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ed3D · January 2022

~ and also TrueSpace (3D modeler) which is Free

~ probably been metioned already ~

_ thanx

Headwax · January 2022

thanks ed3d it's goo d for converting movement files from carnegie

3drendero · January 2022

Out of beta and free, NVIDIA Omniverse, Daz3D was listed in the Nvidia CES 2022 presentation, the future of all 3D creation they say: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/01/04/omniverse-available-free-to-creators/

WendyLuvsCatz · January 2022

3drendero said:

Out of beta and free, NVIDIA Omniverse, Daz3D was listed in the Nvidia CES 2022 presentation, the future of all 3D creation they say: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/01/04/omniverse-available-free-to-creators/

it is truly awesome looking but sadly only for RTX cards

I have been lusting over it for a year, the initial beta actually let me install it with my GTX 980Ti but I couldn't do a lot as too laggy since then I cannot even install it as it checks the card specs

ed3D · January 2022

Headwax said:

thanks ed3d it's goo d for converting movement files from carnegie

_ you're quite welcome _

ed3D · January 2022

_ N/A - double entry _

WendyLuvsCatz · January 2022

wombo

an AI browser app, the video by one of the YouTube channels I subscribe to has some great ideas we can do in Carrara

https://app.wombo.art/

McGuiver · January 2022

Thanks Wendy .... I stayed up way too late last night playing with wombo.art

it's addictive!

WendyLuvsCatz · March 2022

not as good as Carrara (or Bryce) by looks but free

the Ultrascatter crowd might like it but I am not going to spam their threads

3drendero · April 2022

Unreal engine 5 is out. Free. Nvidia has released Omniverse Create 2022.1. Free. Blender 3.1 is out. Free.

SileneUK · April 2022

3drendero said:

Unreal engine 5 is out. Free. Nvidia has released Omniverse Create 2022.1. Free. Blender 3.1 is out. Free.

Unreal Engine: I have always wondered about if you can only be a hobbyist to not pay royalties or can you have stills/illustrations to include in eg printed brochures, etc as for educational or museum material? From their site. Any advice?

Silene

This license is free to use for learning, and for developing internal projects; it also enables you to distribute many commercial projects without paying any fees to Epic Games, including custom projects delivered to clients, linear content (such as films and television shows) and any product that earns no revenue or whose revenue falls below the royalty threshold.

WendyLuvsCatz · April 2022

SileneUK said:

3drendero said:

Unreal engine 5 is out. Free. Nvidia has released Omniverse Create 2022.1. Free. Blender 3.1 is out. Free.

Unreal Engine: I have always wondered about if you can only be a hobbyist to not pay royalties or can you have stills/illustrations to include in eg printed brochures, etc as for educational or museum material? From their site. Any advice?

Silene

This license is free to use for learning, and for developing internal projects; it also enables you to distribute many commercial projects without paying any fees to Epic Games, including custom projects delivered to clients, linear content (such as films and television shows) and any product that earns no revenue or whose revenue falls below the royalty threshold.

there is an income threshold, its pretty high like a million I think

SileneUK · April 2022

WendyLuvsCatz said:

there is an income threshold, its pretty high like a million I think

Silene

ed3D · April 2022

SileneUK said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

there is an income threshold, its pretty high like a million I think

Silene

Unreal Engine 5 is free
to create linear content, custom projects, and internal projects.
It’s free to get started for game development
–a 5% royalty only kicks in when your title
earns over $1 million USD.

Thanx ~

Torquinox · April 2022

WendyLuvsCatz said:

not as good as Carrara (or Bryce) by looks but free

the Ultrascatter crowd might like it but I am not going to spam their threads

Looks interesting, anyway. Now that I have a graphics card made this decade, I can give it a spin!

WendyLuvsCatz · April 2022

Torquinox said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

not as good as Carrara (or Bryce) by looks but free

the Ultrascatter crowd might like it but I am not going to spam their threads

Looks interesting, anyway. Now that I have a graphics card made this decade, I can give it a spin!

