To be honest, I gave the Modeling Room several tries to give it a fair chance. I looked up tutorials and followed them, and I was able to get decent results. But the biggest issue was that I had to study every single tool and manually assign every shortcut — it took a lot of time. Compared to my experience with Maya and 3ds Max, I prefer to keep modeling in those programs because they are more practical and robust. I don’t need to manually assign hotkeys or learn each tool in depth just to get good, fast results. I think the architecture of the Modeling Room needs some adjustments. Honestly, I’d rather see the development efforts focused on the real strengths of 3DCoat — Sculpting, Painting, UVs, and Retopology. I believe artists get frustrated because the learning curve is steep, and when they finally get through it, they realize that modeling is actually easier and more solid in other software. I do love the recent changes, especially the move to Python for scripting — that’s the industry standard. I just hope the developers remains aware of the absence of some important features going forward — and they listen to their community.

Okay. I can see the problem and you would have similar issues in most 3D modeling apps. You have at least 2 extra faces on the end and that is creating havoc with your modeling tools. The solution is to go into SELECT mode (I hate calling it the Select tool because it really isn't a tool...it's a mode of operation) > choose Vertices > brush or freeform lasso select the vertices along the open edge or at least in the trouble area > RMB click and choose WELD VERTICES > adjust the distance value accordingly > hit APPLY and it should fix those offending faces/verts. Additionally, I personally would not use the Smart Extrude tool on open edges like that. You can, but using the Transform Tool does a great and very predictable job of extruding those edges (just hit the ENTER key or COMMIT EXTRUSION button each time you want to create a new edge or group of edges/faces), whereas the Smart Extrude tool is really designed to work with faces.  

In 3dcoat it is implemented as CTRL + LMB. Alt + LMB is for scene rotation.

you welcome DAZ models into 3DCoat - extended version

What I meant to say is that if Alt / left click to set the copy area is not correct please let me know.   Thank you!  And thank you for the link to the DAZ figure page for 3DCoat, helpful!  

We offer a one-month trial period and an additional month during which you can request a refund. If our software doesn't suit your needs, there are other solutions on the market that may be more suited to your creative needs.  You're not forced to continue using software you're not comfortable with, nor do you need to try or upgrade to new versions when you can't use the previous one.  There are many tutorial videos online explaining how to use the software. Aside from artists and companies who use 3DCoat in their daily work without any problems. If you have upgraded to version 2025 and are not satisfied with either the software or the development, you can request a refund at sales@3dcoat.com

bit of a lengthy video , but it shows my frustration with the current workflows of 3dcoat , being able to do basic tasks . i used the modelling room for 5 minutes and i couldnt carry on, ive been 3d modelling for many years now, i started when i was young , and im an old man now ... ive used many softwares over my time , but this is by far the hardest software to get to grips with .   Desktop 2025-05-05 00-48-47.mp4    

It is planned that the auto updater will work.  

is this how we update now or is auto updater being worked on?

Happy May the 4th

Thank you very much for sharing! I genuinly loved the process of designing and sculpting that thing. Prepare for an upcoming Wyvern series which I hope will be even more useful as a case study.

@Carlosan@SERGYIthank you! I ended up trying to run 3DCoat through WINE. I wasn't expecting much, but it works better than native Linux. haha Anyways I really appreciate the response

Version 2025.02 Latest build https://drive.google.com/file/d/13OmytqD3C6xJ0mab0m1aHXtsPNVU6EUS/view?usp=sharing - Fixed crash during automatic update - Fixed problem of unnecessary ALT-rotation of the 3D-splines (used in pose/freeze) - Automatically reload python modules when they change. You can enable this option in the extensions window for comfortable extension development without restarting 3DCoat - Updated Python API - Essential multiresolution improvement: Possibility to work with multiple objects simultaneously. All operations may apply to current object / selected / all visible objects. Also, retopo objects used as lowest multiresolution level should match the volume name to be able to manage multiple multiresolution objects in scene. It simplifies posing in big scenes very essentially. - Faster rooms switching - All scripts and commands converted to python - Fixed Node Graph crash when shader debug mode is enabled - Retopo/Modeling Room: Some tools ware polished. - Retopo/Modeling Room: Smart Retopo - little Improvement. - Fixed view modes for sculptured objects (smooth shade, relief only, flat shade, gloss only) - Fixed node baking when using AO and curvature - Once Ambient Occlusion is baked, it will automatically be assigned the Occlusion blend type. - Fixed a bug where material previews were displayed black - Automatic renaming of nodes with the same name. - Fixed rendering of shader previews.

Based on previous feedback from users, "3DCoat" didn't launch because of user data "Documents/3DCoat" for "3DCoat 202x" and "Documents/3D-CoatV49" for "3DCoat V4". Close "3DCoat". Rename your user data "Documents/3DCoat" into something like "--3DCoat". Start "3DCoat". It will create a new user data folder, "Documents/3DCoat". Copy your scenes from the renamed user data folder into the newly created one.

BUG : unlinking planes from retopo room into sculpt room,      Desktop 2025-05-04 02-25-23.mp4      

If nothing works can load all udim tiles at once doing Textures>Import>color/albedo or displacement ones. related: DAZ Genesis models into 3DCoat

Ok. Notified.

It's hard to understand.

perfect, thank you