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I took the liberty of creating a preview of what the 3d bird icon would look like . I just edited the front page picture and shrunk it down to a 128*128 image.

It is also good to see all of these great suggestions.

I've always though of obj as the universal export format...

Oddly enough, it has .

   For most FPS's a gun can have over 2000 polygons. Think about Oblivion for example (Sorry that is the only comp game I have ) An average sword in that game has over 1k polygons; there are a few weapons that exceed 3k.

Very nice! I also see that default, untextured models seems to turn out much cleaner than it used to. Are there any plans to update the editing mode's mesh display? (having a hard time describing it). And also the option of auto-refreshing textures.

Sorry to bother you with suggestions, but I have a few more . Normal and bumpmap support, AniCloth (Anim8or's own version of nCloth), some fluid support, and lastly a customizable interface. 

I'm not sure what version you're using there.  Cutting faces with 'back' turned off should only cut the front-ward facing faces.  So perhaps you're using an older version?  I'm using v0.97b and it works fine.

I use .97b in some cases, but I use 95 due to its slightly lower rate of crashing. I did tried in in 95 and it worked. The strange thing is that it didn't for a period of time. (Then again things can get really glitchy with it in long sessions). I will have to try the loop cut suggestion later.

He might not be for sure himself . Oh, and to Almost Cool. The point of a primitive is to allow greater mesh control at a much faster pace. You could make a sphere out of a square, but it saves time to have a sphere primitive. Making a tube is a really simple task, it is just that it would be faster with a primitive.

There are 2 other parts to a mesh, all are controlled by points, so no.

 Being the genius he is, Steve single-handedly  (as far as I know) put together a great modeling program that is still in its infancy stages. There is still a long way to go, but I am confident that it will become great program.

 Now, these ideas may not be necessary to the program, but it could still prove useful in many situation.

1. Interface customization. It is an unnecessary thing, but I would enjoy being able to completely revamp the interface. Customizable Icons, Color Schemes, Menu Placements, etc. (Also a revamp on the icon coloring for some very aesthetic icons).

2.  Anim8or+Terranim8or. Pretty self explanatory, just everything in terranim8or put into anim8or. It would solve many errors in Terranim8or, along with improving anim8or itself.

3. UV mapping. Of course, you could always dump it into UV mapper and do it from there, but it has complications in and of itself. It would also make anim8or a little more of an all-in-one program.

4. Some mesh editing brushes, after trying out a little bit of Z-brush, I noticed the sheer genius in its making. Anim8or could benefit my so much more with this. Of course, it could not just be a replica of it, but it could have completely different tools. This would go well with (idea #2) when forming valleys, caves, etc.

5. A larger filetype support. I have to admit, Steve did a much better job than Autodesk with exporters. It would also be great if he included a vast number of different filetypes. Things like .nif, .raw, .cad.

6. I guess I could have included this in number five, but along with .nif (Gamebryo Files) niftools would also be beneficial in the next full release. This would only be useful to a very small minority and is probably not worth the overall effort, but it would still be cool.

7. Ability to merge a plug-in into the anim8or source code. It would save the trouble of that debug output, and it would save some desktop space (If that is your directory).

8. Free form select. Most other 3d programs have a freeform select, I suppose anim8or needs one too.

9. A few more primitives. Things like tube, plane, and stairs. Scripts can add these, so with #7 this idea is useless.

10. A cloth mesh, particle effect, and a liquid. Another feature in other programs that would be cool in anim8or.


Lastly, allow snap to angle to work with scale faces, rotate faces (a must), and many other features it previously would not work on.

Feel free to critique my ideas, along with post your own.