3D model exporter

[Comrade Jenkens]

Hi

I'm currently dabbling in 3D modelling in blender and am hoping to be able to make some parts for KSP. In the guidlines i've read on the wiki it states that you need an exporter such as collada. However I have also noted that the ones I can find are several thousand £. What do other people use when making parts and where can i download the nessecery programs?

Thanks

Comrade Jenkens

[EndlessWaves]

Blender (at least the latest version) comes with a collada (dae) exporter built in. The unity editor also supports other common formats like obj and fbx that blender and export, and will even open .blend files directly.

[nyrath]

And in case it was not clear, Blender is a free program.

www.blender.org

[EndlessWaves]

I'm currently dabbling in 3D modelling in blender

I think he knows that.

[Comrade Jenkens]

thanks for the info guys Still got a lot to learn before I can actually make a decent part though

[Alskari]

You can drag your .blend files straight into Unity. I would strongly recommend learning to use Unity, as it will open up more options for you.

[Comrade Jenkens]

I downloaded unity a few days ago but i still need to learn how to use it. Is the model texturing done in blender, unity or a sererate program?

[EndlessWaves]

The unwrapping is done in blender or a seperate program, the actual texture creation is done in a 2d image editing program.