3D Apps And Resources

[Andrew Boulton]

Modelling, Rendering & Animation Software

3d Canvas - http://www.amabilis.com/ (FREE)
3d Coat - http://www.3d-coat.com/
3ds Max - http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...&siteID=123112
Blender - http://www.blender.org/ (FREE)
Cinema 4D - http://www.maxon.net/
DAZ 3d (Bryce, Carrara, DAZ Studio, Hexagon, models) - http://www.daz3d.com/i/software (some FREE)
Lightwave - http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/
Maya - http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...&siteID=123112
Modo - http://www.luxology.com/modo/
MoI - http://moi3d.com/
Poser - http://poser.smithmicro.com/
Rhino - http://www.rhino3d.com/
SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com/ (FREE)
TrueSpace - http://www.caligari.com/ (FREE)
TurboCAD - http://www.turbocad.com/
Vectorworks & Renderworks - http://www.nemetschek.net/renderworks/
Vue - http://www.e-onsoftware.com/
Xfrog - http://www.xfrog.com/
Zbrush - http://www.pixologic.com/home.php

[Andrew Boulton]

Model & Texture Sites

C4d Cafe - http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?/index
Content Paradise - http://www.contentparadise.com/default.aspx
Cornucopia 3d - http://www.cornucopia3d.com
Foundation 3d - http://www.foundation3d.com
Renderosity - http://www.renderosity.com/index.php
SciFi Meshes - http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/
Share CG - http://www.sharecg.com/
Turbo Squid - http://www.turbosquid.com/


Other Resources

Concept Ships - http://conceptships.blogspot.com/
Dystopia - http://www.team-dystopia.com/
LunarCell - http://www.flamingpear.com/lunarcell.html

[navanod]

A big list of freebies (yes, all free). I haven't tried any of them except Blender and Truespace, but seems like a pretty good cross section.

25 Free 3d Applications you shouldn't miss

Renderosity has a great Free Stuff section, with tons of stuff for Poser/Daz3d (check their Tutorials section as well).
Renderosity Free Stuff

The BIG list of free 3d model sites.
60 Free 3d model websites

[Beech]

my favourite (along with the previously mentioned Concept Ships)
SciFi Meshes - http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/

(Some of the guys on there are awesome - look for the famous never-ending Pluto Station model thread, the detail is quite insane)

[Space Hamster]

Audio Resources

CakeWalk Sonar http://www.cakewalk.com/

Sony Sound Forge http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/soundforgesoftware

[Andrew Boulton]

Thanks. I'm going to delete posts after updating the lists, to keep it tidy.

[Andrew Boulton]

Updated.

[Scarecrow]

Sculptris

By the same folks who make Z-Brush but it's much simpler and it's free and does much the same thing.

xNormal

Generates Normal, AO, Cavity and Height Maps and many many others by mapping high res objects (say meshes made in Z-Brush or Sculptris) onto lower detail versions.
Can be used for generating effective colour/diffuse maps too (it's what I do professionally)
It's also free.

Crow

[navanod]

Not neccessarily for traveller specifically, but here's a site that has blueprint shots (front, top, side views) for tons of stuff - sci-fi, WW2, modern cars, planes, guns, trains, and on and on. Very handy if you ever need it.

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/

[Shonner]

Cheetah3D for Mac users. www.cheetah3d.com
Silo www.nevercenter.com