Design software/programs?

[chubbycherub]

Hello,

I am curious if people are using tools like CAD or something similar to design your buildings on a computer before building them in game? I know Minecraft has several tools like this that allow 3D design in blocks made by the community so maybe we have something similar? I see people making these giant murals out of gleam of old 8 bit characters from other games, surely you’re using something… If there is a good tool someone can recommend I would love to check it out. I am getting tired of my boring cube builds.

[Creegle]

http://www.voxelmade.com/magicavoxel/

This is what I’ve always used. There is a unique joy that comes with laboriously recreating your draft in game by climbing all around it and counting out your block placements. It’s a kind of fun that I’ve never known in a game. It’s why I’m so addicted.

[chubbycherub]

Wow this looks great! I am downloading it now, thanks for the link

[Drelkag]

+1 for Magicavoxel. Great free tool.

[chubbycherub]

Did you find the UI scaling on this? it’s tiny in 4k lol

[Fiffer13]

I’ve used Magicavoxel. I also design things on Grid paper, because you know I’m bored at work and I have grid paper but not access to a way to design in magicavoxel. I actually enjoy it on paper because I can do things like plan chisels, and I apply more problem solving to designs of mine so I can skip some of the frustration while I’m building in game.

[Kal-El]

I also use MagicaVoxel. It does have some size limitations but you can merge individual pieces to create something larger. Like this

or this

[TameJames]

I’ve used SketchUp to model a curvy object then voxelize the obj file with drububus web based voxelizer

[MrNiX]

Is that freeware? Do you have a website?

[Venom]

Particubes app on iphone. Nowhere near as good as magicavoxel but best i could find for mobile. Useful to design very basic ideas in

[Simoyd]

@chubbycherub

D or something similar to design your buildings on a computer before building them in game? I know Minec

I like qubicle:

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[MrNiX]

How does that compare to magica? Does it have size constraints like magica?

[Jyanin]

I’m sure someone upload the palette for MagicaVoxel some time…has a search

Found some info and help with MagicaVoxel here

Magic voxel help

MagicaVoxel is an amazing tool to plan builds. It’s lightweight and free, but still it brings a lot of great features. That means, on the other hand, that you will have to dig into it. But really, it is worth it, don’t get scared by the compact GUI! For your first steps, this video could be useful: 3D Design for Beginners - MagicaVoxel Tutorial - YouTube Check out the videos (ephtracy - YouTube) of Ephtracy, the creator of MagicaVoxel, for more advanced techniques. And now some basic hints to…

[TameJames]

Both are free, drububu’s can import a lot of file types, just Google a drububu’s voxelizer. I use SketchUp to track the build layer by layer

I have a lot of voxelized stuff I haven’t built yet, I think I have Bart Simpson in there somewhere too

[MrNiX]

Ha! It takes stls! No more magicavoxel for me!

[TameJames]

Best part is SketchUp has a public library of 3d models (Google ‘3D warehouse’) people have created. You can search in there and if the model already exists then I can have it downloaded, scaled, and voxelized in like 5 minutes

[chubbycherub]

I’ve been playing with magic voxel for at least 20 minutes now and I still don’t have any ideas xD This is a good program if you guys haven’t tried it.