David Baron schrieb: > I installed blender. This looks like one big mess. UI, mouse actions, etc. ... > > I want to either import preexisting object or enter geometric shapes (or > wire-frames), place decorations, surfaces and save .ac for new object. > > Is there a nicer tool available? > > Hi David, I am still learning by doing but would not change Blender against any other 3d-program anymore. My "break-through" was doing this tutorial step by step - although it is for X-Plane the basic steps are the same for FlightGear. Only uv-texturing is done with *.rgb files (-> Gimp graphic program) and the more advanced LOD-stuff is X-Plane specific.
http://marginal.org.uk/x-planescenery/ There are some important other links: http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/QuickStart You should also have a look at these two beginner tutorials: http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Building_a_Castle.256.0.html http://www.blender3d.org/_media/education/quickstart/Texturing_Castle.html video-tutorials: http://www.blender.org/cms/Video_Tutorials.396.0.html Some common links: http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Manual http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D/Noob_to_Pro http://www.blender3d.org/Education/index_old.php?sub= There are uncountable tutorials on the net, all you have to do is to start with one! Give Blender a chance! Regards Georg "HeliFlyer" EDDW ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
