good tutorials needed

Stiglr · 17th July 2011, 01:19 PM

One caveat: my tutorials have NOTHING whatsoever to do with animation. AC3D doesn't support any kind of animation, although there is a plug in that helps in creating animations for X-Plane, a flight simulator.

You can get really deep into animation in Blender, which is a free modeling software. However, it is a LOT harder to learn than AC3D. For this reason I prefer to do my object creations in AC3D, even though I know Blender is more than capable of doing the job.

Also, if you have a 4-month deadline, that might be very aggressive for taking on learning 3D modeling from the start and ending up with any complex object like an aircraft or a hangar or animated workers. That's quite a bit of acquired skill to be able to do that.

17th July 2011, 01:19 PM	#20
Stiglr Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 604	Re: good tutorials needed One caveat: my tutorials have NOTHING whatsoever to do with animation. AC3D doesn't support any kind of animation, although there is a plug in that helps in creating animations for X-Plane, a flight simulator. You can get really deep into animation in Blender, which is a free modeling software. However, it is a LOT harder to learn than AC3D. For this reason I prefer to do my object creations in AC3D, even though I know Blender is more than capable of doing the job. Also, if you have a 4-month deadline, that might be very aggressive for taking on learning 3D modeling from the start and ending up with any complex object like an aircraft or a hangar or animated workers. That's quite a bit of acquired skill to be able to do that. __________________ Flight Sim Project Contributor My Gaming Rig: i5 2500K Quad-Core CPU at 3.3GHz MSI P67A-C43 mobo 4GB of PC12800 DDR3 memory Windows 7 1GB Galaxy GeForce GTX550 Ti video card GeForce 270.61 drivers (4/2011) Cougar joystick/throttle combo CH Pedals