Else free TSplines inside Fusion 360 (free for hobbyist, enthousiast, students & StartUp !
http://www.tsplines.com/blog/2009/05/converting-obj-car-model-to-nurbs/ info
http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/try-buy (all in one)

And about Wing3D there is ManifoldLab who over pass its capacity! (free) Wings3D is include !
Manifold lab : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56147717/freely-donate.html

Hi Pilou!

Thank you very much for your effort in help me in my choice!

ASAP i will investigate Wing3D + ManifoldLab.

I'm not a fan of SketchuUp Make...sorry :)

Have a nice day!

- Marco (mkdm)

Hi glmr,

> Silo2 is alive and pretty good

Where did you get this info...everywhere in the web they say that Nevercenter has stopped developing some years ago...

Nice day.

- Marco (mkdm)

As I am fan of SketchUp and find it the more easy one on the planet for anybody...
Of course it's not sweet for character modeling!

mkdm
I bought Silo2 ad it works. Forum is alive also.

Hi Micahel,

I guess that you are very busy, so I'm sorry to bother you with my last question,
but when you have some garbage time, please read my previous post http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8090.1,
regarding my investigations in order to buy a good Polygonal-SDS modeler under 200$ to couple with Moi.

I think that your advice will be very useful for me.

Meanwhile, I wish to thank Pilou and other guys that have already answered :)

Nice day,

- Marco (mkdm)

Hi glmr,

...OK...but the problem is that its developing has ENDED.

I want to buy a software that is in active development.

Anyway, thanks.

- Marco (mkdm)

IMP www.imp4mac.com The developes recently got a job at AMD as Graphics Software Engineer https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-giannopoulos-80a17583

So I’m not sure if he is planning to develop further considering his new position etc. The toolset is limited but it works as advertised.

I was also imprest with viewport performance, in some cases it did put Modo to shame. Really sad considering Modo is been in development for over a decade & IMP is a $30 app.

Yep for Mac you have Cheetah 3D ;) 99$
Cool interface!
http://www.cheetah3d.com/
http://www.cheetah3d.com/featurelist.php

Hi adamio,

Thanks for your indication, but...i'm sorry....i forget to say that i use Windows 8.1 Pro and not Mac OS X.

Nice day,

- Marco (mkdm)

Hi Marco,

> I guess that you are very busy, so I'm sorry to bother you with my last question,
> but when you have some garbage time, please read my previous post
> http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8090.1,
> regarding my investigations in order to buy a good Polygonal-SDS modeler under
> 200$ to couple with Moi.

I did read it, but sorry I just couldn't think of anything more to add than what you and others have already mentioned. You might give Metasequoia a try: http://www.metaseq.net/en/download.html .

A lot of the more heavily used sub-d modeling programs out there are part of a larger DCC package including stuff like rendering and animation too and are a lot more than $200, like Maya, Modo, LightWave, Cinema4D, 3DS Max.

I do not myself use a sub-d modeling program regularly so I'd rely on other's advice more than mine for this.

- Michael

Marco Im not sure if you are aware of Rhino WIP Subdivision Surface Project https://discourse.mcneel.com/c/serengeti/sub-d

I thought Ill mention it since you also use Rhino. Its at early stages but very promising.

Even Silo is not more evolutive, it's yet a mature program! ;)

Glen Southern a modeling master has made some master pieces with it! ;)
http://southerngfx.co.uk/tutorials/silo3d

Pure Box Modeling!

Hi adamio,

Thanks for your reply.

Well, I must admit that I already knew Rhino SDS project, and i made some tests with Rhino V6 Wip version,
but I you have to say that McNeel said the truth :(

Here's a couple of quotes of John_Brock at McNeel's forum :

"The SubD project is in the very early stages of development. It's just barely good enough to "throw it over the wall" to see if we're on the right track. That's how we get users involved in the development process. We are nowhere near the stage when tutorials are written. It isn't likely to be in V6. It will probably live in the WIP for a couple of releases before it's considered useful."

"A full Sub-D tool is a bigger project than you think. I don't expect it to be fully functioning for V7 either, but as we add the pieces and parts, they will be in the WIP and will progress."

Anyway, thanks for your suggestion.

- Marco (mkdm)

Hi Michael,

and thanks you very much for your reply.

> I do not myself use a sub-d modeling program regularly so I'd rely on other's advice more than mine for this.

Thanks for your frankness. Much appreciated :)

Regarding Metasequoia i must admit that I've never heard of it before...

Some minutes ago i downloaded the V4 trial version and I gave it a quick look.
What to say...seems to be very particular but as a first approach, I'm not so sure about it.

But i will give it a chance.

Thanks again and i wish you the best in your job!

Ciao.

- Marco (mkdm)

You don't speak about Neobarok! (A french guy again :D
https://neobarok.com (a fresh air on the classical other one)
A free modeler under steroïd! (seems this function not implemented on the version downloadable )


Neobarok :: Cables from Hypnothalamus on Vimeo.

Maya LT is about 30$/month ... I hate subscription, and I'm not fan of big corporate, but the price/quality ratio for this one is difficult to beat.

Hi Pilou,

Thanks for the link to Glen Southern's tutorials.
I already knew them :)

Yes, with no dubt Silo is a mature software, but for me, comparison to NVIL it lacks in, at least, to main areas :

1) NVIL has the best tools for working with Edge creasing.

2) NVIL seems to be under very active development.

Anyway, thanks a lot, I appreciate your concern.

Ciao.

- Marco (mkdm)

<< 2) NVIL seems to be under very active development.
Sure it's more funny to code new thing or adapt old one!
NVil --> Rocket! You can't type on two keyboards on the same time! ;)