Introduction to Plasticity | How CAD benefits artists

The beginning of the official Plasticity Tutorial Series.

From the author, Alexei Kolb: I've done a plasticity tutorial before; it was my first one, and it wasn't good. A lot of time has passed, and many other much nicer tutorials have emerged, but I can't stop feeling like they don't quite get why so many artists started to use Plasticity. Under the videos I did for Instagram, people ask how I turned on the live boolean mode, not realizing there is no live boolean mode; the whole thing is like that all the time. With the right approach, you can edit anything anytime in almost any way you want; it is much more dynamic and faster than any dynamic modeling tool. It has been a saving grace for me and for so many artists.
Now it's your time; I don't want you to treat it like a 3d modeling tool to do fillets on booleans or as a cheap cad with no history and constraints.
While this tutorial is beginner-friendly, the main goal of it wasn't to provide you with ALL the information or with ALL the ways you can approach certain tasks; it had only one main goal, to make you feel the power you will never want to lose.

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[phygeniuxYTcreations]

Buying plasticity is totally worth it. I'm using it almost everyday.

Suggestion: please add parametric modeling, non-destructive workflow, history, and maybe a timelapse.

[hansihintersoos]

I bought plasticity today. Coming from slow fusion 360, this is a blessing. I also love that its a one time payment! Just like in good old times

[HeyCoalCat]

I bought it 2 months ago. Quickly made a replacement / upgraded part for my funny Cub RC airplane landing gear which was under engineered. I've played a little bit with CAD I found it frustrating. Plasticity is great and so are the tutorials . There is a bit of a learning curve but it's not frustrating like CAD it's actually pretty enjoyable

[otherworlds]

Excellent promo. If I hadn't bought Plasticity, I would definitely be doing so now.

[mrmoneybagz]

This is a creator I would love to support.

[designworks]

it s the best cad for modelling nice .you can make it on the top of all next years keep adding every useful things

[coulterjb]

I just found your software. I've used Fusion 360 for years and I'm getting discouraged seeing the subscription costs go up while new features are sold as costly extensions=Double whammy. So, here I am.
Will parametric modeling be coming to Plasticity? If so can you guesstimate as to when?

[owenmcpro]

I just downloaded the software and I can say that I made a pill like shape in 3 minutes. I will definitely buy the license after trying it out a little bit more

[d_dog]

Looks greater than fusion for creativeity works

[StefanBacon]

This is very cool. I don't think it's for me, but it promises a lot. For my workflow, I need parametrics and a design tree, but it's cool to see something different and innovative.

[prixplox]

I think I just busted seeing the possibilities

[AT-guby]

Will there be an iPad version in the future?

[hunterliangart]

Plasticity is amazing and next we need an asset brower

[didjargo]

I've been wanting to dabble in CAD for a while because I have some ideas for projects that could justify buying a 3D printer. But I'm an artist, not an engineer, so the usual offering of CAD software has been overwhelmingly technical for me. I just want to get my hands in there and start moving stuff around. Plasticity appears to be just the thing I'm looking for. I'm going to download the 30-day trail as soon as I get home from work and see what it has to offer.

[kalpitd]

Nothing like that ever done in history❤, industry will remember how stupid it was before...

[EscritorioSP-up]

I'm using it every day too. I dumped inventor 6 months ago, tired of the nonsense monthly fee.

[alkeryn]

is there a way to select 2 edges or point and tell it to make the distance between them 5cm by only moving point B ?

[Imhotep]

Does Plasticity have tools for making screw or pipe sized threading?

[oqueeutofazendoaqui]

Hi. In plasticity can I import a STL do modify some parts? My objective is for 3d print. Thanks

[JMAJOR-kiur]

Can you do accurate drawings like fusion 360 or is this like blender. I have experience in blender