On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:34:57 +0100, St. wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:489b2c47$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:03:25 +0100, St. wrote:
>>
>>>      What? Even Wings3D? As far as I know, it's 'the' most easily used
>>> modeller out there. And very powerful.
>>
>> Well, even Wings3D has a slight learning curve.  Blender is easy to
>> operate as well, once you have learned the interface - but for some,
>> that takes years to master.
>>
>> Today's society is full of people who don't want to take the time to
>> *learn*, they just expect to be able to understand everything
>> instantly, and get frustrated when they don't "get it" within the first
>> 30 seconds of using a new tool.
> 
>      Ha, yeah, I didn't think of it like that, but I do know what you
>      mean.

:-)  My stepson is like that - or used to be, at least.  He's gotten 
older now and has matured in this regard (and others).  Always expected 
to be able to do anything instantly; he tried to learn to play the flute 
and got frustrated within a week because he was "no good at it".  Even 
knowing someone who has practiced for *years* (friend of my wife's who 
went to New York to play professionally).

> I think it was Gilles that first posted here about Wings a couple of
> years ago, (three?) and up until that point, I was using sPatch and
> Hamapatch, (which are good, nothing wrong with them imo), but then
> things became easier when following the tuts he posted. I love Blender,
> I've played around with it a lot, (and I know it's so much more powerful
> than Wings), but yes, it's the interface that does it for me. I want to
> get on with the job, and Blender restricts that just for trying to find
> something. Ah, I dunno, maybe I'll give it a *serious* try someday... 
> :)

Yeah, I like Wings3D myself, usually the first tool I pick up if I want 
to model something just for fun.

Jim

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