AutoQ3D Community is a

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software, suited for

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and texturing. The main objective of this software development is to take away the hassle and complexity for sketching and drawing in 3D. AutoQ3D Community is not a professional CAD program and it is targeted at beginners who want to make rapid 3D designs. It offers plenty of features but is relatively simple to learn and use. AutoQ3D Community is written in

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using the Qt application framework and supports the

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API.

Software Features

* Command line support *Color and Texture (Multiple materials for any model, Materials can be solid colors or image-map textures, Simple texture coordinate editing, Texture UV) *Extras. (Predefined views options, UNDO command). *Graphics Tools ( UCS icon, Flip Triangles, Zoom, Pan, Circle, Polygon, Move, Rotate, Scale, Line, Move, Stretch, Mirror, Snap To Objects, Revolve, Array) * Multiple Image File Formats Support *Rendering (Normal Shading, Wireframe, Shade Hide Lines Option) * Supported 3D File Formats. (Import

.DXF AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. DXF was introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCA ...

File Format 2004, 2000, R14. Export

File Format (DXF 2000). Import .MD2 Frames File Format ( Quake File Format).

External links

* *https://sourceforge.net/projects/autoq3d/
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