ModelSmith3d History
Hi and welcome to my web site. I built it to distribute my modelling tool, ModelSmith3d, and provide support to the end-users.
I originally started programming in my own time around the year 2000, trying to make my own games.
I was particularly interested in making a game engine and asset pipeline.
During those days I built a few apps including an image manipulation tool, an animation and rigging tool, a level editor, and a heightmap mesh generator.
Fancy names for what were some pretty simple and clunky applications, but it all helped me to gain more experience.
Around 2003-04 I started work on ModelSmith3d version 1.0.
It's entire array of features was this: the ability to draw a quad or triangle, a line, and to select and erase said objects.
It was pretty simple to begin with, but I was proud of it. It was a start.
I've lost count of how many features I've added since. The code was getting so cluttered and un-maintainable that I had to scrap and re-write the whole thing twice.
Every time, I re-factored the code so that it would be more malleable and efficient.
It seems as though I've reached a good design now. Most new functionality can be added with very little pain.
The modular nature of the design makes it a far more stable platform as well.
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