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About Adobe Substance 3D Modeler
Substance 3D Modeler is Adobe's clay-like sculpting tool for 3D artists, VFX artists and designers. Modelling is gestural, closer to drawing than to traditional polygon modelling, and you can switch between working at a desktop and in virtual reality.
The app handles technical chores such as UV management for you, and scales from single objects to whole scenes. It runs on Windows only and is available through the Adobe Substance 3D Collection plan, with a free trial.
Strengths
- Sculpt on the desktop or in VR
- Handles UV management automatically
- Works for single objects and full scenes
Limitations
- Windows only
- Requires an Adobe Substance 3D subscription
Details
- Pricing
- PaidIncluded in the paid Adobe Substance 3D Collection plan, with a free trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Adobe
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Required
- Best suited for
- 3D artists who want intuitive sculpting, especially in VR
- Categories
- 3D and CAD
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Adobe Substance 3D Modeler
Compare allSoftware that can replace Adobe Substance 3D Modeler for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
ZBrush
Sculpt detailed digital models using brush-based tools.
ZBrush offers brush-based sculpting for detailed models on Windows and macOS with a paid license, but it has no VR sculpting mode and no Substance subscription is involved.
Blender
The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.
Blender is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding sculpting to a full pipeline with rendering and animation, though VR sculpting is not listed.
Nomad Sculpt
Sculpt and paint 3D models with a touch-oriented modeling application.
Nomad Sculpt is a paid, touch-oriented sculpting and painting app for iOS, Android, Windows and macOS, with licensing and features varying by platform edition and no VR mode.
3DCoat
A 3D application for voxel sculpting, retopology, UV mapping, PBR texture painting and rendering.
3DCoat combines voxel sculpting, retopology, UV mapping and texture painting on Windows, macOS and Linux, with a free learning mode, but production use needs a commercial licence.
SculptGL
Digital sculpting tool that runs in a web browser with no installation.
SculptGL is a free, open-source sculpting tool running in the browser with dynamic topology and OBJ, PLY and STL export, but it lacks production pipeline features and VR.
Bforartists
A fork of Blender with a reworked, more discoverable graphical interface.
Bforartists is a free, open-source Blender fork with a reworked interface for Windows, macOS and Linux, giving Blender's sculpting tools without a subscription, though tutorials may not match.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Gravity Sketch
An immersive 3D design workspace for sketching, reviewing and collaborating on products in VR.
Open Brush
A free, open-source room-scale VR painting app, continued by the community from Google's Tilt Brush.
Adobe Substance 3D Painter
A commercial 3D painting application for applying textures, materials and masks to 3D models in real time.
Womp
Browser-based 3D modeler with squishy SDF-style geometry and simple materials.
Dust3D
Modeller that builds 3D meshes from simple shapes instead of vertex-by-vertex editing.
