I don't think it's common practise, if at all, if you need someone to pick up half way through for some reason (illness, holiday, leaving etc) you don't want to be loading custom softare just to see the progress, hey boss I need a license for AutoCAD to see Joes mg. And everything saved on the servers must be accessable to…
Sorry, I wasn't clear enough about the seniority requirement. What I actually meant by that is, When getting hired as a junior weapon artist, they don't allow the junior to be rather flexible. And use different software/tool and stick with the standard. But now I know that it is not really required to use the standard…
Well I think that when people mention CAD in this context, it's pretty much always about the benefit of being able to add/cut in details without worrying about meshing. So in that regard the OP is on the right track (as indeed these workflows *can* be very useful). @Bozurk I'd say simply focus on being as efficient as…
Thank you for taking the time to write this insight Prior. I will keep that in mind, I've heard from my friend who is learning from freelancer, or a professional (I dot know, don't quote me), And that person told my friend that in Activision, the weapon artists most of them used CAD software to create those modernized…
"I've heard from someone ..." Who was that ? "... that most outsourcing studios" That's a very bold claim "... are using CAD programs like MOI3D or Fusion360." Just because CAD might be suited for a a given task or production, doesn't mean that it is suited for all. And even though they are both CAD packages, MOI and…