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Voxel
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Only for iOS
Very limited audience and use.
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Available on iOS
Voxel's availability on iOS enables you to be creative on your iPhone or iPad anywhere you please— at the park, on the train, in a meeting. Export options make it easy to sketch out an idea on-the-go and finish it up later in Qubicle or any other desktop voxel editor supporting the .qb format.
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iPad only
No desktop versions are planned.
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Goxel
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Open source
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Hasn't Been Updated in over a year.
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GNU/Linux
At least somewhat available for GNU/Linux.
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Missing docu/tutorials
Finding help on e.g. using materials is missing or not easy to find.
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Supports .obj
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Have to compile it yourself on Linux
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Available on Android
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On Windows, tiny UI on 4K monitors
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Simple Interface
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Supports procedural rendering
You can script a build for it to render.
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Exports to PLY format
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Available in Debian/Ubuntu repository
If you don't have it installed yet, just enter "sudo apt install goxel && goxel" on the terminal, and you will be running it in a few seconds.
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Available on iOS
Works nicely with Apple Pencil.
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MagicaVoxel
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Has isometric view mode
Has an isometric view mode for people who are doing isometric drawings.
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No native Linux
It works in Linux, but Wine should be used.
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Free
No cost, subscription, or license, even for commercial use.
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Small sizes
The maximum dimensions for one voxel is 126 x 126 x 126 (since May 2020 it is 256 x 256 x 256). To put this into perspective, the kvx format (an older format by ken silverman used in games like blood, shadow warrior, and ZDooM-based ports) has maximum dimensions of 256x256x255. while newer versions of magicavoxel include a world editor (in which multiple voxels can be arranged into a set), each voxel is exported separately.
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Excellent rendering mode
Raytracing, GI, AO, and configurable PBR, all GPU accelerated.
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No support/help
There is no clear way to get help, though you might be able to reach out to the dev via Twitter, also github should be easy to manage.
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Very easy to use
MagicaVoxel has sane defaults and an intuitive interface. You add or remove voxels with the left-click and rotate the camera with the right-click. The interface does not overwhelm or get in the way, yet it keeps all functionality within easy reach. Very helpful for beginners is the fact that hovering with the mouse over a tool shows hints on how to use the tool. The hints can be found at the bottom of the interface.
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No command line options
Without command line options, it's not possible to automate rendering at all. If you have hundreds of models (to make an animation for example), you have to render all of them manually. Plus, you cannot even open .vox file by doubleclicking it!
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Realtime render
The viewport renders the objects in real time. Changes made to lighting and materials (such as reflectivity, opacity, etc) are instantly shown on the screen with minimal to no delay. The renderer also allows adjusting things like FOV.
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Bad model mesh exporting
For video game development, it's needed to rearrange some of the vertices, builds triangles per color, instead of one big mesh. It's tedious to solve but gives overall nice results.
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Actively developed
MagicaVoxel is constantly being developed with new releases bringing bug fixes and new features being released on a constant basis.
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Hard to change camera
The camera options don't have 2d view. Plus, the pers camera option is too hard to use when creating rooms.
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Great workflow
Bake possibility, easy to create a custom palette. Not even in version 1.0 and it's already great.
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Does not support intelligent palette merging when importing a model as a brush
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Keyboard shortcut cheat sheet is available
A list of all keyboard shortcuts organized by category is available on the website.
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Imports and exports as .obj
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Large build size
Now supports up to 2048^3 voxels.
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Object Trees
Now has a “world” and “object” mode, objects can be grouped together and organized, multiple layers to organize, hide, and reveal, and objects can be copied as a “reference” so any changes to one will affect the others.
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Shader language to generate voxels
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Sproxel
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Multiple export options
Exports to OBJ, MTL and 3MP.
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Abandoned
Hasn't been updated since 2012.
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Free, open source and cross-platform
Sproxel is a free voxel editor that's available for Window and OSX. It's licensed under the New BSD License with source code available here.
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Intuitive UI
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VoxelShop
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Website is no longer available.
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Cross-platform
VoxelShop is available for Windows, OS X and Linux.
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Does not support .obj export format
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Free
VoxelShop is Open Source. You can download and use the software for free, but donations are encouraged to support the project.
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Really buggy
Sometimes it crashes at startup, some large models instantly crash the program, having the mirror function on causes every action to get mirrored (even imports get mirrored).
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Great for game-dev
Exported .dae files are optimized to lowest possible amount of polygons. Despite lack of animation support .dae files can be imported to Blender and animated.
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Not easy to export to .qb when there are many models
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Layers
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Export to COLLADA
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Exports optimized meshes
The export (to DAE files) removes unnecessary geometry, creating an optimized model.
