Best tool for creating meshes?

News & General Discussion
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I’ve heard of a few (Blender, 3DSMax, Maya, etc.). Just wondering which is the best tool for creating meshes.

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It’s subjective, but if you’re new to it, just use Blender. It’s free (instead of $3.5K), and it should do everything you’ll need. I personally found Blender the easiest to learn on and just do something with.

Max / Maya are more applicable in two situations:

  1. You have several artists working on your project. Not as many people are trained on Blender at the moment, so leaving them on Max / Maya makes more practical sense. But I predict this will change in the future.
  2. You are pushing high-level production values. Chances are, if you’re new, you aren’t.
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Thanks. I’ll probably go with Blender. After all, this is my first game. Probably shouldn’t overestimate myself.

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Nice thing about Blender is you can setup the key-mapping and controls to match Maya or Max, if you already know how to use one of those.