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I used a blender for a long time. The only thing I lacked in it was sculpturing. He is in it, but it cannot be compared with what I can do in a 3d koat.
Working with voxels gives you the opportunity to make prototypes of meshes of any (and exact including) sizes and shapes, using boolean operations, without any problems.
Great performance margin. Sorry if you find Blender constantly mentioned annoyingly, but there on my hardware, two or three million people were given brakes in sculpting. In the coats in voxels or surfaces, I get tens of millions of polygons without any performance problems.
This program is great for creating various prototypes. In order to make a model from and to, from sculpting to a finished model in a couple of tens to hundreds of thousands of polygons for a game or a movie, it will take effort. Unfortunately, the room of retopology is not perfect, but I think it’s still good for its price.
Despite the shortcomings I described, yet at the moment in version .37 I can work at least in voxels to create the basis of my models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Disgusting community in the English-speaking forum. For any criticism of the program or developers you are blocked. No response to error messages. Lack of response to suggestions.
In fact, you are faced with the fact that in this program you are left to your own devices. For the program there is no amount of textbooks or video tutorials as for a zbrash or blender.
I use this program for a year and I constantly encounter the fact that the simplest actions can cause the program to fly dozens of times an hour. Somewhere it stably works, but somewhere an hour does not pass without heaps of fussing where it should not be, in an attempt to circumvent the madness of the developers.
In fact, the sculpture room is the only thing that really succeeded in the program (I use it only in fact), because the retopology cannot even remove peaks due to bugs (in one version you can, in the other not, today it is removed, tomorrow the stars are not in that order they stand in heaven).
Other rooms are stuck in some of their time, not meeting the requirements of reality. The program as if in the tail reaches for advanced products.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that according to rumors, developers can do anything, but for great benefit, the benefit is clearly not in line with how much revenue comes from users buying the program. In the end, I want to say - why pay? ..
As a result, ignoring the mistakes of developers, inadequate community on the official website, can lead to the fact that you will be disappointed with your choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
20 out of 21 Total Reviews for 3D Coat
This software is really excellent, it has many features that I like a lot, such as uv mapping, the amount of brushes that it offers, the way of working with voxels makes easier the creation of 3d models, the materials it offers are really high quality, but still gives me the freedom to create my own, the lighting and the camera are wonderful, the 3D environment feels good, and it is easy to move through the model. The interface is beautiful, and don't feel crowed but you still have everything on your hand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
With all property I can say that I have not found anything that I dislike about this software, it fulfills its function and promises very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sculpting feels natural and its a lot easier to learn comparing to other tools out there
Retopo result is very very good and solid and gets better and better
Paint is the BEST you can get and it gets better and better on each update.
PBR smart materials will give you the best possible outcome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The fact that i didnt find this software earlier.... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I enjoy the the seamless support for external applications such as photoshop, which makes creating textures a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I sometimes find myself encountering issues with texture projections on a model yet with some tweaking on the users part this can be easily fixed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It´s compatibility with other software like Rhinoceros, it´s easy to import/export using .stl or .obj
The software is very easy to use, I just watch one youtube video and I felt confident enough to start playing with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It´s quite easy to use but the interface could be easier. Nothing major.
I still have some difficulties with scaling the model, resolutions and how to center and move the objects, It´s quite different from Rhino.
Also, the way the layers work...it´s a bit weird, it´s not obvious.
I still don´t understand which version should I used, once I installed the software I got 3 different icons, it´s like 3 different ways to start the software, a bit confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I primarily use 3D Coat to retopo and UV my characters. The tools for retopo are very handy. I can bring in a high resolution mesh with little trouble and create a new mesh in a relatively short amount of time.
The layering system is very helpful also. I can create multiple meshes and put them on separate layers so they can get exported in individually or as a whole. The layering also helps with turning off/on retopo groups so that I can carefully manage my scene.
I also love the amount of customization I have over the shortcuts. I can map tools and operations to match other programs I use so the learning curve is reduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The compatibility with my Mac is the most trouble I have had with 3D Coat. I experience crashes here and there. I have an older computer though so that may be more the issue than 3D Coat. I would, however like some kind of auto saving feature for cases like mine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The software works with surfaces, that allowed me to clean models for 3d printing and obtain the best result than any other software that I have used. When you wnat to extract a shell from a figure, the best way to do it is extruding surfaces (as maya or rhino) but, if that figure is complex, what you obtain is a mess among surfaces crossing and missed surfaces. In this way is imposible to print anything.
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Free camera motion sometimes does not work pproperly, movement around the model can be really desperating. Rotating the camera it does not take the model as the centre of rotation and makes more difficult to fly around. Other thing is the size of files you end up with, they are so big! I am use to save every litle change I've done copying my model, havinf 12312366 different versions, that is impossible to do in 3d-Coat Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Voxel sculpting is extremely intuitive. Sculpting without having to ever think about topology brings a completely new level of freedom. Interface is much more traditional and user friendly, and you don't have to spend a lot of time adjusting like in zbrush. Painting tools are one of the best in the industry, especially in the new version (4.5). Autopo option is nice, but if you plan to do it manually there are better options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some performance issues, voxels are more demanding and you can't work with same detail level like in surface mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
An amazing software, cheaper than zbrush and really powerfull to create textures, hand painted and pbr, a powerfull voxel sculpting tool, and one of the best retopology tools that i ever used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
the lack of a polymodeling tool, that would be amazing and that will make 3dcoat one of the best 3d tools in the market (at least for character designers and environment designers) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I've to say that i like the most is that you can paint so precise like if you use vectors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
sometimes give me some trouble working with scales when importing objects from others softwares Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
