The Best 53 3DTin Alternatives

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    Sketchup

    SketchUp (formerly Google Sketchup) is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, civil and mechanical engineering, film, and video game design—and available in a...

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Web

  • Autodesk Maya

    Autodesk Maya software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, and rendering solution.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Autodesk 3ds Max

    Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max, is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images.

    Commercial

  • Wings 3D

    Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware. It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Sculptris

    Sculptris is an elegant, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing the artist in you to simply focus on creating amazing 3D artwork.

    Free Mac OS X Windows

  • K-3D

    K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and powerful package.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Art of Illusion

    Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with Java 5 or later. The current version is 2.7.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Vue

    Create vast expanses of terrains, add trees, select the best point of view and render hyper-realistic images of your landscapes in moody atmospheres... in a few mouse clicks. Vue Pioneer is a great way to learn 3D.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • Houdini

    Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including: * Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs * Animation - Keyframed animation and raw...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Gmsh

    Gmsh is a 3D finite element grid generator with a build-in CAD engine and post-processor. Its design goal is to provide a fast, light and user-friendly meshing tool with parametric input and advanced visualization capabilities.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Silo

    Silo Professional is the main version of Silo, which gives users access to everything Silo has to offer.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • 123D

    Autodesk 123D is a suite of hobbyist CAD and modelling tools created by Autodesk. As well as the more basic drawing and modelling capabilities it also has assembly and constraint support and STL export.

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows iPad

  • Vectary

    Vectary is a free, online 3D modeling tool and sharing platform. It is a combination of standard mesh modeling, subdivision modeling and parametric design.

    Free Personal Web

  • LightWave

    LightWave 3D combines a state-of-the-art renderer with powerful, intuitive modeling, and animation tools.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • Anim8or

    Anim8or is a free 3D modeling and character animation program

    Free Windows

  • Cheetah3D

    Cheetah3D is a computer graphics program for 3D modelling, animation and rendering. It is written in Cocoa for MacOS. The program is aimed at beginning and amateur 3D artists.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • DeleD CE

    DeleD is a 3D modeler and level-editor combined into one. It focuses at game development and is specifically designed to create static objects/worlds.

    Free Open Source Windows