How to make a 3D Horse?

[Oxygen454]

I have been searching everywhere and also trying to make a 3D horse on Swift 3D but have come up empty handed. It has to be a red horse but how can I find one or make one?

Oxy

[PS_Port]

Try these

http://www.archibase.net/download/15983.html

http://www.archibase.net/download/14190.html

http://www.archibase.net/download/106.html

[Oxygen454]

Sweet, do you open these in swift 3D?

[PS_Port]

I have not tried those exact files, but usually the files from there are
.3ds format packed up (zipped) in a .rar file.

the .3ds files can be imported straight into autocad, but im am unsure how you would get them into swift, what formats does swift support/import ?

[Oxygen454]

Oh sweet, I didnt know this was autocad. I know autocad better than this swift. It looks like it runs on a file extension of .td3. It does import .dxf and .dxb which says its all autocad.... Im going to try cad first... thank-you!

Oxy

[Oxygen454]

He is a little rough square looking, how do I smoothen him up and maybe even add a horse hair texture?

I imported it into Swift 3D with a CAD dxf file and it looks smoother but I would rather use CAD because I dont know swift lol.

[Oxygen454]

This is in Swift....

[Oxygen454]

I imported this one http://www.archibase.net/download/15983.html but the fur and other textures dont load. Is there something wrong?

[Cad64]

It's in .3ds format correct?
When models are saved in .3ds format, materials are discarded. You will have to apply your own materials.

[Oxygen454]

Where can you find "fur" textures and how do you apply them? This stuff is really interesting.

[Cad64]

Have you checked the "Good Sites for Free Materials (http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25546)" thread in the 3D Modeling & Rendering section?

I've never used Swift, so I have no idea how to apply materials to models in that program.

HERE (http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/autocad/tutorials/select/parsai_creating_material.htm) is a tutorial on materials in Autocad 2004.

[Oxygen454]

Sweet thats cool, Im working on how to attach bitmaps

Thanks!