free 3d and CAD

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All these links have been verified as working by me so (hopefully) these are
all legit and yes they are all freeware.

CAD: (ie mechanical/architectural drawing in 2D & 3D)
Q CAD http://www.qcad.org/index.php3
FreeCAD http://www.askoh.com/freecad
Varkon CAD http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/help/varkon/man.htm
CAD Standard Lite http://www.cadstd.com/lite.php

3D Programs (create models, scenes etc.)
Art Of Illusion http://aoi.sourceforge.net
Blender http://www.blender.org
Wings http://www.wings3d.org
Persistence of Vision http://www.povray.org
Now3D http://www.now3d.it/Eng/
Spiralizer & Elefont http://www.armanisoft.ch/webdesign/FrmDownloads.html
3D Canvas http://www.amabilis.com/
Anima8or http://www.anim8or.com/
Clay Mation Animator http://www.animateclay.com/download.htm
Blob modeller http://www.personal.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/zips/blob.zip
3D Plant Modeller http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/PlantStudio/index.htm

Build Lego on your computer in 3D with BlockCAD
http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm

3D File Converter
CrossRoads 3D http://home.europa.com/~keithr/Crossroads/index.html
Terrain Creator (make realistic terrain, environments for your 3D models)
Grass GIS http://grass.itc.it

Image Creators/Editors
Dogwaffle http://www.squirreldome.com/dogwaffle_main.htm
20/20 http://www.hotfreeware.com/2020/2020.htm
Gimp http://www.gimp.org/

Texture Creators
Reptile ftp://ftp.sausage.com/pub/supertoolz/reptinst.exe
Iris http://www.cinegraphics.net/product.php?location=Iris
 
nic said:
All these links have been verified as working by me so (hopefully)
these are all legit and yes they are all freeware. snip
3D Programs (create models, scenes etc.)
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And....do not forget the excellent Terragen: "A freeware Corel Bryce"
Terragen is a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating
photorealistic landscape images and animations. It is available for Windows
and the Mac OS. At this stage in its development, Terragen is free for
personal, noncommercial use.

http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/productmain.shtml

regds

Trevor
 
You forgot one of the largest lists of freeware 3d apps on the net:
Go to one of the links below and choose the link for "Raytracing
freeware".
 
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