Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
3D computer graphics software refers to programs used to create 3D computer-generated imagery.
General information
This is a chart about notable software on basic comparative elements that is based on the raw software without the inclusion of additional plugins.
Application | Latest release date and version |
Developed by | Platforms | Mainly Used For | License |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3ds Max | 2016-04-18 v 2017 |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Animation (Video Games), Lighting, Rendering | Proprietary |
AC3D | 2015-05-01 v 7.5 |
Inivis | Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
Art of Illusion | 2015-06-27 v 3.0.2 |
Peter Eastman | Java Virtual Machine supported platforms | Animation, Lighting, Modelling, Rendering | GNU GPLv2 |
Blender | 2016-10-03 v 2.78 |
Blender Foundation | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS | 2D/3D toon Animation, Lighting, Modeling, Node based Material Creation / Texturing / 3D Texture Painting/ UV Mapping, Rendering (Internal, External, 3D Anaglyph and VR) , 3D Rigging and Animation, Sculpting, Video Game Creation and Player, Visual 3D Effects, Basic Post-Production Video Editing, Motion Tracking, Python Scripting, Fluid Simulation, Particles, Physics, Compositing | GNU GPLv2+ / Apache 2.0 [1] |
Bryce | 2010-12-23 7.1.0.109 |
DAZ 3D | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Animation, Landscape Modeling, Fractal Geometry | Proprietary |
Carrara | 2013-08-26 8.5.1.19 |
DAZ 3D | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Animation, Modeling | Proprietary |
Cheetah 3D | 2014-09-28 v 6.3.2 |
Dr. Martin Wengenmayer | Mac OS X | Animation, Modeling | Proprietary |
Cinema 4D | 2016-09-01 R18 |
MAXON | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Amiga OS[2] | Animation, Lighting, Modeling, Visual 3D Effects, Rendering, Simulation | Proprietary |
CityEngine | v 2013 |
Procedural | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux | Procedural Modeling of 3D Cities | Proprietary |
Clara.io | 2013-07-09 |
Exocortex | Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer | Modeling, Animation, Rendering | Proprietary |
Cobalt | 2009-12-11 v8 SP2r3 |
Ashlar-Vellum | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Animation | Proprietary |
DesignSpark Mechanical | 2015-11-18 v2.0.1 |
SpaceClaim, RS Components | Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing | Freemium |
Electric Image Animation System | 2009-05 v8.0. |
EIAS3D | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Film, Television, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
form-Z / form-Z Renderzone Plus | 2013-10-11 7.3 |
autodessys, Inc. | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Animation, Modeling, Lighting, Render, Fabrication, Set Design | Proprietary |
Hexagon | 2008-05-20 2.5 |
DAZ 3D | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Subdivision Modeling, UV Mapping | Proprietary |
Houdini | 2015-01-15 v 14 |
Side Effects Software | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Animation, Lighting, Modeling, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
IClone | 2014 v 6.0 |
Reallusion | Microsoft Windows | Animation, Film and Television Previz, Videogame Asset Creation, Lighting, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
LightWave 3D | 2014 v 11.6.2 |
NewTek | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Amiga OS[3] | Modeling, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Film and Television Previz, Videogame Asset Creation | Proprietary |
MASSIVE | ? v 3.5 |
Massive Software | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Artificial Intelligence in Models | Proprietary |
Maya | 2016 "2017" |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Modeling, Animation (Video), Lighting, Rendering, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
Metasequoia | 2016-10-12 4.5.7 |
O. Mizno | Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
MODO | 2015-05-27 10.1v2 |
The Foundry | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux | Modeling, Animation, Rendering | Proprietary |
Mudbox | 2016 "2017" |
Autodesk | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux | Lighting, Sculpting (the deformation of the model) | Proprietary |
POV-Ray | 2013-11-06 v 3.7 |
The POV-Team | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, AmigaOS | Lighting, Visual 3D effects | GNU AGPLv3 |
Pro/Engineer | Template:September 2009 2009 Wildfire 5.0 |
Parametric Technology Corporation | Microsoft Windows, HP-UX, Unix | Modeling, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
Remo 3D | v 2.6.1 | Remograph | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Modeling, Virtual Reality, Real-time modeling, Video Game Creation, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
Rhinoceros 3D | v 5 | McNeel | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X in beta | Modeling, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
