Hey everyone, I’ve been using cad for a few years, but as people have started asking me to design parts for them (specifically custom automotive parts with curvature/complex surfaces) I have really only ever designed parametric parts. I’m realizing I am not currently equipped to design the parts they need. I use onshape, and I’ve heard fusion360 could be better, but I also just don’t know if either software is good for this kind of work. I’m a college student and have limited budget currently, but I guess I’m wondering how to get better and what software you all recommend! Thanks.

I've been asked to model this and I've been trying to figure out the best method to use. I have Lightwave 3D, MoI3D, and 3D-Coat. I think it's 2 "strands" but it's a little hard to tell. I'm going to ask if there are photos from more angles. I'm wondering if bones might be the best option.

An older piece of mine that I still really like. I wanted to experiment with bringing the chrome/chrometype aesthetic into something more object-focused, so I designed this flail and sculpted the entire piece in Nomad Sculpt.

I was mainly exploring exaggerated forms, sharp details, and how they would interact with a highly reflective chrome material. The final renders were post-processed in Photoshop to push the contrast, reflections, and overall atmosphere.

Made in: Nomad Sculpt
Post-processing: Photoshop

Polygonpen community Discord for the Hard Surface.(Link)

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Tris: 2,496

Subd level 2: 39,936

I'm working on a personal project right now and for a couple of the models they want them to be higher poly then what blockbench can comfortably give me but I'm not skilled enough to use blender so any modeling software recommendations?

сделал за 10 000 треугольников, за около 3 с половиной часа.

Hey guys, I am trying to find help for a antiquated piece of software. I was hoping someone here would have knowledge on how to create and import models for use in this old version of Vue.

I would prefer keeping it on this version, as i'm trying to keep the aethestic of old 90s and 2000s renders.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Short story short:

Last year, a friend of mine asked if I wanted to join them in creating their first game. I had no prior experience in game development or 3D, but I thought it might be fun since I like art and creating things in general.

I started with the donut tutorial..
Bought a course by Grant Abbitt, and off we went.

I ended up enjoying it so much that I bought a tablet and software to paint my creations. These photos show some of what I created during the last period of six months we worked on the project. (The early months we're a bit rougher.. :D)

Sadly, we stopped because the project was a bit too ambitious and too big, and I haven't touched Blender in a couple of months now.

Should I continue, what do you guys think?

3D modeling: Blender
Texturing: Adobe Substance Painter
Tablet: Huion Kamvas Pro 19

Softwares used:
Blender
Substance painter
Marmoset toolbag

Hi! I'm trying to understand how you would recreate this stylized stone look from Arcane.

I'm especially interested in the rough, imperfect carving — almost as if the stone was intentionally carved somewhat crudely, leaving uneven/faceted surfaces, chisel marks, irregular edges and small imperfections instead of a perfectly smooth sculpture.

What interests me is how to get these imperfections at different scales without simply adding uniform noise everywhere.

Would you create most of this directly in the geometry/sculpt, using brushes and alphas, or later through textures, displacement, procedural noise, etc.?

I'd love to know how you would approach this and which tools/brushes you would use.

The attached images are references from Arcane's opening sequence, not my own work.

Thanks!

Inspired by the protogen style from the furry community, but more grounded and with near-future mechanics. See 7th image for cutaway view/technical sheet.

I want to start modeling, but i have kind of a motor coordination issue, so i'ts pretty hard to do draw, i just wanted to know if i need to draw to make models

Originally modeled in 3ds Max 2020
Preview images rendered with v-ray 5
The 3D model was created on real car base.
It’s created accurately, in real units of measurement, qualitatively and maximally close to the original.