I'm many years Modo user but only using it for modeling and uv+textures. Don't want to subscribe to software, prefer to just own it so was thinking about Lightwave since I know it's similar in some areas.

Main question about shortcuts, mostly pivots, symmetry etc. Are the core logic behind the software is a bit similar to Modo or completely new thing that would require learning and getting used to it once again? For example things like "if nothing selected, everything is selected" or selecting with second mouse button backface polygons and layers system...

The physics calculations involving parts body, rigids and static resets every time I open the scene, why is that?
Do I need to bake the sim? if so, how?

I keep clicking accidentally on the 'E' and 'T' buttons of some object properties.
How to clear that after the mistake?

Excited as hell...

I stopped using LW around 2007 after I finished my schooling. Started a new job recently and they have a 3D printer. I recently tried messing with LW a bit for a logo and was completely flummoxed on how to surface the model! No clue! Where were my Simbiont Shaders???? Is there a newer resource I can get to get me up to speed in the 2020’s? Would love to expand my horizons at my new job!

I liked Lightwave but moved to Cinema 4D and Blender years ago. What's the story with the new Mac Silicon-native (which I care most about) and new LW3D development? I might be interested in exploring it if it's for real and the price is right for returning users. What do others think?

Now that LightWave gets some new life, and it sounds promising, would it be possible to join two reddits? Who would be responsible?

It would be awkward to post each question in both threads, and maybe would be considered crossposting.

I have a simple cylinder and need to deform it's face based on an image. Is there a way to map the image to the cylinder's face and have it change th geometry so I can export the file as an OBJ with the deformations intact?

Sampl Image: https://imgur.com/a/76BDFbi

I am trying to convert some lwo files of 3d spacecrafts to blend or fbx for research however I dont have lightwave 3d and they do not open in blender. Could anyone convert them for me? or guide me in how I can do this?

Anybody have success moving LW 6.5 parallel port dongle to any late model computers, e.g USB to Parallel adaptor or Parallel PCIe card, and of coarse success with the Sentinel software?