

SketchUp is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design. Part of the reason is the inherent complexity in 3D modeling.įirst of all, you have to understand basic analytic geometry: coordinates, perspectives, projections, polygons, …, and can get technical, such as nurbs, math equations, physics of light, game engines ….ģD modeling are also tied to animating 3D scenes, rendering, both are quite complex. Each one will have completelyĭifferent user interface and the ways you create models. This is entirely different for 3D software. In other software, such as word processor, image editors, different Even within a field, the interface is very diverse and totally different.There are ones based on sculpting and painting directly to the surface. And there are ones focused on spline/nurb free-form curve based. (they represent a object by its surface) Then there are solid based, that represent objects with a thickness as in real life. Also, the underlying modeling approach is very different.

Similarly, those from gaming community has its own purposes, features, requirements.
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Software designed for engineering, architecture, CAD, is almost useless for creating commercial animations that's mostly free-form shapes, and vice versa.Note: 3D modeling software are quite complex and diverse.

I don't have experience in using them except dabbling in a few as toy and admire the technology. This page is a list of 3D modeling software for various purposes.
