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3d freeware for mac?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:53 pm
by resin
I'm looking around for some decent 3d package for mac, either cheap or free, for teaching middleschool students the very basics. Less complicated would probably be better. Anyone got any suggestions?
Re: 3d freeware for mac?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:44 pm
by Ozymandias
Try some Legos or Duplos... I know it's not for the computer but it can still be fun =) (they did make 'Lego Creator' though)
Not exactly cheap, however. Sorry. I heard there was a program called "Blender" but I don't know what OS's it runs on, or how complicated it is...
Re: 3d freeware for mac?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:44 pm
by Phillip
Blender is free and available for a bunch of platforms, but it can be complicated to use; it's on roughly the same scale as a full-featured commercial product like Maya, 3ds Max, etc.
For just the basics, you might want to try Google SketchUp. It's free, easy to use, and they've got a page specifically for K-12 education
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http://sketchup.google.com/customers/edu/primary.html
Re: 3d freeware for mac?
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:51 am
by resin
Thanks! I was just looking at Blender but I think Sketchup is much more what I had in mind.
Re: 3d freeware for mac?
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:34 pm
by Count Roland
wings 3d is ok. maybe to simple but I know it runs great on mac osx 10.4