3DCoat 4.9

About

3DCoat 4.9 is a powerful voxel sculpting, retopology, and UV-mapping tool for 3D artists. It offers an intuitive workflow for creating detailed models ready for rendering or 3D printing. This version includes new sculpting brushes, improved UV tools, and optimized performance for large scenes.

Genres & Tags

Educational

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

85%

Audience ScoreBased on 176 reviews

graphics2 positive mentions

stability12 negative mentions

3D Coat is an affordable and powerful tool for creating high-level 3D artwork, models, and textures, making it highly recommended for artists.
The software offers excellent retopology and UV mapping tools, which are intuitive and efficient, saving users a significant amount of time in their workflow.
It is user-friendly and suitable for beginners, with many resources available for learning, making it a great entry point into 3D modeling and sculpting.

The software is plagued by frequent crashes and bugs, leading to frustration and loss of work, which significantly detracts from the user experience.
The interface is often described as confusing and unintuitive, making it difficult for users to navigate and utilize the software effectively.
Many users feel that the software is overpriced for the features it offers, especially when compared to more stable and well-supported alternatives like Blender and ZBrush.

stability
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The stability of the software is severely lacking, with users reporting frequent crashes, bugs, and glitches that hinder usability, even on capable hardware. Despite its potential as a powerful tool for retopology and painting, the non-intuitive interface and persistent freezing issues make it difficult to recommend until significant improvements are made.
- “Don't get me wrong, it would be an amazing tool for retopo if you could use it for more than 5 minutes, after which it glitches out.”
- “You will experience consistent crashes, bugs, and glitches - I've had cases where simply clicking a tool would crash me.”
- “I've bought the professional version (379€) and while the software has great potential where other software can't even compete, I cannot recommend 3D Coat until they fix the serious bugs and freezes.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are appreciated for their voxel style and the quality of 3D artwork, models, and textures they enable, making it a valuable tool for professional projects. However, users find the user interface disorganized and cluttered, which detracts from the overall visual experience.
- “Affordable and powerful tool for creating high-level 3D artwork, models, and textures to be used in any professional project!”
- “+ Good models without the need for a graphic tablet.”
- “So, as I mentioned, I like the voxels. I can live with the UI in terms of the visuals; however, a lot of the menus feel very disorganized and cluttered.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is praised for its intuitive and organic approach to creating both organic and mechanical components, making it suitable for rendered scenes and 3D printing in various materials like PLA and SLA.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's optimization is praised for delivering very good performance, even when handling high-polygon models ranging from 1 to 3 million polygons.
- “The game delivers very good performance, even with higher poly models like 1-3 million polygons.”