[gameprogrammer] Re: 3D Models and formats...

Hi Vince,

Thanks also for your comments on Blender.  I will give it a go over
the next few days.

Richard

2009/6/1 Vince <uberneen@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Keith Emery <kmne68@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Keith Emery <kmne68@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: 3D Models and formats...
>> To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:05 PM
>> I
>> have used Blender off and on for about 5 years. It does have
>> a steep learning curve but it also has decent
>> online tutorials and user community support. It is
>> powerful (and always improving) and the price is right. Pay
>> attention to the export formats though because some do not
>> support armature export. You just have to be sure that you
>> choose a format that is appropriate for  you
>> model.
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>> I have never used Maya, sorry I can't offer any
>> advice on that.
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> I also use blender and think it's worth the time to learn at least the basics.
> It has a python module so you can make your own exporter pretty quickly and 
> once you get a little knowledge of the interface, you can produce content 
> pretty rapidly.
> Here's a short list of controls that helped me get started:
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> Tab key - switches between edit and object mode (most of the time)
> Space - Opens a context sensitive option menu
> B key - Box select, drag a box around the vertexes you want to select, use 
> right click to deselect
> E key - Extrude a vertex or group of vertexes / edges / faces
> K key - Knife tool for splitting faces and edges
> S key - Scale, as with most functions you can press x,y, or z to lock to an 
> axis
> G key - Grab, pressing x, y, or z locks movement to that axis
> R key - Rotate, x,y,z for axis locking
> A key - Toggles select all / select none
> CTRL-Z - Undo
> CTRL-D - Duplicate selected
> M key - Merge selected vertexes
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> Hope that helps,
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> Vince~
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