Polygon Crest – open-source 3D polygonal editor

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46 points·app4soft··5 comments

Polygon Crest (aka `ysgebl`) designed by developer of freeware flight simulator YSFlight[0] as 3D addons creation utility. It is written in C/C++ with own GUI toolkit build on top of OpenGL (same as YSFlight).

Sources distributed with binary builds, but recent code hosted on GitHub.[1]

This 3D editor support parenting & linking mesh parts (SRF) for creating assembled animation models (DNM).[2]

Additionally to supporting OBJ, STL and OFF mesh formats, Polygon Crest use own file formats (DNM & SRF), which in some way similar to AC3D format.[3]

[0] http://ysflight.org

[1] https://github.com/captainys/public/tree/master/src/ysgebl

[2] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1251227413570375680

[3] https://forum.ysfhq.com/viewtopic.php?f=147&t=8172&p=92286#p...

The screenshot is not exactly inspiring; if that's the topology the creator of the program ends up with for a model, then the program is probably not suitable for most use cases.

Polygon Crest in some way is 3D CAD-like polygonal editor, oriented for airplanes & other vehicle models creation.[0,1,2,3]

But if you never tried to create addons for YSFlight, then, off course, its look not suitable for your needs.

As for me, Polygon Crest is nice part of 3D modeling software and I keep it in my toolbox side-by-side with Blender, Maverick Model 3D & Wings3D polygonal/mesh editors.

[0] https://twitter.com/StarGear_TII/status/606719540068646912

[1] https://twitter.com/StarGear_TII/status/606719540068646912

[2] https://twitter.com/K2W_ys/status/1251784312992616448

[3] https://twitter.com/K2W_ys/status/1236651821474516994

How does it stack up to Wings3D?

Polygon Crest has little different behavior in comparison to Blender and Wings3D.

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