Best program to create Models?

Troubleshooting General Help
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hi, i was looking at the tutorials…

but i couldnt choose…



what is the best program to create models??

Blender? 3d Studio Max?



and in what extension??

.obj? .3ds?



what should i choose ?





Thanks !

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I like using Blender (http://www.blender.org: it’s free :wink: and works well, although the interface takes some time to learn but isn’t a problem after that.  Blender comes packaged with exporters for many formats (including obj and 3ds) and more can be installed (they are just python script files).  I like using obj for non-animated objects since the file format is simple and it can export textures and materials.  You can import it into jme using the ObjToJme class in jme.  For animation, I am using MD5.  I export using der ton’s md5 export plugin for blender: http://home.mnet-online.de/der/blender2md5.rar (forum link: http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1711) and then jme user Neakor’s MD5 importer plugin:http://code.google.com/p/md5importer/ to get it into jme.

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OBJ for static models.

MD5 for animated models.



^ that's the answer I got when I asked about model formats for JME some months ago.





A little side-question here: Do you guys know of a MD5 exporter for 3D studio max 7?

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alucardeck said:

3d Studio Max?

if you got the money 
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Maybe gmax?

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renanse said:

Maybe gmax?


Do you have a MD5/obj exporter for gmax somewhere?
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first google hit…

http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=4618