Sculpting/Modeling Software?

Sir ArmaMalum·Feb 11, 2014·2 votes·1,010 views

Hello,
I am currently an engineering student who has been doing a lot of work with Inventor and SolidWorks. Naturally you can model gears and pulleys for only so long before a few more....creative....projects crop up. I'm enjoying the slightly more artsy side of modeling (especially league related bits). I know there are a lot of creative people here (Rioter Art Team???) and I was wondering if anyone has had experience making League-related 3D models and by extension what software you/they suggest.

Bonus points if it can export to a CAD file, as I have access to 3D printers and a metal castings foundry.

11 Comments

ViCanFistMeFeb 11, 20143 votes

Autodesk gives out their 3D software as well if you sign up for the student account. Current 3D animation Student

MackleDogeFeb 11, 20142 votes

I totally forgot to even mention that, I'm in college for something similar and we used it last semester. Slipped my mind, good catch mentioning it in this thread for everybody!

ViCanFistMeFeb 11, 20142 votes

Yeah they give out Maya, 3DS Max, and a lot of other stuff!

Sir ArmaMalumFeb 11, 20141 votes

oho, did not know that, got Inventor through my campus downloads. Brb going to autodesk site :) Thank you good sir!

ViCanFistMeFeb 12, 20141 votes

Anytime!

MackleDogeFeb 11, 20141 votes

Not sure if this is what you are looking for but Blender is a free software that is at least fairly decent for doing some 3D modeling and practice. Definitely not as strong as some of the paid programs but I'd say it's pretty solid considering it's free.

Sir ArmaMalumFeb 11, 20141 votes

Free is definitely a plus, and I've actually heard of Blender before, I'm actually surprised I never thought of trying it out myself. Will definitely do so now, as well as anything else I might snag from this post.

MackleDogeFeb 11, 20141 votes

It's pretty fun to use in my opinion and the site has a good amount of tutorials as well as there are a few resources out there that will give you a cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts or Youtube videos to explain certain processes.