[yanada]

[Maximus3D]

For product design then Rhino should be able to pull it off, grab the demo and try it out. Also you should try Moi3D (www.moi3d.com) it's a easy yet powerful nurbsmodeler which can load and save Rhino files and a few other common formats.

/ Max

[yanada]

thanks Maximus, i have already demo both of them but for small product design projects, i agry whith you about moi3d but has not leyers or constraction tree and i thing im gonna get lost when comes to architectural projects.
there are some Achitectural projects comming inn and i dont have the money or time for mistakes (dont we all).
They working on Autocad so the will send me 2D and i have to 3D, texture, render, (no animation etc.)

PS. I have bought maxwell and i could say im on good level when cames to rendering small objects but have no expirince on arhitectural visualization.

sorry about my english

[Fernando Tella]

Blender? It's free and very good.

I am lately taking a look at Modo, which has included great snapping tools in its new update.

[yanada]

Moi3d-Modo looks good but no maxwell support.....any work around?

[lebbeus]

I use Rhino for architecture (design and viz), it's good because you have to model everything (no pre-defined architectural primitives) and it's "bad" because you have to model everything (and can get sucked into the details)

[Leonardo]

yanada, for arch viz I use SketchUp

I used to do everything in Rhino3D (best application ever built!!! ), but for mundane architectural jobs Sketchup seems to be the best option for me

Not to mention you can use it with maxwell


My gallery...
http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... 768#200768

leo

[JTB]

For product design, Rhino and MoI3d are great...
I am surprised nobody mentions Maya... it's the price I guess.
For Architecture, I vote Revit ->MAX->MAXWELL (or ADT if you think it's better)