What program should I use to make models?

[PegasusKnt]

It seems like most people around here use 3D Studio Max. Problem is, 3DSM costs over 3,000 dollars. Seeing as I would rather, say, buy a car than spend that kind of money on a hobby, I need a free alternative. No I'm not going to pirate it. I'm not trying to do anything fancy- I just need a simple model editing tool that can open the .dae, .obj, and other files brawlbox uses.

I have tried sketchup, sculptris, and open3mod, and have not been able to get them to import .dae files. Help please

 

[Xermo]

You know you can get a free copy of max for 3 years if you sign up as a student on the site.
Otherwise Blender seems more up your alley.

 

[drogoth232]

You could use blender, although I'm not intimately keen on the method used to import it into Brawl.

Like Xermo said, you could get a student license for 3ds max and that works perfectly fine.

 

[PegasusKnt]

Yeah it looks like that student version of 3dsm is the way to go. Thanks guys, I didn't know there was a free (albeit temporary) version.