3D Development Software
Today the “3D development and software” industry is huge as there are a range and collection of products in the market, these software’s are released all year round and updated weekly. Rivals like Autodesk and side effects software are competing to have the best 3D development software.
File formats: 3ds, .mb, .lwo, .C4d, .dxf, .obj; plug-ins.
- 3Ds Max (Autodesk), is a comprehensive and multipurpose 3D application, it is exploited in many industries such as in film, television, video games and architecture. It can be extended and customized through its SDK or scripting using a Maxscript. It can also use third party rendering options such as Brazil R/S, finalRender and V-Ray.
- AC3D (Inivis) is a 3D modelling application that began in the 90’s on the Amiga platform. The application is used in a number of industries in the aerospace and aviation, it often relates in articles to price and compatibility, the company MathWorks is frequently recommending the product. AC3D does not feature its own renderer, but can generate output files for both RenderMan, POV-Ray and some others.
- Aladdin4D (DiscreetFX), was first created for the Amiga, and was originally developed by the Adspec Programming. The product is a multi-platform for Mac OS X, Amiga OS 4.1, MorphOS, Linux, AROS, and Windows. This means Aladin4D gains a wider market.
- Carrara (DAZ Productions) is a fully featured 3D toolset for modelling, texturing, scene rendering and animation.
- Cinema 4D (MAXON) is a light (Prime) to full featured (Studio) 3d package, however is dependant on version used. Although used in film usually for 2.5d work, Cinema’s largest user base is in the television motion graphics and design/visualisation arenas. Originally developed for the Amiga, it is also available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.
