Following a declaration of interest, in this tutorial I will demonstrate how to design a card model using the free 3D design application Wings3D.
Wings is a subdivision modeller - meaning that you create a simple object (like a cube) and subdivide it into smaller parts to shape. It's kind of like modelling in clay, unlike a lot of other mainstream 3D applications.
Any comments directly related to the tutorial should be posted here in this topic. Any other questions or issues about Wings 3D or other elements of 3D modelling should be posted in this thread.
Other tools that will be used are:
- Inkscape
- Gimp
All the applications I will be using are free and multi-platform.
I will post useful information and edits on this first post. At the moment I'm trying to work out the easiest way to do this. It's going to be quite long with a fair few pics. Is it better to link all the pics in the thread or is it better to do it as a link to an external web page or is a PDF the way to go?
Wings is a subdivision modeller - meaning that you create a simple object (like a cube) and subdivide it into smaller parts to shape. It's kind of like modelling in clay, unlike a lot of other mainstream 3D applications.
Any comments directly related to the tutorial should be posted here in this topic. Any other questions or issues about Wings 3D or other elements of 3D modelling should be posted in this thread.
Other tools that will be used are:
- Inkscape
- Gimp
All the applications I will be using are free and multi-platform.
I will post useful information and edits on this first post. At the moment I'm trying to work out the easiest way to do this. It's going to be quite long with a fair few pics. Is it better to link all the pics in the thread or is it better to do it as a link to an external web page or is a PDF the way to go?