Sculptris | 2011-07-22 v Alpha 6 |
Pixologic | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Sculpting, Texturing | Proprietary |
Shade 3D | 2014 v 14.1.2 |
Shade3D | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Rendering, Animation | Proprietary |
Silo | 2008-08-13 v 2.1 |
Nevercenter | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
SketchUp Make / SketchUp Pro | 2016-02-29 [4] v 16.1.1449 (Win64) v 16.1.1450 (Win32) v 16.1.1451 (Mac) |
Trimble Navigation | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
Softimage | "2015" (Final Release) |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Modeling, Animation, Video Game Creation, Lighting, Rendering, Visual 3d Effects | Proprietary |
Solid Edge | 2014-08-08 ST7 |
Siemens PLM Software | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
solidThinking | 2014 v 2014 |
solidThinking | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
SolidWorks | 2014-09-09 v 2015 |
Dassault Systèmes | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
SpaceClaim | 2014-11-19 v 2015 |
SpaceClaim Corporation | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
TopSolid | 7.9 2014 |
Missler Software | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design/ Computer Aided Manufacturing | Proprietary |
trueSpace | 2009-05-25 v 7.61 |
Caligari Corporation | Microsoft Windows, AmigaOS | Animation, Modeling | Proprietary |
E-on Vue | v 2014 |
E-on Software | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Animation, Landscape Modeling, Lighting | Proprietary |
Verto Studio 3D | 2012-10-9 v 1.3.1 |
Michael L. Farrell | Mac OS X, iOS | Mobile Modeling, Texture Mapping, Lighting | Proprietary |
ZBrush | 2015-01-29 v 4R7 |
Pixologic | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Sculpting (the deformation of the model), Rendering | Proprietary |
Wings3d | 2014-04-14 1.5.3 |
Dan Gudmundsson (maintainer) | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, BSD, Linux | Modeling, Sculpting (the deformation of the model), UV mapping | BSD |
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).
Name | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Unix | BSD | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3ds Max | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
AC3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Art of Illusion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS |
Carrara | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cheetah 3D | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Amiga OS |
Clara.io | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Chrome OS, Android |
DesignSpark Mechanical | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Electric Image Animation System | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
form-Z | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Houdini | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
IClone | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
LightWave 3D | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | AmigaOS |
MakeHuman | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Massive | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Metasequoia | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Modo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
POV-Ray | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Amiga OS, Atari TOS |
Remo 3D | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Shade | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Silo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
SketchUp Make | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
SketchUp Pro | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Softimage | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Solid Edge | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
solidThinking | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
solidWorks | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
SpaceClaim | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
TopSolid | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
trueSpace | Yes | No | No | No | No | Amiga OS |
Verto Studio 3D | No | Yes | No | No | No | iOS |
E-on Vue | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Wings 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
ZBrush | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Features
Modeling | 3D Painting | Animation | Rendering | 3D Tracking | Compositing | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3ds Max | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Autodesk MatchMover | Some |
AC3D | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No |
Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Electric Image Animation System | dropped[5] | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | R16 or later | No |
