Dear Teacher.

Thank you for forcing me to use a windows computer for your lecture, even though i have told you that i don't have any windows machine.

Thank you for forcing me use 3DS max for your simple fuckin trash that needs 20 minutes of work, whilst i could have used gladly Blender.

Thank you for making me deal with that shit that i won't touch again in my life again just because you teach a simple lecture that isn't cleary for computer science which i and many people study, but for people who deal with graphics.

What more joyful i would have done rather than downloading 8GB of software to use once in my life

Thank you, you piece of shit.

You can't expect a teacher to go out of their way to accommodate one student, can you?

Just because YOU don't use Windows doesn't mean others don't.

If you made an app, would yoi go through the effort to support some obsolete old OS just for one person? If you say yes, there's a 90% chance you're lying.

@jhh2450 problem here is, that i, and others, are forced to use a specific software, while the task we have to accomplish, can be done in 15minutes of a tutorial, so it's nothing professional and essential, and yet, i'm forced to use 3DS which is clearly a toll that pro people use, and not a student that touches this kind of things for the first time.

Boo hoo grow up. The teacher has experience in one software. Dont go to their lecture if you dont wanna learn it, or talk to them about it. Also blender is trash, and 3ds has a lot shallower learning curve, but thats just my personal opinion.

@sharktits 1. he doesn't. It's his first time teaching that lecture. His slides are already written from someone else.

2. Blender would gladly work for such a simple task.

@woops Ok so you already know how to do it. What the hell is the point in getting asshurt over it? Just do the damn assignment and get on with your life. It's genuinely not worth the time and effort to be this upset over something so trivial.

because i have to find a windows machine, set it up. download up 3ds max, set it up and do the assignment.

Alsp by the way, blender CAN export in 3ds format. When i had a blender class, i just used 3dm for the assignment.

@woops Then don't the assignment and deal with the consequences. You're there to learn; you can't expect everything to be easy and handed to you on a silver platter.

Your boss isn't going to give two flying fucks when they make you use a specific software at your job.

It’s important to be prepared to use the tools an employer expect you to use, unless you can demonstrate how using a different tool is better.

Personally, at college my teachers allowed me to use C# instead of VB6 and even C++ for one project purely because I fancied trying it.

It helps if you can demonstrate proficiency and that you’re able to use the alternative without having to need hand holding and extra attention.

If the deliverables need to be in a specific format that only one program uses then, I’m afraid you’ll have to use that one.

However if you can get away with using the alternative without them finding out / knowing the difference then go ahead.

I'm aware of course that i won't use what i please if my employer needs me to use something specific, but that's not the case.

What my "problem" is, that he wants us use 3DS specifically , such a powerful tool for something simple. It's overkill.

I'm against forcing students use a specific tool, either for windows or a mac either for linux. Usually happens the first.

I asked him for blender, he said no, i accepted it and i'm setting up windows so i can use 3ds.

But if he wanted to encourage his students learn something from him lecture, he could let them use whatever fits them and see the final result, of the task he asked us to do.

I understand this as I had a similar experience. The thing is that the teacher is the one who designs the course and they won't make it easy enough for everyone to take it (in my experience it was a compulsory course). If they want me to use a specific software, at least provide it for me in one way or another.

On personal side, I know how painful it is to disrupt your whole workflow on your personal laptop when you have to repartition your disk and install another OS in order to use one piece of a heavy software. Hang in there :)

@woops I agree blender has a steep learning curve. But i wouldn't at all call it trash. Just not plug and play friendly.

Don't your university have Windows Computer lab rooms that people can use?
My university provides us with Windows Computer labs, and provides a server (each student gets an account) we can ssh into and do our work if you are a Windows user.

However, like 99% of our CS courses are on Linux anyway, so there's pretty much no need for Windows.