Xara 3D Maker 7

**gwpriester** · 16 March 2018, 12:27 AM

@spdesignhouse

Xara 3D Maker 7 is perfect for creating animated 3D text for websites and create high quality 3D graphics.
Very Helpful in my graphic designing profile.

Might we be so bold to ask how you know this? Do you use Xara products or are you quoting from the 3D Maker web page? You do not list any Xara software in your profile. Are you just posting to promote your own company? Because that is what it feels like to me.

**wizard509** · 16 March 2018, 01:32 AM

Thanks Acorn.

**wizard509** · 16 March 2018, 01:41 AM

Thank you Gary.

**Egg Bramhill** · 16 March 2018, 04:25 AM

This is a 4-year old thread. spdesignhouse, from Chandigarh looks like a troll or spammer.

Sure smells that way to me too ....

**wildeprods** · 16 October 2018, 12:33 AM

The update doesn't work. Error message reads "failed to contact website or failed to read update information"

**handrawn** · 16 October 2018, 12:58 AM

is this the same issue you were having in 2014, or a new one... if so a few more details would be useful....

edit - my mistake, make that 2012

to my knowledge there have been no updates to this program since 2011

**Acorn** · 16 October 2018, 12:37 PM

Xara 3D Maker 7 has been version 7.0.0.442 since 2011.

It amazes me it has not been an apprentice piece for Xara to incorporate into XDPX in all this time.

Acorn

**KAY99** · 01 February 2021, 10:06 PM

I have been able to download, install and activate Designer Pro X

**Gare** · 01 October 2021, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Acorn

Xara 3D Maker 7 has been version 7.0.0.442 since 2011.

It amazes me it has not been an apprentice piece for Xara to incorporate into XDPX in all this time.

Acorn

Xara Group didn't create, but instead, bought the product and incorporated it somewhat into Xara Designer. I think the 3D animation app came later. In any event, I think it was Charles who told me that it's not part of the monolithic code, and it would not be a great idea to tear apart the code to incorporate it. So it looks as though it's a tool in Xara, but under the hood it's a third party developer.

Yeas, amazing.

My Best,

Gary

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**Acorn** · 01 October 2021, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Gare

Xara Group didn't create, but instead, bought the product and incorporated it somewhat into Xara Designer. I think the 3D animation app came later. In any event, I think it was Charles who told me that it's not part of the monolithic code, and it would not be a great idea to tear apart the code to incorporate it. So it looks as though it's a tool in Xara, but under the hood it's a third party developer.
Yeas, amazing.
My Best,
Gary

Gare, useful background.
Still why Xara milks punters at £30GBP a pop in selling a product that has not been updated since 2011 beats me.

It should come with a Xara Pro+ subscription as a freebie as Xara does not provide the equivalent of Xara Hosting (only through Magix purchases).
An update to handling WebP and SVG would be noteworthy.

Acorn