Hi jake, yeah sorry what I was called "Rendering programs" would be better phrased as more like "polygon modeling and rendering programs", which have a bunch of polygon modeling tools with them in addition to rendering stuff. Various programs like Modo, Cinema4D, Maya, etc... fit in this category. But yeah not Keyshot which is focused exclusively on rendering only which is one reason why it's particularly easy to use though.

- Michael

Hi jake & Michael,

Just wondering if ZSurf4 might work for this case?
It could at least create the basic "Surface Texture" for a wall of rocks, that can be used within MoI.

Here's a couple of links for more info about ZSurf4.
http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bobr.biz/sovety/zsurf4-i-koltso-vsevlastiya-platinum-edition/&ei=olDwS8fEI9GLkAX8ltXWBg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDUQ7gEwBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dzsurf4%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dckk%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official

http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&u=http://www.rhino3d.cz/clanky/zasuvne-moduly/zsurf-tvorba-plastickych-reliefnich-ploch-z-obrazku.html&ei=GVzwS5uTMNGLkAXbltXWBg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ7gEwADgU&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dzsurf4%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official

Also do a search of this Forum for other posts about using MoI & ZSurf4 together.

HTH, Colin

Some links to previous ZSurf discussions on the forum here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3825.2

- Michael

If you want to do a really good job in NURBS, build the house, rock by rock.

I was thinking the same thing Burr! but I was thinking stone by stone ;)

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""""""""but I was thinking stone by stone ;)"""""""""""

I'm more Neanderthal!

Ugg!

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If you don't want to shell out big bucks for ZBrush, Blender has a couple of ways of doing it. You can use the sculpting tools, or you can use a displacement map. Both methods will require a fairly high polygon count.

Download Blender for free at...
http://www.blender.org/

Steve S