Modo or Blender? To those productive with Rhino: If one was to dedicate time/money to either Modo or Blender (time is money, nothing free), all things considered, which would you pursue first, from the perspective of a complementary tool used in a manufactured product environment? Modo vs Blender …

[image] nathanletwory: peruse the open movie projects Been there done that…lends credence. Thanks Nothing wrong with being a ‘fan’ if ONE truly believes…

[image] thomas_parel: but there are users who have created configurations and add-ins that create a VERY compelling and speedy modeling experience @thomas_parel Able to link us to those? Thanks in advance!

https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?352666-Input-Custom-Blender-Setup-Silo-Maya-esque Beautiful and fluid configuration. Makes the blender experiennce something completely different and better. The following addons are useful workflow enhancements for blender Hard Ops Add On: …

Richard, I think either package will be an excellent addition to Rhino. Some of those Blender add-ons that Thomas posted right before this post look really good!And a lot of the skills will be transferable to each other, even to a future production-quality solution inside Rhino if that ever materia…

Blender. The 2.8 is incredible!! Will we be able to export a .blend file from Rhino soon? Would be amazing. My workflow is now totally between Rhino and Blender. Blender for Rendering, Mesh Modeling, Complex scenes. Rhino for drawings (also 2d) and production files.

Nathan has written a plugin to read 3dm in blender if that’s any good? See thread below… [image] Export OBJ failure Rhino for Windows I’m just trying to export a model to OBJ format and get the following message after all the meshing has finished - [image] Is there any …

And with my Rhino theme and keymap it should be even easier to get into Blender 2.80 [image] jesterKing/RhinoKeyMap Keymap geared towards Rhino users. Contribute to jesterKing/RhinoKeyMap development by creating an account on GitHub. (both key map and UI theme a…

These are awesome developments. I have tried opening up Blender a few times over the years and always gave up on it due to the steep learning curve of the user interface. Blender 2.8 has had me give it a second look and the new features look promising and the interface is much friendlier to someone …

I did learn Blender 2.8 and the learning curve is a bit steep, I agree. But it is so much worth it!! Rhino & Blender are an incredible powerful match! Will we see a .blend export and import option in Rhino? That would be awesome!!

[image] OXII: Will we see a .blend export and import option in Rhino? That would be awesome!! The future holds many mysteries. Technically it is possible, but considering the amount of work it isn’t very high on the list at the moment. But it might still happen.

Modo or Blender - from a Rhino users perspective?

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