On 27-1-2016 21:13, Stephen wrote:
> On 1/27/2016 7:55 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>> I even have Blender installed. But I don't get the beginning
>> understanding. I find it in general too difficult, to learn to use
>> WYSIWYG editors.
>
> I remember that you have mentioned that before.
>
>> I code all my scenes by hand, and out of my head. Much
>> easier.
>
> Not for me it's not. :(

I am only partially able to do that and increasingly rely on external 
modellers. The advantage of those is that you can be as precise as with 
the POV-Ray coordinate system and model using their internal coordinates 
as input. Blender - I agree - still puts me out (but I am not 
persevering enough). Using Wings3D could be a good alternative? 
http://www.wings3d.com/

>
>> SketchUp is kinda more like drawing and then making it 3D. But I
>> will try again with Blender.
>>
> Don't do it just because I suggest it. I'm concerned that unless you
> become more than competent in UV mapping. Texturing a ginormous mesh
> will be very hard.
> Do you know about inkscape? Blender can take a 2D drawing done in
> inkscape and extend it in the third dimension. I mean that it can take a
> plan drawing and grow it upwards.
> https://inkscape.org/en/
>

Inkscape is an excellent tool indeed!

-- 
Thomas

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