I want to be a future car designer

RayOchoa · 24 Mar 2008, 19:54

Wow from what i just read Catia is awsome! Do you think i should try and convince my parents to buy it for me? Do i have to download it or can i buy a cd version?

remus · 24 Mar 2008, 21:24

I jsut did a quick browse fo their website, and i think its a download. Its only $75, so if you can convince your parents to get a copy for you, go for it. You can't go wrong for $75

RayOchoa · 24 Mar 2008, 21:26

Cool I will get right on to begging lolz

RayOchoa · 24 Mar 2008, 22:22

Can you give me the URL on the website?

pilou · 24 Mar 2008, 23:01

http://campus.3ds.com/en/students/download-software/catia/
Have cool cars modeling or others

RayOchoa · 24 Mar 2008, 23:23

What do you mean? By "Have cool cars modeling or others"

pilou · 25 Mar 2008, 01:13

Seems Catia permit to modelise cars, yes, but also some other things boats planes etc...

RayOchoa · 25 Mar 2008, 02:17

Wow thats really cool. My dad thought it was really good. Is it true that it shows wear and tear damage to the model too?

remus · 25 Mar 2008, 07:28

probably can't do everyday wear and tear but I imagine it could do wear on an engine for example.

RayOchoa · 25 Mar 2008, 22:22

I might get it. My dad said that if i behave i can get it. Do you know of a trial version?

Denman · 26 Mar 2008, 08:49

I know Blender is a very good and FREE 3D modeler, I don't know if it's easy to model cars with. But maybe you should check it out, there are also a lot of tutorials about blender.

blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software

The Freedom to Create

blender.org (www.blender.org)

Good luck

RayOchoa · 29 Mar 2008, 00:27

Ive tried blender but its too complicated. Maybe ill give it another shot

remus · 29 Mar 2008, 00:49

Ray, you might want to have a look at this

seems like a very useful site, and one that i definetly need to look at when i get some time.

ely862me · 29 Mar 2008, 01:57

hey c mon guys, sketchup can do anything,i proved that with my cars,and many others did that,i don t say that is better than others programs but is all i know,and i know it pretty well,i like sketchup because it hasn t so many parametters and many words that i can t understand like 3ds max or others,in SU i pick up the line tool and i can do almost all with it and ray ur cars like design are quiet good but how they are created is a mesty,u must keep organized the wires.
happy sketching!

RayOchoa · 30 Mar 2008, 20:52

Thanks ely... do you have any tips for me?