Clara.io | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Clarisse iFX | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Cobalt | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Houdini | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
IClone | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Lightwave 3D | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MakeHuman | parameter-based | No | No | No | No | No |
Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Autodesk MatchMover | Autodesk Composite |
Metasequoia | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Modo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Remo 3D | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Shade | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Softimage | Yes | 3.7 or later | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Solid Edge | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
SketchUp Make | Yes[6][7] | ? | Yes[6] | Yes[6] | No | No |
SketchUp Pro | Yes[6][7] | ? | Yes[6] | Yes[6] | No | No |
Wings3D | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | ? |
I/O
Imports | Exports | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Image, Video and Audio | 3D and others | Image, Video and Audio | 3D and others | |||||||
3D | 3D game | CAD and GIS | Web and mobile[io 1] | 3D | 3D game | CAD and GIS | Web and mobile[io 1] | |||
3ds Max | FBX, 3DS, PRJ, AI, DAE, HTR, OBJ, SHP, SKP, STL, TRC | Openflight FLT | DEM, XML, DDF, DWG, DXF, IGE, IGS, IGES, IPT, WIRE, IAM, LS, VW, LP, SAT | FBX, 3DS, AI, ASE, DAE, HTR, OBJ, STL | Openflight FLT | ATR, BLK, DF, DWG, DXF, IGS, LAY, LP, SAT, VW | M3G, VRML97 | |||
AC3D | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, DDS, PPM, Targa, TIFF | 3DS, AC3D, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, OFF, Pointfield, Points, STL (ascii), Terragen, Triangle, Vector | Quake BSP, Quake MD2, Renderware, SMF | DXF, LDraw (Lego), SOF Airfoil | VRML 1.0[8] | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, DDS, PPM, Targa, TIFF | 3DS, 3D Studio ASE, AC3D, Dive, DVS, DXF, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, PovRay, Renderman, STL (ascii), Triangle | DirectX, Ogre, Quake MD2, Quake Map, SMF, Unreal Tournament | Inventor, LDraw (Lego) | VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0, X3D[8] |
Blender | TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X) | 3DS, FBX, AC3D, COLLADA, OBJ, DEC Object File Format, Lightwave LWO, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, PLY, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape | DirectX | DXF, Pro Engineer, | VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D | TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X) | 3DS, AC3D, COLLADA, FBX, Adobe After Effects JSX, DXF, OBJ, DEC Object File Format, Lightwave LWO, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, PLY, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape, xfig export | DirectX | Pro Enginee | VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D |
Electric Image Animation System | TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, TIFF, PSD, MOV | 3DS, FBX, OBJ, LWO, MDD | DXF | PNG, BMP, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, MOV | 3DS, OBJ, LWO | DXF | ||||
Cinema 4D | FBX, OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, STL, DEM, LWO/LWS | DXF | VRML 1, VRML 2 | FBX, OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, STL, W3D | DXF | VRML 1, VRML 2 | ||||
Clara.io | PNG, JPG | FBX, OBJ, Collada, MD2, MD3, MD5, 3DS, STL, LWO, GEO, IRR, PLY, POV, SHP, XGL, ZGL, AC, BLEND, BVH, CSM, LWS | X | DXF | VRML, Three.js | FBX, OBJ, Collada, STL | Three.js, Babylon.js | |||
Clarisse iFX | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
Cobalt | BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM | 3DS, AI, ASCII Text | ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CCAD, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), Parasolid XT, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP) | VRML | BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM | AI, ASCII Text, RAW Triangle | ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES),Parasolid XT, PDF, Pro/E, STP (STEP) | Shockwave 3D, VRML | ||
Houdini | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
IClone | JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, AVI, WMV, MP3, WAV, popVideo | FBX, OBJ, BVH, SKP (via 3DXChange) | JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, WMV, AVI, MP4, popVideo, FLV, iWidget | FBX, OBJ, BVH (via 3DXChange) | ||||||
Lightwave 3D | TGA, JPG, PNG, AI, EPS, BMP, IFF, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV | 3DS, COLLADA, FBX, OBJ, LWO, FBX, MD2, VideoScape | DXF | VRML, VRML97 | TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV | 3DS, COLLADA, FBX, OBJ, LWO, MD2 | DXF | VRML, VRML97 | ||
MakeHuman | ? | N/A | ? | COLLADA, FBX Export, MD5, MHX, OBJ, Ogre3D, STL | ||||||
