Comment on Aries 1B: Showroom by steve-burg
Im a Rhino guy myself but Ive been learning Modo and Im really impressed with it.
Modo is pretty fantastic. Rhino is also quite a good program, although I have never done too much Nurbs modeling.
I have used Lightwave for a long time, so I tend to stick with it because I am familiar with the ins and outs of the software. I find I can get a nice render very quickly, which is good since I usually take the result into Photoshop to add other things to it.
I have used Lightwave for a long time, so I tend to stick with it because I am familiar with the ins and outs of the software. I find I can get a nice render very quickly, which is good since I usually take the result into Photoshop to add other things to it.
I like Modo a lot and I cant really compare it to LW since Ive never used LW, but LW has always gotten high marks from anyone Ive known to use it. I love Rhino but thats where I cut my teeth in 3d modeling so to speak. I will say that if you are use to working in polys you will be very frustrated working in nurbs. Its a much different work flow.
My process right now is to model in Rhino and bring the model into Modo for lighting and rendering. Since so much of what I model gets fabricated or Rapid prototyped its better for me to start with nurbs. Having said that I am learning Modo for purely illustration purposes.
My process right now is to model in Rhino and bring the model into Modo for lighting and rendering. Since so much of what I model gets fabricated or Rapid prototyped its better for me to start with nurbs. Having said that I am learning Modo for purely illustration purposes.
Modo is a good modeling software - but it's also very good for rendering. So far, I have used it mainly for baking texture images. It's very good for making various image maps. I want to learn it more, but there is only so much time in the day 
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I think in 3D a lot of it is what software you have learned to use. If you know how to achieve the result you want, that is the main thing It is like Painter or Photoshop. I use Photoshop because it's what I learned how to use. Then the focus is on making the art, rather than struggling with learning a different tool.
!I think in 3D a lot of it is what software you have learned to use. If you know how to achieve the result you want, that is the main thing
It is like Painter or Photoshop. I use Photoshop because it's what I learned how to use. Then the focus is on making the art, rather than struggling with learning a different tool.Agreed.