I’m looking for a 3D modeling/animation software. Honestly, I don’t know if this is something achievable – but what I want to have is some kind of visual representation of various ideas.
Speaking in future tense: if I were to read about of the boot process of an OS, I would visualize the various data structures building up; and I can step through the process with a sliding bar or so. If I were to think about a complex data structure, I would have a 3D representation of various links and relations between them. Another would be a Git repository at work – how commits/trees/blobs are linked in space, and how they progress as time passes. And all of these would be interactive.
The reason why I want to do this is that it’d be very easy to explain the process. Not just to others, but also to self. I can revisit my model, and it’d be a quick brush up.
I’m sure there are no ready-to-use softwares for this. What I could think of are Flash, with action scripting, or Blender 3D (Python scripting?); or Synfig. Whatever it’s, I’ve to learn up start; and I’m looking for suggestions as to which (even if not in my list) is the right one to choose.
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I’ve used Blender, but it requires a large upfront investment of time, especially to learn the UI. Blender is all about the hotkeys. Once you have them memorized, it’s great. But getting there takes a while.
Alice might be worth a look. It looks easy to use and supports scripting.