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Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by gmueckl »

mroche wrote: post #39
lostgame wrote: post #38

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making an alternative to one of the most unfortunately convoluted, beyond unusable pieces of UI/UX garbage on the planet...(Blender)...what a nightmare to use for even a moment.

Not sure if you’ve been following the 2.8 developments this year, but if you haven’t you should grab the latest beta. The new UI/UX is completely different from before (within reason) and is light years ahead of where it used to be.

Thamks for the heads up. I might have to try it out. It seems to take a few ideas from Moonlight|3D that I put in there more than a decade ago. Others seem inspired by Maya, which I also like a lot.

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by blensor »

lostgame wrote: post #38

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making an alternative to one of the most unfortunately convoluted, beyond unusable pieces of UI/UX garbage on the planet...(Blender)...what a nightmare to use for even a moment.

That seems overly harsh. Are you saying the same about vi or emacs? As soon as someone has put in the time to familiarize with the UI the speed with which you can achieve things is impressive. I've been using blender since the 2.4 branch and the amount of work the devs have been putting into improving it (not only the UI) is simply astonishing. And whats the point of making an UI beginner friendly if it hinders you after you have reached a certain level of proficiency (a period which realyl isn't that long).

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by xyproto »

It looks great, but imagine the name of the software being "Moron3D". That is the reality for every native Norwegian speaker, since "dust" means "moron" in Norwegian. I don't mean this in a petty way, it's just hard to ignore, for me.

In related news, Honda tried to launch a car in Norway a couple of years back named "Honda Fitta" which roughly translates to "Honda the Cunt". The tagline was: "Fitta is small inside, but grand when you get in. A daily pleasure!"

They quickly changed the name to just "Honda Jazz" instead.

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by gfodor »

lostgame wrote: post #38

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making an alternative to one of the most unfortunately convoluted, beyond unusable pieces of UI/UX garbage on the planet...(Blender)...what a nightmare to use for even a moment.

This comment is truly shameful. Blender is an amazing open source project created by volunteers and this kind of mean spirited criticsm is toxic. Your ignorance about the amazing effort going into 2.8 only adds to it. You should delete it.

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by Joeboy »

gfodor wrote: post #44
lostgame wrote: post #38

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making an alternative to one of the most unfortunately convoluted, beyond unusable pieces of UI/UX garbage on the planet...(Blender)...what a nightmare to use for even a moment.

This comment is truly shameful. Blender is an amazing open source project created by volunteers and this kind of mean spirited criticsm is toxic. Your ignorance about the amazing effort going into 2.8 only adds to it. You should delete it.

I think Blender is primarily developed by people who get paid to work on it.

I don't think I'd object to the comment if Blender actually had a bad UI, but I don't think it does. It just has an unusual UI and a steep initial learning curve. Clearly many people manage to do amazing work with it.

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by Krasnol »

xyproto wrote: post #43

It looks great, but imagine the name of the software being "Moron3D". That is the reality for every native Norwegian speaker, since "dust" means "moron" in Norwegian. I don't mean this in a petty way, it's just hard to ignore, for me. In related news, Honda tried to launch a car in Norway a couple of years back named "Honda Fitta" which roughly translates to "Honda the Cunt". The tagline was: "Fitta is small inside,…

I'd say it's worth a consideration if it would be some weird word like "Fitta" but since it's a pretty well known english word, I'd say, you have to live with it.

Greeting from Poland where you find versions of "kurwa" (literally: "whore" but used like "fuck" in english) in all kinds of languages as a word for "curve" ;)

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by swsieber »

pzone wrote: post #29
TeMPOraL wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are also left-handed and right-handed coordinate systems...

This is correct. Most CG and 3d software (Max, Maya, Blender, CAD) uses a right handed coordinate system, which matches the convention in physics, however they vary in their choice of Y up or Z up. Video games almost always use a left-handed coordinate system with Y up. This is because DirectX and OpenGL chose to represent pixels on-screen with (X,Y) coordinates with the Z coordinate increasing as rays extend from th…

Wow, I had no idea it was so varied

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by huxingyi »

xyproto wrote: post #43

It looks great, but imagine the name of the software being "Moron3D". That is the reality for every native Norwegian speaker, since "dust" means "moron" in Norwegian. I don't mean this in a petty way, it's just hard to ignore, for me. In related news, Honda tried to launch a car in Norway a couple of years back named "Honda Fitta" which roughly translates to "Honda the Cunt". The tagline was: "Fitta is small inside,…

Thanks, but it's a little too late to rename, too many things need to sync, such as domain.

Re: Show HN: Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software

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Post by huxingyi »

gfodor wrote: post #30

This is really, really cool. In 5 minutes I was able to create a quick little palm tree (I am not an artist, it is very ugly :)) and throw it into a room in Hubs since Dust3D exports GLB. These kind of low poly, texture-oriented models are really excellent for VR since you have limited budgets. Nice work!

Thanks, I am really happy to hear that it can work with VR.
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