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3DS Max

I would disagree.

I should qualify that:

No advanced FSX material properties (there are lots)
As an extension, no control over material groupings between models (batch optimisation)
Limited control over end-vertices / triangulation
No Support for animations

It is great that sketchup can be used for FS object creation, but it is nowhere near a purpose built tool.
 
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What program was it that the gentleman from British Classics was modifying to FSX exports? He had it perfectly tuned last time I had seen one of his posts. It has bump mapping, specular, everything.... It was either Sketchup or Blender 'if' I remember correctly. He had done alot of serious work on getting it functioning...



Bill
 
Blender, and it still has the major flaw of being unable to access modeldef.xml or make_mdl.xml and create an .xanim file...

...which makes it pretty worthless for anything other than scenery, AFAIC.
 
Hmmm ... so is Blender a better option than Gmax. I can't imagine it is.

I'd sooner use FSDS, following my limited experience with Blender!
 
Over the years I have had at least a few hours spent in various 3D modeling programs such as Blender, CINEMA 4D, Maya, 3ds Max and LightWave (plus many other less professional 3D programs). Blender stands out in having (by far) the least user friendly interface.

If I didn't already own 3ds Max then I would definitely be using Gmax for FSX 3D modeling; it has the same price as Blender (free), supports virtually all that is required for FSX modeling (which Blender doesn't), and the interface is vastly superior to Blender's horrid excuse of an interface.

Regards, Mike Mann
 
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Is this the one you are thinking of Bill?

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17727&highlight=swallow
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Thats it!

Thanks Dave.

3D Canvas ---> http://www.amabilis.com/


I agree on Blender. I have installed it twice in my life (maybe more) and every time, I go into reading how it works, checking things out, and I close it out again each time never to come back. With Gmax, Lightwave, and Rhino, you have a far better interface. You can almost go in and figure things out by just looking at the menu's.



Bill
 
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