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what programs are the best in creating 3D models?

what programs are the best in creating 3D models? my friend is using an Adobe software... i have no idea how he did that.. while he was creating a 3D model he open up some several adobe programs... i think 4 adobe programs in different features...i have no idea... he said that Adobe is the best... are there any other products that is more better than Adobe in creating 3D renders?

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1. ProE is the best for 3D models used in manufacturing. http://www.ptc.com/products/proengineer/
2. Adobe? they're kind of late in the game. I use Carrara- Not the best, but reasonable and easy. For people I use Poser. For Scenery I use Bryce Amapi makes some awesome stuff, but it's a little weird. Lightwave was use for Babylon 5 Go to the Daz website and you'll find some good programs at reasonable prices. The best though? IMHO Probably Maya. It's not cheap though.
3. In my opinion, the best products to use for creating 3d models are Maya and 3d Studio Max. Both of these products can be found on the Autodesk company site (http://www.autodesk.com/maya and http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax). However, both of these products are very expensive and can be quite hard to use. I would recommend starting with one of the high-quality free programs that are available. Try Google's SketchUp program (http://sketchup.google.com/) for an easy to use and well supported starting point. If you want a more powerful program with more options, try Blender (http://www.blender.org/). This program gives you a lot more to work with, but is also harder to learn. Make sure to try some of the tutorials on their site!