tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403477577476951601.post5515634321686375784..comments2024-03-24T17:52:29.632-07:00Comments on PlayTechs: Programming for fun: Blender 2.5, PlanningJames McNeillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08901649215141005959noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403477577476951601.post-23907138793955956172011-07-15T08:20:37.884-07:002011-07-15T08:20:37.884-07:00Owen,
OK. Yeah, I watched a tutorial video that h...Owen,<br /><br />OK. Yeah, I watched a tutorial video that had all the keystrokes overlaid on it; I picked up one or two things there. It is going to take a lot more of that to get to any level of proficiency, though.<br /><br />I did try Sketchup once, a long time ago (before it was bought by Google). I remember that it was a fairly good interface.James McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901649215141005959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403477577476951601.post-88388532620962425522011-07-15T06:15:47.538-07:002011-07-15T06:15:47.538-07:00I was talking about the latest build. Google Sket...I was talking about the latest build. Google Sketchup has a pretty good interface.owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989384856313244450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403477577476951601.post-9774228243313340412011-07-12T21:21:23.806-07:002011-07-12T21:21:23.806-07:00Thanks, Mark. I've certainly done a fair amoun...Thanks, Mark. I've certainly done a fair amount of that, and maybe it would be prudent to stay on that course. I've started sketching spacewrecks now and I don't have a clear idea of how I would model them in a modeling program. I'll probably take some programmatic stabs at them first.<br /><br />Owen, have you tried Blender 2.5? They did another big overhaul of the interface. I don't know if it could be classified as "good" yet, but 3D modeling programs in general have steep learning curves. The only one that seemed fairly logically put together to me was Wings 3D, but it's focused on a limited area.James McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901649215141005959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403477577476951601.post-5374847693509194642011-07-12T21:05:40.574-07:002011-07-12T21:05:40.574-07:00blender has got to have the most god awful user in...blender has got to have the most god awful user interface I have ever seen on a computer. I could not make heads or tails of how to draw anything and doubt i'll even try using it again.owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989384856313244450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403477577476951601.post-12864163935351732972011-07-11T20:58:32.828-07:002011-07-11T20:58:32.828-07:00Good luck. I found the experience of using existin...Good luck. I found the experience of using existing tools so agonizing that I ended up just drawing my art assets on graph paper and typing them in by hand. :-/Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08587234652393541074noreply@blogger.com