Olds Cool 3D Master

A modern, spline-based 3D character modelling and animation suite inspired by Animation Master 2005.

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Olds Cool 3D Master — Layout workspace with a spline-patch object selected

Overview

A modern, spline-based 3D character modelling and animation suite inspired by Animation Master 2005.

Technical details

Role: Creator and lead developer

Python
PySide6
NumPy and Numba
ModernGL
glTF and OBJ

Pure spline and NURBS patch data model with no polygon meshes stored in project files.

Five-workspace PySide6 editor covering layout, spline modelling, rigging, animation, materials, and rendering.

Procedural recipe pipeline for primitives, reusable actions, textures, sprite sheets, OBJ, and binary glTF exports.

GPU multi-pass rendering with a software toon-renderer fallback, plus undoable editing and project serialization.

Gallery

Olds Cool 3D Master — Model workspace and control-point editing tools

Olds Cool 3D Master — Animate workspace with the dope-sheet timeline

Olds Cool 3D Master — Render workspace and material properties

Current status

Built as a lightweight revival of the classic Animation Master workflow, with mathematically smooth B-spline and NURBS patch geometry at its core. The desktop editor is backed by a scriptable Python engine that can model, rig, animate, render, and export assets through either the UI or validated JSON recipes.

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