Maya | Ai, Aiff, Pix, AVI, Cineon, EPS, GIF, Jpeg, Swf, Maya IFF, Maya16 IFF, MacPaint, PSD, PNG, Quantel, Quickdraw, MOV, RLA, SVG, SGI, SGI16, SGI Movie, TGA, TIF, BMP, HDR | Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, MEL, FBX, OBJ, STL | Openflight FLT | DXF, IGES, StudioTools Wire | VRML2 | Maya IFF, AVI, QT, GIF, Softimage, RLA, BMP, TIF, SGI RGB, Alias PIX, Jpeg, EPS, Cineon, Quantel, TGA, Macpaint, PSD, PNG, Quickdraw, DDS | Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, Mel, FBX, OBJ, GE2, RTG, Mental Ray, RIB | OpenFlight FLT | DXF, IGES, StudioTools Wire, Open Inventor2 | VRML2 |
Metasequoia | 3DS, COB (Caligari Object), LWO, OBJ, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), SUF (DoGA CGA System) | RSD (PlayStation) | DXF | 3DS, COB (Caligari Object), LWO, OBJ, POV-Ray, RDS (Ray Dream Studio), RIB, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), SCE (SoftF/X Model), SUF (DoGA CGA System) | DirectX, RSD (PlayStation) | DXF | VRML 1.0 | |||
Modo | TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, SGI, openEXR | LXO, sldprt, sldasm*, LWO2, LWOB, FBX, 3DS, GEO, EPS, AI, PSD, OBJ, DAE, MDD | DXF | TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, openEXR, MOV, MWV | LXO, LWO, FBX, PLT, PSD, GEO, OBJ, DAE | DXF | X3D | |||
Remo 3D | 3DC, 3DS, AC, DAE, FBX, LWO, LWS, MD2, OBJ, OpenSceneGraph,[io 2] P3D, PFB, PLY, STL, STA, SHP | X | DW, DXF | 3DS, AC, DAE, DOT, FBX, OBJ, OpenSceneGraph,[io 2] P3D, STL | ||||||
Shade | OBJ, SketchUp, XML; (Pro) 3DS, BVH, COLLADA, LWO | DXF | QuickTime VR | COLLADA, DXF, OBJ, RIB, SWF, Second Life Sculpted Prim, XML; (Pro) 3DS, Blue Mars, , EPix, LWO | DirectX | VRML 2.0 | ||||
Softimage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
Solid Edge | STL | IGES, STEP, DXF, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks, NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, Autocad, XML, MDS | IGES, STEP, STL, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, DXF, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation, Autocad | |||||||
SketchUp Make | JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP | SKP, SKP+KMZ, 3DS[9] | DEM, DDF[9] | JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP | DAE, SKP, SKP+KMZ[9] | |||||
SketchUp Pro | JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP | SKP, SKP+KMZ, 3DS[9] | DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF[9] | JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, MOV(on Mac), AVI (on Windows)[9] | DAE, SKP, SKP+KMZ, EPS, EPX (removed v16+), 3DS, FBX, OBJ | dotXSI | DWG, DXF | PDF, VRML | ||
Wings3D | 3DS, AI, EPS, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, STL, SVG, Wings3D | 3DS, COLLADA, Kerkythea, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, POV-Ray, STL, SVG, Wings3D | BZFlag, DirectX, Renderware | VRML 2.0 |
- 1 2 VRML, Java 3D, Adobe Flash, Shockwave 3D, Acrobat 3D, WebGL-related formats, etc...
- 1 2 OSG, OSGB, OSGT, OSGX, IVE and OSGA
Supported Primitives
Application | Polygon | Curves | Spline/Bézier Surface | Metaball | Point Clouds | Particles | Voxel | Bone | Text | Camera | Light | Speaker | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tris | quads | N-gon | donut | Linear | Quadratic Bézier | Cubic Bézier | B-Spline | Cardinal spline | Hermite Spline | TCB spline | Smooth-step | Akima Spline | NURBS | NURBS regular patch | NURBS trimmed surface | Bicubic Bézier patch | ||||||||||
Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Bézier curve without subdivision | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | 3D Texture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | 3D Texture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
3ds Max | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Null object with Sound Track |
LightWave | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | only in Graph Editor | only in Graph Editor | ? | No | ? | (LWCAD plugin) | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Shade 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Sound Object |
Modeling
Application | Hard surface Modeling | Sculpt Modeling | Procedural Modeling | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Polygon Modeling | Subdivision Modeling | Base-mesh Creation | Sculpting | Retopology | Boolean | Bevel | General | |
Maya | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3ds Max | Yes | Yes | ? | Paint Deform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Blender | Yes | Yes | Skin Modifier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | stack only |
ZBrush | ZModeler | ZModeler | ZSphere and ZSketch | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No |
Curvy 3D | No | No | sketch-based | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No |
Lookdev
Application | PBR viewport | Viewport effects | Interactive Rendering | Integrated Compositing | Material Nodes | Turntable Rendering |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maya | Yes | Some | ? | No | Yes | Yes[10] |
3ds Max | Yes | Some | ? | (State Set) | Yes | Easy Turntable script |