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Palettes
Easy to go with a theme.
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Textured voxels
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Exports to kv6
Helpful for making larger voxels for Doom.
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Paint3D
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The web site's domain is no longer available
Using the WayBackMachine to get the site's contact email address, I attempted to contact the developer to find out what the story is. There has been no response. The WayBackMachine's last archive date for the site was 11Jan2016. Their cached version of the paint3D.net's forum does not have any post explaining what happened.
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Affordable
Has a free trial version and a cheap full version.
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Scripting support
Can be used to generate models, import stuff, animate, etc.
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Can export traditional 3D models
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Interoperates with 2D paint programs
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Supports multiple voxel formats
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Easy to use
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Uses 32-bit color with real volumetric transparency
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Supports both "per voxel" drawing and smooth "sculpting"
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Dev platforms:
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ZBrush
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Plays well with others
Can transfer work between other packages via AppLink and/or Bridge seamlessly.
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UI is far from user friendly
Though, it's fully customizable. Like for any software, there is a learning curve.
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Powerful brush system allows for lots of creativity
ZBrush lets the user sculpt an object in fine detail with customizable 3D brushes.
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Expensive
A single-user license for ZBrush costs $795. But, Pixologic has not charged a penny for upgrades to licensed users since inception. Anyone who has purchased Zbrush has not been left behind.
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Best for hi-poly modeling
Due to the nature of the program and how it uses high poly mesh sculpting it is best to consider this app when wanting high poly models, as that is what it aims to do best.
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An odd perspective view
Does not lend itself to cinematic or artistic renderings due to a strange perspective system found nowhere else in 3D which warps according to the relationships between models and rendering viewpoint - there is no real 'camera'. It is sufficient for rendering your work on a sculptural piece or industrial design, but KeyShot Pro or any other PBR rendering program that uses a camera are recommended for scene rendering, at least in 4R7.
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Has low poly modelling tools with 4r7 version
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Open, Save, Export, Import not conventional standard UI
Authors refuse to use standard layout and the New, Open, Save, Export, Import are in unexpected positions. There will be no UI improvements.
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Can easily simplify mesh topology
Meshes sculpted with ZBrush can contain billions of polygons, but tools are provided to cleanly reduce the poly count.
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Hi-poly only
Not, the case as there is now the Zmodeller Brush system which has a full suite of polygon Modelling options.
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Always evolving and innovating
Every iteration of Zbrush has evolved beyond the last and has kept all other 3D package devs on their toes consistently.
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Best support
No other 3D package has had continued support from their parent company or community like ZBrush has had since inception.
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3D-Coat
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Not a voxel program
This is a paid texture program. Why is it in this list?
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A known app for retopology
3D coat is also known in the game industry to be a great app to preform retopology.
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Voxel sculpting hits your system
Voxel is quite heavy on your computer, if you intent to use this as your main model and sculpt app do enough research to see if your computer can handle it and if you have the right graphic card for it. If you really have doubts , just go ask in the forums.
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Link to Photoshop, or any app that can open PSD files
You can save and open your texture work in apps like Photoshop, work on them and send them directly back to 3D coat. It will remember your layers and update.
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7 layer restriction in the affordable version
The cheapest version available only lets you paint on 7 layers, which is very unfortunate.
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Professionals recommend 3D Coat for Handpainted textures
You can texture in many styles with this app, but when it comes to Handpainting, as seen in World of Warcraft and Torchlight, 3D Coat is the one that many professionals will advice you to as their top choice.
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PBR materials
3D Coat supports the creation of your own PBR materials that are ready to be used in the PBR workflow.
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Voxel sculpting
Voxel sculpting is entirely free from the bounds of polygons and topology.
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A fast and fun way to UV
3D coat has made UVing my work go super fast and it's actually quite fun because you're finished in a breeze.
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Makers Empire 3D
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This is not a voxel editor. Shouldn't be in this list.
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Works on many platforms
Supports iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.
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Limited exporting formats
You can only export files as STL.
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Gamification
While only simple at this stage when you create and participate in sharing and commenting or even uploading you can unlock various, useful, purpose built items to create more detailed 3D printable models. The characters and avatars which you unlock are very cute like Japanese inspired anime.
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Easy to use navigation
Icons are easy to understand and so simple that children (as young as 4) can use it.
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Easy to use with touch controls
It is touch optimized, making for an easy touch controlled experience.
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dot big bang
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Free and without an install
You don't need to install a massive program - you can use it in your browser.
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Cross-play on any device with a browser
People can be on a phone, Chromebook, tablet, Windows PC, Macbook, etc, and still, work together in real-time.
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Multiple people can edit at once
You can build with your friends and see what they are doing in live time.
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