Hy guys. I saw very good jobs in 3d, but what is the best software to model in 3d??. I made my first car in rhino 3d and i rendered it in 3dsmax, but is so dificult to made some tipes of surface, like join 2,etc.
This is my car..(the silver in my portfolio), I showed it to Horacio Pagani.
this is my msn, add me so we can discuss about design. Byeee
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alejandroarias14@hotmail.com

Hi
You can render your quick designs in Phtoshop in 2d.so you can render your designs in CATIA in 3d.and i think it's not simple to use 3DSMAX because 3dsmax is for general use and that's not suitable in this case.

hy, yea. I used photoshop to make 2d draws, but if you can, test the alias studiotools. It has an utility to draw over a 3d model or a 2d sketch

but alias is quiet expensive....
isn't it?


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hy Manolo, in Argentina it's imposible for an Studiant to buy any software for design
1 euro=3,70 pesos. So you have to find other alternative

You could download and use the Alias Studio Tools Personal Learning Edition for free. Do the tutorials etc. You would be learning what the car design industry uses...

@ alejandro:

Yea, ur right. It's also in Germany too expensive. I'm 19 and still in school and car designing is just my hobby. so I definitely can't buy such an expensive prog as alias...

@ brett:

Thanks. thats quiet a good idea!

Studio Tools is one very powerful program. I use ProEngineer for all my design projects, and Maya or Studio Tools. I can suggest combination of ProE and Alias products especially now because Alias implement Granite – Granit is native ProE file – Which mean that you can import everything from ProE into Maya, or Studio. Studio is one of main programs for design research and design evaluation. Also very powerful in case of design and animations also.
That is only one of important things, which must be evaluated in case of important decisions. If someone needs some additional info – ask freely.

Ps I mention ProE because when you put Rhino and ProE side by side, you get a picture where Rhino is child toy and ProE is one toll for professionals.

lol manolo cant buy?? dont u have aces to some copys? u can get it very easy from guys hwo sell hacked programs u dont know anyone? O,o
here are some tips, in case u dont know someone who has the program.. get emule or odc (both programs can be found on the internet) and enter some big hubs national or international and copy the program from there (it should come in cracked versions as images nrg iso etc) hope that helped..

Hi all!
First of all I'd like to say that 3dsmax with Brazil r/s (I'm using ver. 1.2.52) is a great solution for hi-fi renderings. You can find some tutorials for REALISTIC renderings, metallic car paints' set-ups etc in I-net.
Novadays, I'm interested in concept modeling, I've downloaded Alias Studio PLE 12 (PLE - personal learning edition) and got small problem. Maybe, someone who uses Alias Studio can share the technique how to create 3d model from 2d sketches. There's an offer on alias.com - DVD with Painting and Sketching tutorials for 130 EURO (generaly, not acceptable for a student), please, if you have some skills in it - could you write a tutorial. I'd be very thankful