The models built by 3DsMAX, Maya, Alias, Rhino, Solidworks, UG, PROE, CATIA, Sketchup and C4D can all be used for 3D printing, and no one is the best, but there are some differences between different majors:

1.3DsMAX and Maya

Major of adaptation: animation, games, interior design.

When it comes to 3D printing modeling software, many people first think of 3DsMAX and Maya. Although these two softwares now interoperate in many functions, they were incompatible competitors in the market when 3DsMAX was not acquired by Autodesk.

As the mainstream modeling software, these two softwares are powerful and widely used in movies and games. The concept of modeling kernel is mainly polygon, so the coincidence degree of modeling is very high. In other words, as long as you master one of 3DsMAX and Maya, you will learn and adapt to the other software very quickly.

However, the two are also slightly different in emphasis, mainly in operation. At present, there are many people who use 3DxMAX in domestic games and indoor buildings, but in foreign countries, especially in the United States, Maya is mainly used by people who do animation and games. However, with the international integration and outsourcing of some industries, more and more domestic companies are also using Maya, because Maya is more compatible than 3Dmax in the process of upstream and downstream docking of animation, games and movies.

Second, aliases

Major of adaptation: industrial design

Alias has a very powerful function in surface modeling (NUBRS), and its greatest advantage is that it can create complex surfaces with high precision, so it is mainly used in the field of industrial design, especially in automobiles, aerospace and other products with a large number of surface shapes and high precision requirements.

In terms of design, because the operation and interface are also very friendly to designers, it is frequently used in many industries that often need complex surface modeling, such as automobile and aircraft design. However, this software has not been widely used at present. To some extent, the high learning difficulty has also become one of the reasons that restrict the widespread use of this software.

Third, rhinoceros

Adapt to major: industry, machinery, architectural design, jewelry.

Rhino, also known as rhinoceros, is a software for modeling NUBRS surfaces, which has the advantages of complete functions, affordable price and friendly interface. Therefore, many small and medium-sized studios are using Rhino to complete their product design.

As the most popular software in industry, architecture and other fields in recent years, Rhino's modeling ideas are very free, but this freedom is also a "double-edged sword":

Pro: Compared with other similar software, Rhino has more advantages in quickly expressing design with 3D software.

Disadvantages: Rhino is also a surface modeling logic. If the structure is not rigorous enough, it is easy to make mistakes when getting 3D printing, and it is not suitable for industries that need to produce solid molds such as docking manufacturing.

In addition, this software is widely used in China at present, and there are many tutorials, so it is more convenient to learn by yourself. If only rendering is used, combined Keyshort rendering is enough for many scenes.

Fourth, Solidworks, UG, PROE, CATIA

Adaptation major: industrial and mechanical design

Compared with Rhino, Solidworks, UG and PROE, the software can better meet the production needs of manufacturing industries such as industrial design and mechanical design. The software can directly correspond to product production, and it is also the most commonly used three-dimensional software in machinery and mold companies. So Kang Shishi put these three softwares here and explained them together:

First of all, these three software-generated models are all entities. For example, if you cut the model open with a cutting tool, you will find that Rhino's model is hollow, while the models of the above three softwares are all solid objects.

Secondly, the interface and operation of Solidworks and UG are very similar, both of which are easy to use, but Solidworks is weak in building complex curves.

In addition, the software PROE is drawn by commands in many places. Compared with Solidwork and UG, it will be less friendly in learning.

Finally, the fighter CATIA in this kind of software is introduced. To put it simply, CATIA can do what the above three softwares can do, but all the above three CATIA can do, not necessarily high-end products of aviation cars and other manufacturing industries. In addition, I would like to remind you that DassaultSystèmes, the development company of CATIA, acquired Solidworks in order to occupy the small and medium-sized user market, so the logo pattern in front is the same, in fact, it is two softwares.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) Google Sketchup

Major of adaptation: architecture, industrial design

This software is no stranger to architecture students. Generally speaking, sketchup Sketch Master is a very useful 3D modeling software, and a large number of practitioners and industry designers are still using its rich plug-in functions to improve its functions. However, we have to admit that this software has been gradually abandoned by some designers compared with blender, which has more complete functions in recent years, and Rhino, which has more advantages in surface modeling, and has a somewhat faded momentum.

In addition, there are many softwares with unique functions in modeling:

For example, Zbrush is very powerful, and its most famous function is all kinds of digital carving, which is often used in the game film and television industry;

Blender, for example, can use traditional polygon modeling and simple carving to provide software support for many conceptual designers. At the same time, there is a very interesting function, which converts 2D drawings into 3D models. The key point is that it is an open source software, free of charge.

Another example is MarvelousDesigner, which is a powerful tool for fashion designers and has a powerful function of simulating cloth patterns. Nowadays, many game companies will use it when modeling character costumes.

Modeling software 3Dmax, Zbrush, rhinoceros, maya, etc. Yes, and the mechanical modeling software is better, UG, Proe.

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