When comparing dot big bang vs VoxelShop, the Slant community recommends VoxelShop for most people. In the question“What are the best voxel editors?” VoxelShop is ranked 2nd while dot big bang is ranked 21st. The most important reason people chose VoxelShop is:
VoxelShop is available for Windows, OS X and Linux.
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Pros
Pro Free and without an install
You don't need to install a massive program - you can use it in your browser.
Pro 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.
Pro Multiple people can edit at once
You can build with your friends and see what they are doing in live time.
Pro Cross-platform
VoxelShop is available for Windows, OS X and Linux.
Pro Free
VoxelShop is Open Source. You can download and use the software for free, but donations are encouraged to support the project.
Pro 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.
Pro Layers
Pro Export to COLLADA
Pro Exports optimized meshes
The export (to DAE files) removes unnecessary geometry, creating an optimized model.
Pro Palettes
Easy to go with a theme.
Pro Textured voxels
Pro Exports to kv6
Helpful for making larger voxels for Doom.
Cons
Con Website is no longer available.
Con Does not support .obj export format
Con 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).