Cone?

[MBurns0208]

Thank you Sledger downloading now to check it out.

[MBurns0208]

Sledger, unfortunately Blender is not for me. It would be just too hard to do beading illustrations for me in this software. The learning curve is way steep and I just got more frustrated. Any more help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again
Mike

[wizard509]

MBurns0208, there is no doubt there is a steep learning curve to blender, but all true 3D modeling programs do. There are lots and lots of Blender tutorials available on the web, and many are aimed at the beginner, which is where I am. However once mastered you could do much and I think that additional capability would be most satisfying. Some of the members here use Blender as well as Xara and some like Angelize picked it up pretty quick. That said I know how you feel.

[PhilM]

You might try Sketchup. It is also free and has a reasonably intuitive user interface. There are loads of tutorial videos explaining how to use it online.

Sketchup itself is not so good at realistic rendering but there are a number of good plugins that can produce great results. E.g. "Render[in]".

Phil

[Coltatts]

Hi Mike,

Given that you're wanting to create the cones as 3D objects & do it "simply", then I'd suggest you try MoI.
http://moi3d.com/

One of the options within MoI allows you to create Isocurves from your 3D model.
MoI is able to Export as AI-EPS which Xara can open.

HTH, Colin