Hi Robinball

Thanks for your help about the Stl files.  Rodinball
So after all the problems with the Mudbox in the last 6 months all the requirments points to getting yet more soft ware to download stl files in Max or maya.. Why is mudbox so dependant on the use of Maya??. My text book of Mudbox has exercises in it all dependant on the sending of files to or from maya, with mo maya most of these exercises I carn’t do. Why wasen’t Mudbox designed to download files in a format that allows rapidprotyping of the sculpture. Is,nt this what mudbox is for ??? This Mudbox to me so far after trying to work with it for 6 Months and its complications just gets more and more frustrating. I really have regreated buying it, on top of a computer to run it.

So I looked at the meslab and downloaded it . I would have to say it is a great puzzle as to what is it suppost to do and how does one use it ?????

Was able to load up a cube onto the screen and that was all , the help is as most computer help menus was no help at all, apart from click this to drag this Clt to move this or that , but what else, nothing is explained as to how to use it.  I’m all ears for help
Johncast

Hi robinball

Thanks for your info. Well bit late to learn mudbox isn’t a stand along software. I don’t recall reading any paper work or anything on the web that informed me of this. I gess they wouldn’ hamper a sale of soft ware by saying this has to be bought with this. Or is it just that I didn’t do my homework well enough .
I had looked at setting up some graphic software to do all the model pieces as well, but expected i would have to spend 4 to 5 thousand to get good software that I have seen , Mudbox was impressive , a good lot cheaper and I thought it could give one an edge to create figures in 3D and have them 3D printed efficently and then cast. the other thing is learning how to use it ??? I gess now, that even that would of had its own set of set up and file problems too.

Thanks for the tip on the Blender download might look in to this. 
If things don’t improve soon I can see a set of mudbox software 2011 going onto Ebay before the year is out.. Cut my losses. and end the frustration.
Johncast