Introduction to Plasticity | How CAD benefits artists

The beginning of the official Plasticity Tutorial Series.
From the author, Alexei Kolb: I've done a plasticity tutorial before; it was my first one, and it wasn't good. A lot of time has passed, and many other much nicer tutorials have emerged, but I can't stop feeling like they don't quite get why so many artists started to use Plasticity. Under the videos I did for Instagram, people ask how I turned on the live boolean mode, not realizing there is no live boolean mode; the whole thing is like that all the time. With the right approach, you can edit anything anytime in almost any way you want; it is much more dynamic and faster than any dynamic modeling tool. It has been a saving grace for me and for so many artists.
Now it's your time; I don't want you to treat it like a 3d modeling tool to do fillets on booleans or as a cheap cad with no history and constraints.
While this tutorial is beginner-friendly, the main goal of it wasn't to provide you with ALL the information or with ALL the ways you can approach certain tasks; it had only one main goal, to make you feel the power you will never want to lose.
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[@phy6geniuxYTcreations]

Buying plasticity is totally worth it. I'm using it almost everyday. Suggestion: please add parametric modeling, non-destructive workflow, history, and maybe a timelapse.

[@ariasdesigns]

Plasticity is miles ahead than Fusion 360 for simple 3D CAD modeling. And their subscription model is icing on the cake.

[@vowel8280]

@Red_Paper6495 I used fusion 360, while it's good for parametric modeling, it is way less efficient and fast when it comes to modeling, navigating in 3D is almost as bad as solidworks or autocad, when doing art you need to be flexible when navigating in 3D and platicity is the best at that Fusion is good if you are an engineer or you want to manufacture things because that is it's main purpose, not doing art, but if you are an artist then plasticity is by far the best, the fact that you can easily manipulate the shape even after you filleted the edges is a dream come true Also yes, platicity is CAD because it uses nurbs, meaning you don't have to worry about topology or the poligonal resolution, that is the main thing that defines CAD, not just parametric things or sketch drawings, I can import a model from plasticity into a diferent CAD software like fusion or solidworks and get drawings from there

[@vowel8280]

@Red_Paper6495 "Fusion 360 for your personal version and don't waste money on Plasticity." What if I want to make money with 3D models? With fusion you have to pay a subscription where as with plasticity you pay 300$ and it's yours forever, that's much more preferable Subscription based sucks

[@handler_music]

@Red_Paper6495 360 lacks in UI, there is NO dark theme still)

[@thiagordooo]

​@Red_Paper6495plasticity is CAD. Literally says CAD for artists.

[@hansihintersoos7581]

I bought plasticity today. Coming from slow fusion 360, this is a blessing. I also love that its a one time payment! Just like in good old times

[@thiagordooo]

i hope they do not fuck up the entire software with the licencing

[@otherworlds9677]

Excellent promo. If I hadn't bought Plasticity, I would definitely be doing so now.

[@HeyCoalCat]

I bought it 2 months ago. Quickly made a replacement / upgraded part for my funny Cub RC airplane landing gear which was under engineered. I've played a little bit with CAD I found it frustrating. Plasticity is great and so are the tutorials . There is a bit of a learning curve but it's not frustrating like CAD it's actually pretty enjoyable

[@designworks7347]

it s the best cad for modelling nice .you can make it on the top of all next years keep adding every useful things

[@josefludvikbohm5390]

This is really great content!

[@d_dog9939]

Looks greater than fusion for creativeity works

[@edwinchorimbo8224]

Please, add parametric modeling.....thanks

[@prixplox]

I think I just busted seeing the possibilities

[@owenmcpro]

I just downloaded the software and I can say that I made a pill like shape in 3 minutes. I will definitely buy the license after trying it out a little bit more

[@artmosphereID]

3 mins is too long, isnt it?

[@AT-gu8by]

Will there be an iPad version in the future?

[@coulterjb22]

I just found your software. I've used Fusion 360 for years and I'm getting discouraged seeing the subscription costs go up while new features are sold as costly extensions=Double whammy. So, here I am. Will parametric modeling be coming to Plasticity? If so can you guesstimate as to when?

[@oqueeutofazendoaqui]

Hi. In plasticity can I import a STL do modify some parts? My objective is for 3d print. Thanks

[@zantium13]

You can. .stl .obj and .step are supported.

[@oqueeutofazendoaqui]

@@zantium13 But can I modify? Like... Can I transform into solid to change few things? Like fusion prismatic mode? Thats what Im looking for to change software.

[@user-zj2wm1hy4q]

Yes, but the resolution will be limited to your original stl. Open an stl file in plasticity will not magically increase the resolution.

[@hunterliangart]

Plasticity is amazing and next we need an asset brower

[@JMAJOR-ki7ur]

Can you do accurate drawings like fusion 360 or is this like blender. I have experience in blender

[@zozoolaroxmusic]

Powerfull tool

[@dydmp]

Blender Bridge is cool idea!

[@francisconikotian2326]

How easy is to turn this models into a high poly model?

[@fahb68]

I usecad for plasma cuting, this software can export .dxf files?

[@dobe2050]

its probably transferable.... with other software

[@raymondstpaul4913]

Models made here can be used in Blender?

[@Imhotep397]

Does Plasticity have tools for making screw or pipe sized threading?

[@dydmp]

Not

[@Imhotep397]

@@dydmp Thanks

[@kalpit3d934]

Nothing like that ever done in history❤, industry will remember how stupid it was before...

[@kimriri3]

Why there's no history like nxug

[@user-zj2wm1hy4q]

I'm using it every day too. I dumped inventor 6 months ago, tired of the nonsense monthly fee.

[@m55vj96]

you got eminem flow🤣

[@havasss]

I don't think we need a new blender or something. I really hate F360 or Solidworks. I would prefer ai powered pragmatic design space rather than parametric design. I very rarely go back to the design history to change something. On those rare occasions when I want to do this, the change I make ends up with failure %100. So I still like to use SAVE AS function.

[@havasss]

Blender is free and super pragmatic software but it just needs a little bit of scaling, sizes, metrics, inches bla bla stuff and it is nt made for this. So I learned how to design between fusion and blender very well.

[@havasss]

1:15 I like how you moved that part onto that face. If you were on f360 or solidworks that would take a lot of scernarios. I like smart things and i will give it a try.

[@kullenberg]

What exactly would "AI" improve here?

[@NobleValerian]

LOL, "Now you see the idea." No, I definitely don't. I don't get who wants a CAD workflow without any CAD features or accuracy? Who is this for? More importantly, what are you doing for profit that CAD Sketcher in Blender doesn't do for free?

[@mattstroker3742]

Blender is still the best. And free.

[@rusticagenerica]

Blender doesn't do CAD. You can use both in conjunction:)