldn't figure out how to make a ship hull.

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Shipaddict on February 03, 2008, 16:42:51

I remember JHB saying once, that you have to  practice wi th 3d max. Can't learn it in a day ;)

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: marcstrat on February 03, 2008, 16:50:35

Greetings,
3-Dmax,is a fantastic program to work with.However it will take a while before you are able to create a hull,if you dont have any experience.
I should suggest,try to start on something easyer.That will help you more,untill you understand how it all works.
Regards
Marc

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Shipaddict on February 03, 2008, 17:00:39

Just out of interest, do you have 3D max Marc?

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: JHB on February 04, 2008, 17:09:58

Quote from: Shipaddict on February 03, 2008, 17:00:39

Just out of interest, do you have 3D max Marc?

Do you have 3ds Max Shipaddict? :P

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Shipaddict on February 04, 2008, 17:23:42

Nope, to expensive :P ::)

I'm not a modeller anyway. All I wondered was if marc has 3d max.  :)

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: Minime on February 06, 2008, 15:49:39

can you do the same things Whit the 3ds max demo as the real one

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: M2XzeeD on February 21, 2008, 10:43:59

You can try the xsi mod tool, which is absolutely free and great for poly's and texturing.

http://www.softimage.com/downloads/XSI_Mod_Tool/default.aspx

or else try Gmax, a light version of 3ds max. It's a little outdated by now, but still good enough to get the job done : )

http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

Title: Re: maya or 3ds max or what
Post by: marcstrat on February 21, 2008, 12:23:06

No, i dont have 3Dmax,however i've downloaded Gmax,and i found out very soon that it takes time to figure out how and what that program does.
That's why i started with Sketsup,if i have time than i make something.So i get the basics very good.
I think about buying 3Dmax,in the future,when i've got the money and a bit of the skills you need to have.
From than on it's just practice.
Marc