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Blockbench – A low-poly 3D model editor

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Re: Blockbench – A low-poly 3D model editor

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Post by 2III7 »

marktangotango wrote: post #9

This project looks really cool. Maybe someone reading this can answer this question. I've been wondering what the in-browser options are for easy to use low poly modeling? Are there any application you'd recommend?

SketchUp Free is easy and good for low-medium poly modelling.

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Post by r_hoods_ghost »

arriu wrote: post #7

How does something like this compare to doing low poly work within Blender? I imagine this is easier but I’m not an artist

I've only played around with it for a few minutes, but if I wanted to quickly produce a bunch of low poly assets in this style I'd be tempted to go with this and then import them into Blender. This is because it is set up for the low poly workflow out of the box, whereas you'd have to do a bit of faffing around with shaders etc. to get good looking results in Blender. And I say that as someone who has been using Blender for more than a decade. Being forced to work within the constraints that a tool like this imposes is often a good thing from an artist's point of view, as it reduces the decision space down and allows you to focus on the outcome rather than the tool.

Re: Blockbench – A low-poly 3D model editor

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Post by washadjeffmad »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #12
arriu wrote: post #7

How does something like this compare to doing low poly work within Blender? I imagine this is easier but I’m not an artist

I've only played around with it for a few minutes, but if I wanted to quickly produce a bunch of low poly assets in this style I'd be tempted to go with this and then import them into Blender. This is because it is set up for the low poly workflow out of the box, whereas you'd have to do a bit of faffing around with shaders etc. to get good looking results in Blender. And I say that as someone who has been using Blen…

This is why we included 3D Builder as part of our workflow. It requires a lower threshold of expertise to do simple actions like joining models (eg- from 3D scans), which is a much more complex action in Blender and reduces the amount of time our 3D techs spend cleaning up models they receive.

If Blockbench does the handful of things we need, we'll use it instead to agnosticize platform dependency for customers, who increasingly don't have access to Windows.

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Post by rebane2001 »

IYasha wrote: post #10

Web-app? No, thanks. I'll stick to ms3d ))

Web-app makes it better. You can still download it to run offline, but you can run the browser version without trusting the binaries to be safe, and you can also get it up and running really fast if you switch computers or need someone else to check it out.

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Post by 5mixer »

marktangotango wrote: post #9

This project looks really cool. Maybe someone reading this can answer this question. I've been wondering what the in-browser options are for easy to use low poly modeling? Are there any application you'd recommend?

Assuming you missed it, blockbench is available in-browser: https://web.blockbench.net/

There's even session sharing! File > Edit Sharing...

Re: Blockbench – A low-poly 3D model editor

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Post by darkteflon »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #12
arriu wrote: post #7

How does something like this compare to doing low poly work within Blender? I imagine this is easier but I’m not an artist

I've only played around with it for a few minutes, but if I wanted to quickly produce a bunch of low poly assets in this style I'd be tempted to go with this and then import them into Blender. This is because it is set up for the low poly workflow out of the box, whereas you'd have to do a bit of faffing around with shaders etc. to get good looking results in Blender. And I say that as someone who has been using Blen…

This is such a great answer for newer artists to hear, thanks. I love Blender, but have found myself doing most of my voxel modelling in Voxel Max before exporting to Blender for more advanced workflows. I couldn’t really articulate why, but “smaller decision space” feels exactly right.
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