Atomic Systems

Ok, i have a lot of hassle building stock in GMAX, partly due to the way it's constructed, and i'm considering buying 3D Canvas Plus, at $35 it's very well priced, obviously i want to get to terms with constructing with the freeware version first, i'm just wondering how many people use it and what recommendations or suggestions you can give me, advantages of the program and how easy it is to take it into the game.

I'm a novice builder but have got to grips with 3DC pretty quickly, the exporter is a breeze and creates a stub .ref file for the sim and places the .sd and .ace files in a nominated route.

Dave

For fear of advertising my own wares......why not take a look at these:

Getting Started in 3DCanvas - The First Steps [210126 bytes] - Getting Started in 3DC.pdf File ID: 14609 Date: 22 May 2006 - 1450 Downloads

Building a Telephone Box in 3DCanvas [914710 bytes] - Telephone Box.pdf File ID: 13791 Date: 15 Jan 2006 - 1743 Downloads

There's lots more in the way of tutorials....try the forum search!

Doug

You really need to buy the $70 version (PRO, not Plus) if you want to run the extra plugins I provide.

All I can say is play with the free version, read the tutorials - including the ones on http://steam4me.railpage.org.au/trainsi ... tml#models

Hi,

I endorse all of the above, I wouldn't be without it. All of the plugins make it a breeze IMHO.
I have built models that I would never have dreamed of 2 years ago.
What's more there are plenty of really helpful experts only too ready to give useful advise ( two of them have already posted).

Frank Sandwell

I would echo the above, anyone starting out in 3DC on here has a goldmine of info to glean from, with the likes of Paul G on here you really cant go wrong - remember if you get stuck- Ask the 3DC experts here, they do know their stuff!

I also use 3dCanvas - and can recommend it. Well worth getting the PRO version as Paul says as his plugins make loco building much easier...

Cheers,

Jon

Ask the 3DC experts here, they do know their stuff!

Paul definitely falls into this category! But I think I fall into the "competent" category at the moment.

dkightley wrote:

Ask the 3DC experts here, they do know their stuff!

Paul definitely falls into this category! But I think I fall into the "competant" category at the moment.

I think Paul made the category

And I am in the basic category

Glyn

ps competant is spelt competent