Please recommend simple 3D program

[olegvolk]

Originally published at VolkStudio Blog. You can comment here or there.

I need a simple, inexpensive or free 3D modeling program (Windows 8) to perform the simplest tasks: lathing, extrusion, sweeps and the like. Don’t need high quality rendering or more complicated modeling. Suggestions?

Comments

[mit_yau]

Milkshape 3D, though it's quite old and really just a tool for lowpoly modelling. And there is Gmax (old too) still around somewhere in the internet - 3D Max lil' brother, aimed for game modelling.

But I think all you need is SketchUp. Easy interface, many plugins, public API for them in Python afaik.

[mit_yau]

Milkshape is shareware, gMax is free and SketchUp has trial period.

[jumpingrat]

http://www.sketchup.com/

[jumpingrat]

There is also Autodesk Inventor Fusion - it was free, but discontinued. But i think it still functional if you can find distributive.

[mit_yau]

looks like Autodesk 123D is about the same.

[olegvolk]

Just tried 123D and it worked great for my purpose.