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Which 3D / Animation software should I use?

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tonyblu331

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I´m a very ambicious guy and I want to know which of the following software is the best in learning curve, real time animations etc.., uv map and bakes, render, modelling etc.. for FSX and P3D v2/3 airport and scenery design.
Cinema 4D r17
Autodesk 3DS Max 2016
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Autodesk Maya 2016
Which one is the best, your experience with them if you can and why? also where do I can find the sdk in fsx se and p3d for these software as I´m new into this. Also the sdk come with custom plugins and layout or not? Thanks you!
 
hairyspin

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As far as I know, at the moment there is no exporter for any of these programs. If you can get access to 3ds Max 2015 you'll be good to go with the P3D SDKs.
 
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This might be a Johnny-come-lately post, but if you are looking for a program (tool) to learn how to do animations quickly and easily then I recommend FSDS from Abacus.
3DSMax is great but expensive (unless you can get the student version) and difficult and lengthy to learn. This goes for GMax, it's little brother. (It is a fine tool.... many like it because it is free.)

Don't get me wrong... Gmax is a fine tool. I tried a tutorial that came with it. I was doing fine (intricate but learning); suddenly I couldn't figure out some things... wondering why it was so hard to just do this one thing or that one thing.
I finally bought
FSDS........................ in a day or two I was making stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....not great stuff, mind you, but I made great progress.... so much easier to use, understand, etc.

FSDS you can learn how to use very fast. I have used it for years and it has done 99.9% of everything I have wanted and tried to do. it is $59.95 but you can find sales now and then.
 
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