Antimony - Free Node-Based CAD Software

Started by WAS, March 11, 2021, 04:10:40 PM

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WAS

Check this project out. I love nodes, and this looks simple, and yet powerful at the same time. If you understand working in 3D space with nodes similar to Terragen, this can be very handy for simple, and even complex stuff.

It does seem to be only compiled for Mac, but may be able to build it on Windows.

https://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/antimony/3/
Mac Downloads: https://github.com/mkeeter/antimony/releases

D.A. Bentley (SuddenPlanet)

Did you know you can use and learn Houdini for free?  It's probably one of the most powerful node based procedural modeling packages out there, if not the most powerful.
Too many things to learn though, but it's on my bucket list.

https://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini-apprentice/

WAS

Oh, I didn't know about that. Nice for personal use. I like the prospect of getting Antimony to run because it's also open source, and I can implement stuff. Like noise shaders; Manhattan noise shaders came to mind, dozens of freeware code out there to choose from. Still wish we had more in TG.

This would allow me to do a lot of the object based stuff how I want to, I think. For example, I can easily create loops and stuff following vector paths, create fence systems, wall systems, buildings, heck, looots.

I'm sure Houdini can too but I think it's more hook based and they can be cumbersome then just compiling a new version of a complete software. It runs on Linux so I should be able to deploy it on my server or a VM on my local machine.