dust3d.org

Dev tools

3d modeling

SHOW HN2018

290points
86comments
#94of 2,155 in 2018
Top 5%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

13 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.

Idea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fast model creation from reference images

    From 2 comments
    • Great concept! As a time-starved hobby game dev, the focus on being able to make something quickly from a reference image is really refreshing, in comparison with the more common…
      rstrduck on HN
    • Oh, no, that guitar is my favorite :-( The main focus of this software is the modeling speed, for example, that guitar only took less than five minutes. So I can make more game…
      huxingyi on HN
  • Open source and cross-platform

    From 2 comments
    • Looks cool and I love its openness - though I hope I'm forgiven for saying that the examples, especially the guitar, doesn't quite look up to professional standards.
      wolframhempel on HN
    • Awesome. Thanks for supporting glTF export right out of the box. Will run some test rendering to WebGL canvas and provide further feedback directly via github ;)
      ArtWomb on HN
  • Useful for prototypes and VR assets

    From 2 comments
    • This is really, really cool. In 5 minutes I was able to create a quick little palm tree (I am not an artist, it is very ugly :)) and throw it into a room in Hubs since Dust3D…
      gfodor on HN
    • Perhaps they aren’t perfect (definitely looks like some more time could be devoted to the algo), but to go from not having models for your scene to having something at least as a…
      twodave on HN

Objections

  • Blender is far more capable; this is not a real alternative

    From 2 comments
    • Really not sure this is an alternative to blender. Blenders functionality stretches way way further than this. Go check out the blender 2.8. I think you'll be really quite…
      npolet on HN
    • Care to post some of your art created with Blender, or any other 3D package for that matter, so we can judge whether you're just another disgruntled beginner, or a talented pro…
      nineteen999 on HN
  • Models look unprofessional

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool and I love its openness - though I hope I'm forgiven for saying that the examples, especially the guitar, doesn't quite look up to professional standards.
      wolframhempel on HN
  • Name is offensive in Norwegian

    From 1 comment
    • It looks great, but imagine the name of the software being "Moron3D". That is the reality for every native Norwegian speaker, since "dust" means "moron" in Norwegian. I don't…
      xyproto on HN

Requests

  • STL export

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool! Did you come up with the interaction patterns yourself or is it inspired by something else? I can also imagine using this for quickly prototyping 3D prints. Have you…
      micheljansen on HN
  • OBJ/STL import

    From 2 comments
    • It's got some flaws, but for say, Ludum Dare, it's super cool to create assets quickly. I have been using OpenSCAD for the purpose of quickly creating models. Can Dust3d import…
      smcameron on HN
    • Hi, thanks, currently support glb, fbx obj export, but without import supports, may be add in the future.
      huxingyi on HN
  • Precise numeric size input

    From 1 comment
    • Does it allow precision input of sizes, quickly like sketchup? I'm looking for sketchup replacement.
      dplgk on HN

Questions

  • Which coordinate system it uses

    From 1 comment
    • Does this use the same coordinate space[1] as Maya , or does it use the same coordinate space as Blender ? Blender has no end of hidden trouble importing to Unity because Unity…
      tezza on HN
  • Roadmap for new features

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Blender

    From 3 comments
    • This might be a stupid question but in the mosquito create video, what are the blue smudges he draws in the left portion of the image for? What are the blue lines dragged down in…
      mrobot on HN
    • Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making an alternative to one of the most unfortunately convoluted, beyond unusable pieces of UI/UX garbage on the…
      lostgame on HN
    • If you have any more than zero experience modelling, Blender offers this and a great number of other tools for modelling, rigging, and animation. Also, Blender is coming up on a…
      microcolonel on HN
  • Fusion 360

    From 1 comment
    • Curious to see how this performs against fusion 360. Autocorrect has gotten real aggressive on pricing and licenses of late. Also fusion forces you to save to autocad’s cloud and…
      bredren on HN
  • SolveSpace

    From 1 comment
    • Another simple libre CAD program is SolveSpace. It works more like Autodesk Inventor - you draw 2D sketches, pull them into 3D in different ways, repeat, and add constraints to…
      avhon1 on HN
  • OpenSCAD

    From 1 comment
    • It's got some flaws, but for say, Ludum Dare, it's super cool to create assets quickly. I have been using OpenSCAD for the purpose of quickly creating models. Can Dust3d import…
      smcameron on HN
  • SketchUp

    From 1 comment
    • Does it allow precision input of sizes, quickly like sketchup? I'm looking for sketchup replacement.
      dplgk on HN

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