Found the very first #3D Modeling program I ever used circa 1992, "3D-Edit."
It came with a bunch of shareware on a 105MB hard disk I got from my parents that year. The program itself was released in 1986.
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/3d-edit
#ClassicMac #ClassicMacintosh #RetroComputing #3dGraphics #Modeler
Welcome!
I recall next using some random ~$200 Windows 3d modeler and renderer circa 1995, but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me.
I then remember buying [Caligari trueSpace] shortly after that.
I also recall using a standalone modeler called "GUM: the Grand Unified Modeler" alongside the open source [POV-Ray] renderer circa 1998.
Briefly tried learning #Blender a few times after that, but never particularly seriously. ;)
This is all I have been able to find about GUM. It has otherwise seemed to have disappeared from the internet:
https://www.realtimerendering.com/resources/RTNews/html/rtnv7n4.html#art14
Wait... ha!
https://archive.org/download/win-cayn/WIN_CAYN.iso/W_GRAFIK%2FGUM_0B8.ZIP
I thought I had seen it in magazine ads in the early 90s, but it's not that old, so I must be confusing it with something else.
Is it easier to learn than Blender?
Oh, a subdivision modeler. That's a lot like trueSpace.
I'll have to give that a try sometime!
R.L. Dane 
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thedæmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him]