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From: Woody
Subject: Open Source Modellers
Date: 14 Jan 2007 14:25:01
Message: <web.45aa832277dd8a0294e61a50@news.povray.org>
What are some of the most popular Windows POV-Ray open source general
modellers?

-Jeff


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Open Source Modellers
Date: 14 Jan 2007 17:40:51
Message: <45aab173$1@news.povray.org>
Woody wrote:
> What are some of the most popular Windows POV-Ray open source general
> modellers?
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
Not necessarily open source but:

http://www.povray.org/resources/links/3D_Programs/


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From: Smws
Subject: Re: Open Source Modellers
Date: 14 Jan 2007 19:00:01
Message: <web.45aac328fa44aca3bd0cea630@news.povray.org>
"Woody" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> What are some of the most popular Windows POV-Ray open source general
> modellers?
>
> -Jeff

Well, it sort of depends on what you're modelling.

Wings3D is a subdivision modeller, probably the most popular for POV-Ray:
http://www.wings3d.com

Blender is a package that can be used for modelling, and there are scripts
available to render blender creations in POV-Ray:
http://www.blender.org/cms/Features.155.0.html
(caveat: I haven't used it on my machine, or gotten it to work, but it
claims to support Windows 98-XP)

JPatch is a bicubic patch modeller. I haven't used it. It looks good,
though.
http://www.jpatch.com/

There are almost certainly others, but those are the OSS modellers that I
have seen referenced most often.

HTH
-Stefan


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From: Meothuru
Subject: Re: Open Source Modellers
Date: 1 Feb 2007 06:45:01
Message: <web.45c1d1b0fa44aca3bf19b9000@news.povray.org>
"Woody" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> What are some of the most popular Windows POV-Ray open source general
> modellers?
>
> -Jeff

I like: "Art of Illusion"

http://www.artofillusion.org/


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