Nugget starter kits - new to cg? READ THIS FIRST

[spudmonkey]

Oh, and I've reported this thread...

Hopefully it will be made a sticky as it's a damned good resource thread that makes no comment on which is the best, and so is completely neutral and hence very useful

[Hundred]

Seamless3d

Rating: N/A (Really kind of cutesy, seems to be more for kids)

Misfit Model 3D (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: N/A (Nothing hugely spectacular, screen-shot-wise, but not too bad.)

avoCADo-CAD. (Click on the avoCADo Sourceforge link on the avoCADo-CAD's home page to download the product, and please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: N/A

Amapi3D (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: N/A

[Hundred]

dmoz

(Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: 5/5

NOTE: Some of the apps that are offered on dmoz are not free or open source applications.

[IRML]

yeah I'd say this is worth a sticky

I haven't had time to check all the links, but I did see on the previous page someone complaining about a website auto installing something, so make sure you are CERTAIN of your links BEFORE you post them - I don't want to sticky this and then find it stops being usefull

[Hundred]

To Dannage (and the rest of the Nuggets): Thank you, and no need to stroke my ego, it has received sufficient strokage in my life time. In fact my ego is so huge, that I have received letters from NASA stating that they can actually see it from high orbit. Of course that's a complete fabrication, but you get the idea.

To spudmonkey: It wasn't the sPatch site, I think it was an artist featured there that had a link to his own personal gallery or something like that. In any case, from what I saw it was an advertisement pop up for some sort of post Generation X site. Like I said earlier, the site wasn't too bad, it's just that it's not really for kids under 17, from what I saw, thanx.

[Hundred]

Crystal Space 3D (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: N/A (Another Truespace type.)

Aqsis (Works with 3D Studio MAX, Maya, Softimage, Others) (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: 5/5 (Based solely upon, extremely awesome, screen shots.)

GtkRadiant 1.5 (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: N/A

MeshLab 1.0.0 (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: 5/5 (Based solely upon screen shots, very nice.)

OGRE 1.4.6 (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: 5/5 (Again based solely upon, extremely awesome, screen shots.)

Pixie (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: 5/5 (Based solely upon more, extremely awesome, screen shots.)

The first image is of a rendering done in Aqsis, and the second, is of an image done in Orge, none are mine by the way, .

[Hundred]

For anyone who's interested, my Celtx's post from page one of this thread,

Originally Posted by Hundred

Celtx (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: 5/5

EDIT: (01/23/08) There's a new and improved version of Celtx out there, Celtx 0.997 I believe, with a new look, a totally new interface, and new features. I haven't used Celtx in a while, but based on what I've seen of this new version, the look, and the improved functionality, I've increase my rating from 4/5 to 5/5, .

and my 3D Sci-Fi Movie Maker's post on page three of this thread,

Originally Posted by Hundred

EDIT: It's not the best quality CG I've ever seen, but on the other hand it's not too terrible. For a Nugget project or a just beginner, it's ideal, It's simple, it's reasonably priced, and it's easy to use.

3D Sci-Fi Movie Maker (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

EDIT: (01/23/08) Now that I've seen a few more animations made by 3D Sci-Fi Movie Maker, I can honestly say that, if there were a way to increase the output resolution, and if you were to run it through a decent movie editor, you could get some pretty nice results. It has potential.

Rating: 4/5 (Based solely upon animations that I've seen, and not upon personal use.)

have been updated, . Enjoy

[Hundred]

Nem's Tool (Please read all advisories, follow all instructions and observe all terms and conditions of the download site.)

Rating: N/A

Though I know almost nothing of Nem's Tool, the site does offer some pretty decent screen shots. However the images seem to be more of a game-like quality than that of art, but, they're not bad. Plus, the interface looks simple enough for any beginner. I'd say this is another one worth checking out, .

[XRaiderV1.7]

nice.

[spudmonkey]

Originally Posted by IRML

yeah I'd say this is worth a sticky

I haven't had time to check all the links, but I did see on the previous page someone complaining about a website auto installing something, so make sure you are CERTAIN of your links BEFORE you post them - I don't want to sticky this and then find it stops being usefull

I've updated the links for sPatch so that there are now two links; one is a direct link to the application zip file and the other is a direct link to the documentation file. I left my advice on browser security on the post as it still applies in general!