Bforartists VS BlenderGIS

Here's the discussion on the Bforartists repo: https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists/issues/3614

🧰 Source Code https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists

not necessarily CAD software per se, but check out https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists

Unlike many tasks, Blender’s powerful but bafflingly-designed texture map baking tools are not improved by its UI-focused fork, Bforartists. Here’s how to use them, with a downloadable example (the Hoosier Cabinet from Lillie is the Keeper‘s upcoming 1.2 release). Click here to download the cabinet model with textures.

The sourcecode can be found at Github. https://github.com/Bforartists/Bforartists/releases/tag/v3.4.1

https://www.bforartists.de/ -- this is more user friendly UI, but is not as up to date version

I use Bforartists, a UI-focused fork of Blender, for 3d graphics and some texture creation–like this project. It doesn’t fix every pain point, but I can’t recommend it highly enough. This method, and the attached .blend file, will work just the same in mainline Blender.

There's a fork of blender called Blender for Artists that does what you're talking about. It adjusts the UI and functions to become a more artists focussed app.

I'm running Linux. I've already tried to run sudo apt -y install python3-numpy as suggested here and tried to install numpy using blender's python console and import pip pip.main.... it's saying everything is installed, but I still cannot enable addon either run import numpy in console. Please ask me if you need more technical details.

There's a GIS addon for the 3D suite Blender: https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS It let's you import parts of Google maps and you may import buildings, roads, etc. as well.

In Blender, add the plugin "Blender GIS", which will give you an easy way to bring in terrain, aerial photos, etc. Import your DAE into Blender and have a look at "Import units" when importing. I still think you'll need to move the DAE model once it's in Blender to get it to match the terrain.

- Downloaded BlenderGIS (https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS) which allows the import of georeferenced elevation data (geo TIF file). I also tried to import individual tree points with no luck.

I am trying to create a 3D relief on my geoTIFF map created in ArcGis. In Blender I am using a BlenderGIS plugin (https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS)

You might try blendergis it’s free and it just might do what you need

I used Blender GIS to import real height data from Yosemite Valley. Unfortunately, the mesh did not have enough detail and was low resolution. Thus I've used it as a base mesh and sculpted most of the detail using rock brushes.