Pegasus Modeler 4.1
Pippen
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Does anyone use this? Can you do all the modeling without using keyboard shortcuts? I can't do keyboard shortcuts. In Hexagon, you can but it crashes a lot, so I stopped using it and never learned to model. I still want to learn.
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Keyboard shortcuts are common in most, if not all programs.
I would recommend trying something more robust like Silo or even Modo for modeling.
Pegasus Modeler is actually quite good for what it is designed to do .... make clothing. It's also been quite stable on my machine (laptop running Win7), but I haven't really pushed it very hard. There are a number of easy to use features just for making clothing, and you don't need to remember a bunch of keyboard shortcuts (actually you don't need to remember any). There are some very good videos on YouTube here that will give you an excellent idea as to it's capabilities. There are a lot "better" options available for general modeling, but for cloths Pegasus is a really useful little modeler.
Carrara has quite a good modeler too (actually several modelers), Blender 2.8 might be worth a look too (still in beta - but very stable), the new interface makes it much more usable, and you have a whole host of other tools at your disposal (for organic modeling, the integrated sculpting tools are very good). A fun and intuitive program that is a very capable polygonal modeler is Rocket 3F, the basic version is now free, and the pro is on sale now for 79 eur (reg. 155).
IMHO, if your looking for something fun and easy to use to make clothing, Pagasus seems to really fit. Rocket 3F is also very fun and intuitive (for me), so the combination of it and Pegasus would give you a lot of capability. But, it's really hard to beat the tool set found in Blender without spending some serious cash, so depending on your goals, Blender might be a very good option.
As Mattymanx noted, Silo is also quite good, affordable, and used by several vendors IIRC. The toolset in Modo is pretty hard to beat, but it does have a rather stiff entry price (and from what people have said, the learning curve is much greater than the other options I mentioned, except possibly for Blender, but Blenders new interface makes it much more usable and keyboard shortcuts are no longer required).
I strongly suggest watching the YouTube videos for Pegasus Modeler before purchasing, as they really give you an idea about it's usability, and if it might be for you.
I dont mean to sound as if I am against Pegasus, its just the end user may not want to stay with clothes or clothes may not be the area they will be best in. So that is why I suggested a more robust modeling program. Silo I have used and will agree that it is "modeling zen".
I bought Silo 2.5 and several of Fugazzi1968's Silo tutorials. Only to find out I couldn't use my mouse for most functions. Keyboard shortcuts are a must. I contacted Silo and Fugazzi and they understood my situation and gave me a refund.
I will take a look at the YouTube videos. Creating clothes is something I want to do. I guess one doesn't model clothes. Blender 2.8 might be the way for me. This G can't do keyboard shortcuts.
Thanks
I use Silo to make most of my clothing items and I use the mouse most of the time.
If Silo used too many keys, then Pegasus may work well, especially if your main interest will be cloths (though you can model other things with it as well) everything is available from the menu, no shortcut keys required. It also works quite well (easily) with DAZ/Poser content.
I played around with modeling last night in Blender 2.8, and was able to intuitively model in it without any instructions/tutorials. I have modeled a bit with other software, so I already know what to expect from the different functions, but I have never been able to do anything in Blender without some sort of tutorial before (and would immediately forget how to do it in an hour or so). The downside to Blender 2.8 is that most of the available tutorials are for an earlier version, but this will improve with time.
Rocket 3F may be worth a try, you just need to register to activate the free version which is good for 30 days - then re-activate to get another 30 days. You can actually activate it several times when you install it, and it will add 30 days for each additional activation. The interface is different than other modelers, but if it clicks with the way you think, then it would be a really good option. There are some tutorials links on their site (YouTube) to help get you started.
To be honest, I learned to model with Wings3D...completely free and all it does is box modeling (which is probably the most common type of modeling). One can graduate to something more robust after one learns their way around, IMVHO. I've modeled everything from props to clothes to jewelry in it. It also has a decent uv mapper in it. It's very simple and easy to learn.
If you want to see the kind of things I model (I still use Wings most of the time, mostly out of habit and because it's "comfy" for me...lol), click the link in my signature for my ShareCG freebies and that'll give you an idea of the kind of stuff it can make.
Laurie