I've tried serval programs to make ships and such for EV, strata and a few others I can't remember, but none worked well for me... The best I came up with was a non-textured black ship with white lines going through it since i couldn't get it to export right. I think I'll try strata again, but are there any easy free/cheap programs that a newb to 3D could use fairly easily? Or, general tutorials on Strata or some similar program... Just can't get the hang of it.

Thanks, hope I can make my own ships for my next plug (well, only ) and quit roaming the shipyards...

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There's no such thing, unfortunately. The best you can do is just play around until you get the hang of things. If you mess around long enough you'll learn.

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Heh... Thanks for the quick reply, going to go find strata again... hope I can get a hang of it this time and design something that dosen't look like a big black box...

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Try Mechanisto, pretty good for $20 shareware. Just do a google search and you'll find a place to download it.

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Actually, mechanisto is now freeware. Some guys managed to track down the author a few years ago (the contact details included arent current) and he said there would be no more updates and that it was now considered freeware, or words to that effect.

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Or, you could just go to ftp://www.ambrosiasw.com/pub/ev/utilities...hanisto.sit.hqx . It's not the best, but I used it for, of, I think 2 years before I dicovered Strata. Go to (url="http://"http://madman80513.vze.com")http://madman80513.vze.com(/url) and click on the shipyard button for some (cruddy) samples and models.

Mechanisto is the only 3d prog I can open on my machine. I recently downloaded strata, but I can't use it. Computer keeps freezing....

Are there any tutorials on using mechanisto specifically for EV ships and/or outfits?

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Mechanisto is the only 3d prog I can open on my machine. I recently downloaded strata, but I can't use it. Computer keeps freezing....

Are there any tutorials on using mechanisto specifically for EV ships and/or outfits?

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not that I know of. You should get someone to send you a model of their ship, and try and figure out what things do

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Ahh, I don't think what I used before was strata at all, or a old version. Looked at Mechanisto and I think that was one I tried... Starting with Strata now, thanks for the help!
EDIT: Wow, strata is WAY easier than whatever I used a while back. (And that stufif sig... )
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