"October" <oct### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just discovered a new free modeller called "3D Canvas" and thought I would
> share the news here.
>
> Marketed something like a cross between Strata 3D and Blender, 3D Canvas is
> entirely free (not trial ware or shareware) but users are encouraged to
> purchase the "Pro" upgrade (US$49) which enables some extra features, the
> most notable of which is CSG.
>
> Still even the free version is extremely powerful including the features you
> expect out of a commercial modeller.  Some of the more notable features are
> Nurbs, Inverse Kinematics, Skeletal Animation, B-splines (extrude, lathe,
> etc.), deformation tools and a very good attempt at wysiwyg "painting" of
> textures directly on surfaces in 3D space.
>
> Most notably is the software's "Real Time Rendering" which uses Microsoft's
> Direct3D to provide a shaded "real time" 3D editing enviroment.
>
> And unlike Strata 3D, this software actually exports to POV!  (also 3D
> Studio (3ds), Truespace Objects (cob), AutoCAD (dxf), DirectX (x) and VRML
> 1.0 (wrl) files)
>
> Nice software if you need a free modeller.  Take a look.
>
> Enjoy.

I have tried 3D Canvas,  Not bad. However, I created a bell for a steam
locomotive that I am working on and the resulting POV file created was well
over 15,000 lines.  I redid the bell with POVray's lathe in 3 lines.

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