19th November 2007

Blender 2.45 :Open Source Software for 3D Modeling

Blender, the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.blender.jpg

Blender has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. The software has a personal touch, offering a unique approach to the world of Three Dimensions. Use it to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations, business graphics, to do some morphing, or design user interfaces. You can easy build and manage complex environments. The renderer is versatile and extremely fast. All basic animation principles (curves & keys) are well implemented. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th November 2007

Free 3D Canvas 7.0.3

3dcanvas.jpg3D Canvas is a real-time, 3D-modeling and -animation tool that incorporates a drag-and-drop approach. Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives or created using 3D CanvasĀ“s object-building tools. Creating an animated scene is as simple as positioning the objects within your scene for each point in time in your animation. 3D Canvas will ensure the resulting animation runs smoothly. Read the rest of this entry »

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10th November 2007

Sweet Home 3D 1.2

Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you placing your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview. Sweet Home 3D comes with 50 pieces of furniture, but you may also import some additional objects in it. To get more objects, please visit this regularly updated page.Print, plan export with Copy/Paste. Sweet Home 3D provides a full help accessible from its Help > Sweet Home 3D Help menu.

Version 1.2:

  • Added textures applicable to walls and the ground.
  • Managed the heights of wall start and end points to create garrets.
  • Added a search engine in help pages.
  • Added tooltips on catalog furniture.
  • Managed A and D keys in 3D view equivalent to left and right arrow keys.
  • Changed zoom and help shorcut keys under Mac OS X (Cmd + Cmd - Cmd ?).
  • Changed the way the icon of an imported 3D model is created to avoid crashes at the end of import furniture wizard.
  • Improved plan scrollbars management during the drawing of walls and dimensions created in left and top margins of the plan.
  • Maintained the coordinates of the displayed top left corner when zoom is changed in plan.
  • Detected if 3D view print is possible according to the 3D configuration of user system.
  • Reseted focus correctly after the import furniture wizard is closed.

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