Blender | No | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes | Turnaround addon |
Lighting
Application | Alembic Importer |
Rendering Engine |
Volume Rendering for clouds |
Interactive Rendering |
Isolating light contribution |
Light Lister |
IES Light |
Physical Sun & Sky | Sun Positioning by location and times |
Light Portal | Shadow Catcher | IBL and Environment texture | Light Paint | Light Layers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fisheye | Cube Map | Lat Long | sIBL | ||||||||||||||
Maya | Yes | Maya Hardware 1.0 | ? | Yes | ? | Light Editor | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Maya Hardware 2.0 | ? | Yes | No[11] | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | |||
Maya Software | ? | ? | Light Linking | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Env Ball | Env Cube | Env Sphere | ? | No | No | |||
Mental Ray | Yes | ? | Light Linking | mia_photometric_light | mia_physicalsun and mia_physicalsky |
GeoSun script/ Sun Simulator script |
mia_portal_light | mip_mattshadow | ? | ? | ? | sIBL-GUI software | No | No | |||
Turtle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | sIBL-GUI software | No | No | |||
3ds Max | Yes | Quicksilver | ? | Yes | No[12] | Light Lister | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Scanline | ? | ? | Light Exclude/Include | ? | ? | ? | ? | Matte/Shadow Material | ? | ? | ? | sIBL-GUI software | No | No | |||
mental ray | ? | ? | Photometric Lights | mental ray Sun & Sky | Sun Positioner[13] | mr Sky Portal | Matte/Shadow/Reflection Material | ? | ? | ? | sIBL-GUI software | No | No | ||||
iray | ? | ? | iray Matte Environment | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ||||||||
ART | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | |||
Blender | 2.78 and later | Viewport | ? | Yes | Light Groups | Property Chart Addon | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Blender Internal | ? | Yes | Light Groups | No | No | ? | No | "Shadows Only" option | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | |||
Cycles | Yes | Yes | D1985 | No | D1543 | Yes | Sun Position addon | from 2.75 | D1788 | ? | ? | ? | sIBL_GUI for Blender addon/ Add Environment nodes addon |
No | No | ||
MODO | Yes | MODO Renderer | Yes | Yes | Light Linking[14] | ? | Photometric Light | Directional Light[15] | Portal | Shadow Catcher | ? | ? | ? | mm_sIBLToModoEnvironment script | No | No |
Path-tracing Rendering
Application | MIPMAP generation |
Tessellation | Instansing | Camera Culling | Deep Pixel Rendering | Fisheye Stereo for Fulldome |
Lat-Long Stereo for HMD |
Deforming Motion Blur | GPU Rendering | Texture Streaming (GPU) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V-Ray | img2tiledexr | Hair and NURBS surface only | Yes | ? | Yes | Domemaster Stereo Shader | 3.2 and later | Yes | V-Ray RT | ? |
RenderMan/RIS | txmake | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | OmnidirectionalStereo.cpp shader | Yes | No | No |
Arnold | maketx | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Domemaster Stereo Shader | Domemaster Stereo Shader | Yes | In development | No |
Mental Ray | imf_copy | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Domemaster Stereo Shader | Domemaster Stereo Shader | Yes | Yes | ? |
Houdini Mantra (Path-Tracing mode) | icp | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | 15.5 and later | Yes | No | No |
Blender Cycles | No | 2.78 and later | Some | Camera Cull | No | 2.78 and later | 2.78 and later | Yes | Yes | limited to 5 float textures[16] (limited to 1024 float textures in 2.78[17]) |
See also
- Comparison of raster graphics editors
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
- Comparison of computer-aided design editors
- Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE file viewers
References
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- ↑
- ↑ Cinema 4D
- ↑ LightWave 3D
- ↑ "Release Notes | SketchUp Knowledge Base". help.sketchup.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ↑ EIAS3D releases EIAS 9 CG Channel November 6, 2012
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 SketchUp Features
- 1 2 SketchUp User Guide: Creating a 3D Model
- 1 2 AC3D Features Summary
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Using SketchUp Data with Other Modeling Programs or Tools | SketchUp Knowledge Base". help.sketchup.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ↑ Create a turntable animation Autodesk
- ↑ DirectX 11 Limitations Autodesk
- ↑ Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 Complete Reference Guide, P.685, Kelly Murdock, 2015
- ↑ Sun Positioner and Physical Sky Autodesk
- ↑ Shader The Foundry
- ↑ Directional Light The Foundry
- ↑ GPU Rendering - Supported Features and Limitations Blender Foundation
- ↑ Bf-blender-cvs - c9f1ed1 - master: Cycles: Add support for bindless textures. Blender Foundation 2016-05-19
- ↑ Afanche3D download page
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