High-end 3-D Modeling Software

[cwsmith]

I gave a few thoughts to this before I posted it, but I do know many of you really enjoy illustrating some of your projects and maybe even some of your dream projects.

I received notice on Friday that Caligari is, for the first time, offering their flagship product "TrueSpace 7.5" for free as a download. Included in the offer was their manual in PDF format as well as a series of instructional videos.

As I recall, trueSpace 7 was offered as a $550 commercial 3D illustration/modeling product and, as I understand, it was quite popular. TrueSpace 7.6 has several enhancements over that earlier product. Caligari has been around for a number of years and is one fo the market leaders in 3D software with sevaral awards to its credit.

This is not a program for the faint-hearted as it is very sophisticated and has a long learning curve. But the resulting work is spectacular, including everything from architectural illustration to science-fiction type artwork and it includes a very robust animation system too.

So, for those of you who are adventurous, check out www.caligari.com . Registration will be required in order for you to download, but there is no cost involved. I downloaded it yesterday and on RoadRunner it takes about a half hour or so for everything.

CWS

[jackellis]

There's nothing like a picture, especially when you're designing something yourself.

When it comes to drawing, I'm hopeless.

[dbhost]

Does it run on Linux?

[BobSch]

Tried TS several years ago (maybe version 4) and the learning curve is steep, but the results are outstanding. Hopefully the video will help ;•)

[Dr. Freud]

Software Version???

They are promoting 7.6 as the "free" download, which usually means a trial period. Where do you find the 7.5 free version? Thanks for the tip!!