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Aug 27
I need a program where i can create hills, houses, roads in 3D. Kind of like the Sims game. It dosnt need to be anything sophisticated. My plan is to create an environment, build a water system on top of a hill and show how it is distributed to a nearby village.
Do you guys know of any program that can help me create something like this??
Best reply by Jannie S:
I’ve used Bryce 5.5 a while ago, it’s probably the best free and easy to use application for creating realistic landscapes.
http://download.cnet.com/Bryce/3000-6677_4-10974201.html?tag=mncol
Tutorials:
More simple looking but with more features
(for building the water distibutionsystem) you should try Google Sketchup.
It’s free and it has almost no learning curve so you can build what you want right away.Prebuild models are shared for free in the 3d-warehouse, there are thousands of models from almost anything thinkable (piping, dams, watertowers, terrain, houses, roads etc.).
Export function for Google Earth, place your models or complete system in a real existing environment.
Sketchup is also capable of making basic animations.
Sketchup download, tutorials and community:
http://sketchup.google.com/index.html
3d-warehouse:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse
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What software program can design an outdoors environment or landscape?
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