Comparison of 3D computer graphics software

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3D computer graphics software refers to programs used to create 3D computer-generated imagery.

Contents 1 General information 2 Operating system support 3 Features 4 See also 5 References

General information
This is a chart on basic comparative elements that is based on the raw software without the inclusion of additional plugins.

Applicatio n

Latest release date and version

Develo ped by

Platform s

User Interface Language( s)

English

Price

3ds Max

Template:20 Autodesk 09-04-18

Microsoft

$3,495

"2010" (v12)

Windows Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows BSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

AC3D

2009-06 v 6.5

Inivis

English

$79.95

Ayam

2008-12 v 1.15

Randolf Schultz

English

Free

Blender

BSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft 2009-05-30 Blender Windows, v 2.49 Foundation Pocket PC, Solaris, BeOS, SkyOS, AmigaOS, MorphOS 2009-06-16 7.2 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

English, Finnish, Turkish, Chinese, Thai, Swedish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Italian, German, French, Czech, Brazilian.

Free

Carrara

DAZ 3D

English, French

$89.95 $549.00

Cinema 4D

? R11

MAXON

English, German, French, Spanish and more

$995

Electric Image Animation System form-Z / form-Z Renderzone Plus

2009-05 v8.0.

EI Technology Group

English

$895

? 6.6

autodessys , Inc.

Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Mac OS X,

form-Z

$1,495
Renderzone

$495

Houdini

? v9

Side Effects Software

Hypershot

v 1.9

Bunkspeed

English

HyperMove

v 1.0

Bunkspeed

English

Microsoft Windows 2008-12 v 9.6 Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows, Linux Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows English, Japanese

LightWave 3D

NewTek

$995

MASSIVE

? v 3.5

Massive Software

English

COMPLETE

Maya

? Autodesk "2009" (v10)

English

$1,995
UNLIMITED

$4,995 English ?

modo

302 v 302

Luxology

POV-Ray

2004-10-03 v 3.6

The POVTeam

English

Free

Quest3D Creative Quest3D Power Quest3D VR

? v 4.0 ? v 4.0 ? v 4.0 ? v "2007"

Act-3D

English

1249

Act-3D

English

2499

Act-3D Relux Informatik AG

English

9999

[1]

Relux Professional

Silo

2008-08-13 Nevercente v 2.1 r

Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows, Linux

English

SketchUp

2008-11-17 v 7.0

Google

English

Free

2008-11-17 SketchUp Pro v 7.0

Google

English

$495

Softimage

2009-02 v 7.5

Autodesk

$2,995

Solid Edge

2009-06 ST2

Siemens PLM Software

Microsoft Windows

English

Template:20 08-07 solidThinki solidThinking Template:7. ng Ltd 6 SolidWorks ? Corporatio 2009 SP3.0 n 2009-06-03 v6.0 Electric Rain

Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

English

SolidWorks

Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows

Swift 3D

English

$249

trueSpace

Caligari 2008-07-24 Corporatio v 7.6 n ? ? ? v7 2007-08 v 3.1 VEC3D E-on Software

English

Free

ViewBuildUSA

? Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

Vue 7

English

ZBrush

Pixologic

English

$595

[edit] Operating system support

The operating systems on which the editors can run natively (without emulation or compatibility layers), meaning which operating systems have which editors specifically coded for them (not, for example, Wings 3D for Windows running on Linux with Wine). Ma c Windows Linux Unix BSD OS Other X Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No IRIX

Name

3ds Max AC3D Ayam

Art of Illusion

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Blender

Yes & Pocket Yes PC

Yes

No

Solaris, BeOS, SkyOS, Yes AmigaOS , MorphOS , IRIX No No No No

Carrara Cinema 4D Electric Image Animation System form-Z Houdini Hypershot HyperMov e LightWave 3D Massive Maya Modo POV-Ray Relux Profession al Silo SketchUp SketchUp Pro Softimage Solid Edge solidThinki

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

No Yes

No No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No No

No No No No

No No No No

No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes No Yes

No No No No No

No No No No No

AmigaOS No No No No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No No Yes

No No No Yes No No

No No No No No No

No No No No No No

No No No No No No

ng solidWork s Swift 3D trueSpace ViewBuild USA Vue 7 Wings 3D ZBrush Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

[edit] Features
Wirefram Animatio Renderin Imports e n g 3ds Max Blend er Maya Cinem a 4D Solid Edge Yes Yes Yes ? Exports

Yes Yes Yes ?

Yes Yes Yes ?

Yes Yes Yes ?

? ? ? IGES, STEP, DXF, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWork s, NX, SDRC, Microstati on, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, Autocad, STL, XML,

?, 3DS ? ? IGES, STEP, STL, PDF, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, DXF, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstati on, Autocad

MDS JPG, TNG, TIF, TGA, BMP, SKP, SKP+KMZ, 3DS, DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF [2]

Sketc hUp

JPG, TNG, TIF, TGA, BMP, SKP, SKP+KMZ

[3]

Sketc hUp Pro

JPG, TNG, TIF, TGA, BMP, SKP, SKP+KMZ, 3DS, DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF [4]

JPG, TNG, TIF, TGA, BMP, SKP, SKP+KMZ, PDF, EPS, EPX, DWG, DXF, 3DS, DAE, FBX, OBJ, XSI, VRML [5]

[edit] See also

Comparison of raster graphics editors Comparison of vector graphics editors Comparison_of_CAD_editors_for_AEC Comparison_of_CAD_editors_for_CAE Comparison of CAD editors for CAM Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE file viewers

[edit] References
1. ^ Quest 3D prices 2. ^ Imports SketchUp 3. ^ Exports SketchUp 4. ^ Imports SketchUp Pro 5. ^ Exports SketchUp Pro