I did foolishly share it since in that thread and got schooled by a user for poking my nose in all the time, so staying out of there for good now

I was only looking with interest as one day inevitably Carrara without DAZ development, will no longer be supported by Windows aggressive updates, Mac users already feel this pain

but I am really better off looking for alternatives outside of DAZ studio TBH, I already am using Unreal Engine

3drendero · April 2022

Just to clarify the UE4 and UE5 license, images/videos are always free, games have 5% royalty. "A 5% royalty is due only if you are distributing an off-the-shelf product that incorporates Unreal Engine code (such as a game)..."

PGre · April 2022

Looks like Akeytsu is going free per the blog post on their site (Nukeygara) dated 3/31/22. They don't give a timeline, but suggest downloading the trial version if you don't wan't to wait. Doesn't sound like a great situation for the company, but current version is quite capable.

Torquinox · April 2022

WendyLuvsCatz said:

Torquinox said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

not as good as Carrara (or Bryce) by looks but free

the Ultrascatter crowd might like it but I am not going to spam their threads

Looks interesting, anyway. Now that I have a graphics card made this decade, I can give it a spin!

I did foolishly share it since in that thread and got schooled by a user for poking my nose in all the time, so staying out of there for good now

I was only looking with interest as one day inevitably Carrara without DAZ development, will no longer be supported by Windows aggressive updates, Mac users already feel this pain

but I am really better off looking for alternatives outside of DAZ studio TBH, I already am using Unreal Engine

MS has been unbelievably stellar about backwards compatibility of programs in Windows! The future you describe could happen, but I doubt it will happen any time soon. Also, aggressive updates can be controlled. Not saying this is foolproof, not promising it will be free of unexpected consequences, but it can be controlled.

3drendero · April 2022

Houdini Engine Indie is free, support UE4 and UE5. Some free assets to start with: http://www.cgchannel.com/2022/04/download-custom-houdini-tools-from-sidefxs-project-titan/

WendyLuvsCatz · April 2022

updated Sponza Atrium

huge files

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/topic-technology/graphics-processing-research/samples.html

WendyLuvsCatz · May 2022

OK annoying FBX import quirk is you get parametric shaders in layers

otherwise it does load the maps and the lightbulbs have glow!

but the glass has no alpha or transparency

you have to drill through the paremetric shader to find it and drop a glass shader on each because consolidating textures it loses the names of the objects it applies to

likewise the decals need the alpha png map or the opacity map in alpha

applying the shader to any object replaces all the shaders!!!!! so you are stuck with the layered one

really need to add lights to those bulbs

Octane cheats work better but I likely can do some Carrara native cheats that are much faster

interestingly enough Carrara is the only program that correctly imports this so far (that I have tried)

DAZ studio and Poser make a right mess of it and iClone 3DXchange misses all the textures

Twnmotion gets most of it with some bits misrotated not tried Blender and Unreal yet

Video Carrara native render

ProPose · May 2022

Nice one Wendy. Those are massive downloads. Havn't had a chance to get them yet.

WendyLuvsCatz · May 2022

another free opensource game engine

has node based scripting which I may be able to fumble with about as well as I do Unreal Blueprints

I may look at it sometime as another renderer

https://www.o3de.org/

WendyLuvsCatz · May 2022

Anatomy includes cardiovascular system

https://www.z-anatomy.com/

FirePro9 · August 2022

This one may be overkill for most modelers but, should one like to or need to use a 3D Parametric Modeler there is FreeCAD available at: www.freecad.org

Headwax · August 2022

great finds all - the anatomy one looks good

here's one for designing gears - it ouputs an stl file but you can easily fix it and make it and obj file with eg 3dBuilder which comes with windows Gears 3D Printer - Download (softonic.com)

as an alternative to freecad is Tinkercad | Create 3D digital designs with online CAD | Tinkercad - pretty simple but powerful

WendyLuvsCatz · August 2022

https://grisk.itch.io/stable-diffusion-gui

Stable Diffusion GUI

I can only do 512x512 images with my 2080Ti but it's free, a Windows exe with a GUI and runs on my computer

my text prompts

a cat on a cushion in a lovely room

grey tabby catlady in royal attire ( missed out half that one)

royal elf with long blond hair

portrait zombie queen in red gown

WendyLuvsCatz · September 2022

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/aws-thinkbox-products-now-available-free-of-charge/

Free Amazon software

including a particle software and modeller

others mostly plugins for Max etc

ed3D · September 2022

And Then , how about if a game is Free - could it be remarked on here -

Or " is it Not for Games " & thanx

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