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TrueSpace 5 is the latest in a line of mid-range 3D modeling and rendering packages developed by Caligari. The interface is far different from your typical 3D graphics application. Modeling tools are provided via a large number of "fly out" button bars. You can use a four-view screen as used in other 3D packages, or you can use the traditional TrueSpace workspace. After fumbling with the version 5 configuration for a short while, I found myself changing back to the version 4 configuration.
Since version 4, TrueSpace has offered modeling in wireframe, or solid view via Direct3D. Version 5 has improved the performance of this feature significantly. It is now just as fast to use the solid view as it was to use the wireframe view in version 4. 1 am currently using TrueSpace 5 with DirectX 8 running on a Windows 98 Pentium II with an ATI Radeon card and have had no performance issues.
Most of the modeling tools in TrueSpace are designed to create smooth,...