There aren't as many active designers as there were in years past, but still a few.

Here's more, to start you off, What is applicable and what is not is part of the learning journey. A lot of it hasn't changed dramatically over the years. Go way back through early posts, don't just confine yourself to recent versions. There's even a very good, but unfinished, Blender tutorial hidden in the forums. There used to be a converter to change files to 'KEX', but I believe that is no longer needed.ĭo a search for Blender in the forums, along with related terms ('how to design', 'make models', etc.) and you'll start to build a reading list for all sorts of discussions about the topic. There have been many updates since, but it will give you the general flow. Here's a really old thread to start you off:

There may be others that work well enough, but I'm not up on the subject. But they have really tightened up who can get it, so unless you are enrolled in a participating school, that is out. 3DS Max was the old standby, when they offered a free Student version.

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