Modelling habits

RickA

I'm starting to reimplement 3d models in my game engine and I was wondering in what orientation models are usually made. I myself prefer the z-axis as up, but generally computer graphics have the y-axis up.

So in what orientation do you usually model things? And at what scale (100s of units, 1s of units, or do you never look at the units)?

Sett

z is up if you are under 30 years of age.
y is up if your are over 30.

That's my experience anyway.

KDR_11k

Blender has Z up, Milkshape is Y up. I use what my app uses. And nowadays that's Z up.

ElysiumGX

Y is up, X points to my right, and Z towards me. And the enemy's gate is down.

JKMakowka

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z is up if you are under 30 years of age.
y is up if your are over 30.

That's my experience anyway.

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Hey, I am not that old yet

Actually it really doesn't matter to me at all, I just go with the application's default.
Wings3d has Y up, so I use that, but GTKradiant (for mapping) has Z up.

Soccerman18

I think the whole z axis going up originated from construction blueprints and such. The x and y axis would be used for the floor layout, and z axis would show how many floors.

I don't really think about it when modeling, as long as it looks right in whatever program I'm using I'm happy.

Snowfly

I set it to z-up in Maya, most game tools seem to be set to that by default. Don't like having to fiddle with orientation outside the modeling app. I model to real world units (english, not metric), that way all my models are to scale with each other.

CheapAlert

I don't pay attention to axis but i do start with the chest, then work my way down to the pelvis, then back, then arm, then leg, then head, then wing, then tail, and finally penis, and do it all symmetrically

Slipstream

I had to check, lol. Z-axis in Max; I too never took note of what orientation I was using so long as the feet/underside was aligned with the grid.

ElysiumGX

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then tail, and finally penis

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cheap saves the best for last