Blender
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
Rhino can create, edit, analyze, document, render, animate, and translate NURBS* curves, surfaces, and solids, point clouds, and polygon meshes. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size beyond those of your hardware.
rhinoceros (rhino) is a standalone, commercial nurbsbased 3d modeling tool, developed by robert mcneel & associates. the software is commonly used for industrial design, architecture, marine design, jewelry design, automotive design, cad / cam, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering as well as the multimedia and graphic design industries.
rhino can create, edit, analyze, document, render, animate, and translate nurbs* curves, surfaces, and solids, point clouds, and polygon meshes. there are no limits on complexity, degree, or size beyond those of your hardware.
special features include:
uninhibited freeform 3d modeling tools like those found only in products costing 20 to 50 times more. model any shape you can imagine. accuracy needed to design, prototype, engineer, analyze, and manufacture anything from an airplane to jewelry. compatibility with all your other design, drafting, cam, engineering, analysis, rendering, animation, and illustration software. read and repair meshes and extremely challenging iges files. accessible. so easy to learn and use that you can focus on design and visualization without being distracted by the software. fast, even on an ordinary laptop computer. no special hardware is needed. development platform for hundreds of speciality modeling products. (windows only) affordable. ordinary hardware. short learning curve. affordable purchase price. no maintenance fees.
Productivity Developer Tools Phots and Graphics
modeling 3d-modeling cad 3d-cad procedural-modeling cam nurbs
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku AmigaOS MorphOS
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
JCD is a powerful and robust jewelry design solution. Built on the ZW3D engine, it has a dynamic history, extensive jewelry tools and expanding component library.
Commercial Windows
Bforartists is a fork of Blender. It comes with the same features, but with an improved UI and usability.
Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Haiku AmigaOS
Animation:Master is a 3D character animation application offered by Hash, Inc. that includes tools for modeling, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting and rendering....
Commercial Mac OS X Windows