Experimenting with AutoCad

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Wow, I never really new how powerful and easier to use AutoCad was to Blender. I know I will not be using Blender anymore. this added with the new VoxelEditor that saves voxels as .obj files I just may make everything in my mod .shp. .shp's have better quality IMO.

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

anyway I was interupted earlier before I could finish the post, I was wondering if anyone else uses this program for modeling, and if so I'd like to speak with ya.

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Nobody uses this program? somebody, anybody? Just wanna know where I can get some good plugins and stuff. My internet explorer is acting kinda funny, most of the time when I try to search it comes back with some funky error or page not found crap.

Here's something I'm working on, what do ya think so far?

Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

DJBREIT used it to model the train tracks for the TX IIRC. I was under the impression that AutoCAD was more for technical design work that creative 3D work however. That and the fact Blender is considerably cheaper to license a copy of if you are trying to be legit.

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Blade wrote
I was under the impression that AutoCAD was more for technical design work that creative 3D work

That's what I thought too but it's "totally" equipt for 3D modeling.

Blade wrote
That and the fact Blender is considerably cheaper to license a copy of if you are trying to be legit.

This is legit software, it was my late fathers who passed away last year,"no condolences needed" He was a Contractor and my mother gave me his software. I just didnt know what it did till now. The only downfall is I can only save my projects as a 3D DWF file which dosent really matter cause they are going to end up as .shp's anyway.

Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

I'm sure there are converters for the format if you wanted them for voxels. Since I am unfamiliar with the package, how is it for texturing and animation (use of bones, animated deform modifiers and such)?

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Texturing is pretty sweet and easy as pie. Just open up the Materials folder, choose new texture/material. a sphere pop's up then gives you the option of pasting an image or whatever right on to the sphere. just find the folder where you'd have your textures/materials at and double click it, and it's ready to go. Animations are simplified also, however Bones are not an option with AutoCad though there is a plugin-3ds max to AutoCad, which brings alot of functions that 3ds max has and imports them into AutoCad- Bones and modifiers and such are included. It's not a free of charge plugin so I do not have it at the moment. But all in all I'd rate the program an 8/10

Vefbl4 · General **Joined**: 07 Feb 2007

Good.

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