List 3D Software (Freeware/Open Source)

[micheus]

Does trial verions go there? Artec studio trial is good to use with scanners, or even with sensors, like Kinect.

No. This thread is intended to group only open source or free software.

[Nova]

http://www.evolved-software.com/treeit/treeit is an excellent piece of tree/branch creator that exports to .obj and .x. Similar to Tree[d] (Which seems abandoned long ago), but with a lot more options for customization.

[micheus]

Design 3D SE - the Strata entry level design tool - Free

[micheus]

http://www.meshmolder.com/

MeshModeler is a sculpt and paint tool - freeware for Windows only; in beta version 7.3, but its official release must come soon.

[adh3d]

It is not a 3d software, it is a great tool for 2d animation ...

http://dragonbones.com/en/index.html

[micheus]

Boundary First Flattening

That is a interesting tool to unwrap a mesh, mainly if you are going to use 3D paint tool. (my thought)
To start to try it you must to notice it requires a triangulated mesh. Take a look at this presentation video:

[c-sanchez]

Slate - Pixel Art Editor https://github.com/mitchcurtis/slate
Slate is a bitmap editor available for Linux, Windows and Mac. With Slate, you can: Edit images directly, Use layers, Create seamless 2D tilesets, Preview sprite sheet animations.

Dust3D - A brand new 3D modeling software https://github.com/huxingyi/dust3d
It helps you create a 3D watertight base model in seconds. Use it to speed up your character modeling in game making, 3D printing, and so on.

[micheus]

Thanks for sharing Hank.

Just a side note...
There are two executable files inside its install folder and one works with a GPU that supports OpenGL 3.3 (AwesomeBump330.exe) and the other with a GPU that supports at least OpenGL 4.1 (AwesomeBump.exe)

[digitaldavinci]

Unity engine for free (games,architecture,design,movies)
https://unity.com/

[Hank]

cmftStudio - cubemap filtering tool

GUI counterpart of cmft - cross-platform open-source cubemap filtering tool.

It reaches very fast processing speeds by utilizing both multi-core CPU and OpenCL GPU at the same time!

cmftStudio

BR, Hank