in IRC, we were talking about this- I dl'ed and tried it out for myself- seems pretty easy and intuitive to use, though it does take some imagination to get exactly the desired result you were looking for.
It's a freeware program (sketchup7 pro IS NOT however), and is available at http://sketchup.google.com
according to alterecco, to effectively render for transcendence though, you need to get a sepparate program to render all the facings.
moddeling with sketchup7 (a free google 3d program)
you know, in blender you can create high quality meshes AND render all facings with the animation function?
btw, I love the quote in your sig, but not as much as I like blender!
btw, I love the quote in your sig, but not as much as I like blender!

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you can do that too in 3dsmax (you can in gmax too, but it needs a plugin, though dl-ing and installing a plugin is not big deal)Prophet wrote:you know, in blender you can create high quality meshes AND render all facings with the animation function?
btw, I love the quote in your sig, but not as much as I like blender!
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