Anyone in this community have a few minutes to help a nube out with

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Anyone in this community have a few minutes to help a nube out with a few basic questions?

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What it the question @David_Hall ?

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Hi David. Sure, go ahead.

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Thanks guys. So I want to offer the ability to make 3D models directly on my website, but need a much more simple easy to use interface than most programs offer (something as simple as Sculpt). Is there a program out there that fits that bill?

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Or do I need to find a programmer

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I am looking for something similar to what a lot of video games use to customize characters in the game

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Do you want an application built driectly into your webpage or a stand alone application?

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@Tim_Rastall run with it, this is way above my paygrade! I am happy to support if you come up with anything cool!

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Directly in my website allowing others to use it (ps what is an api)

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sorry, api was typo - you read before I corrected :slight_smile:
You’re gonna need a programmer I think, or licence and existing app. You’ll probably need deep pockets in both cases. Off the top of my head, I can think of the following sites with a web based editor out there already (not sure if any of them can be licenced/embedded).
http://www.sculpteo.com/en/workshops/

http://www.123dapp.com/design#designApps

You should be aware that several of these only run on Chrome or Safari, not much IE or Firefox support out there for this sort of thing.

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Thanks a lot Tim. I appreciate you taking the time.

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@Mark_Moissette_ckaos does this very thing using three.js, coffeescad, etc. You’ll need a programmer, but the technology exists to allow you to glue the pieces together.

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Thanks Anthony

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I’ve been toying with a similair idea in my free time, building things from existing parts. But I have no time right now to actually make firm progress. It’s all in my head though. :confused:

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@Nick_Kloski2 , three.js and those libraries are generally MIT licensed. It would be amazingly shortsighted to start “from scratch”.

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As for online open source tools not requiring typing code I only know ShapeSmith but it’s still not as easy as something like Tinkercad. http://shapesmith.net/

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@David_Hall , yeah a programmer is a must :slight_smile: But by video game character type customization, do you mean users being able to choose from a pre-set list of parts to generate models ? Because that is by far the easiest way to do it :slight_smile:
Don’t hesitate to drop me a message with more details, perhaps I can help out, since I am already working on (open source ) tooling which will allow to build more complex tools on top, like @ThantiK said:)

And @ThantiK is quite right , the power of existing (open source) libraries is quite amazing , I constantly work with @three and it still keeps amazing me!! (but in itself , that won’t be enough)

also have to second @Nick_Kloski2 , the user interface it by far the hardest thing to get right, but basic stuff can be done In a jiffy:)

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Wow! Quite amazed at all the help. I really appreciate it.