3D View
- software to visualize, measure and markup 3D native CAD/CAM models
3Di
- an open GL-based rendering technology that enables users working in a
standard Web browser to manipulate and add images and textures to
photographic images, from Cre8tiv
3ds
max (formerly 3D Studio Max) - 3D animation and modeling software for
character animation, generation game development and visual effects
production, works with the Character Studio plug-in, for creating crowd
scenes, whether animal or human, From Discreet, a division of Autodesk
Adobe - creators of Photoshop
and Illustrator, plus such Web tools as Atmosphere, for creating realistic
and immersive environments online, and SVG Viewer, a browser plug-in to
render scalable vector graphics
Adphonic
- video
production and corporate DVD presentations, location filming, advanced
digital editing and producers of film content for mobile phones and
Bluetooth marketing
Advanced Visual Systems - makers of software for analyzing and displaying large
amounts of data, including AVS/Express
AIR - 3D graphics tool, features fast rendering
of images, supports geometric primitives like polygon meshes, trimmed NURBS,
by Sitex Graphics
Amapi Pro
- offers
NURB-based environment for the conception and creation of high-end 3D
models, from e frontier America
Amorphium
Pro
- modeling and animation software that creates 3D objects using real-time 2D
brushes and design tools, from Electric Image
Animech
- makers of 3D CAD based visual products, integration of 3D animation for
improved communication, enhance sales of products, products like aniPart,
aniDemo
Arete Image Software
- makers of photorealistic oceanographic and atmospheric software,
including Digital PyroTools to create realistic fire, smoke and water
effects
Autodesk
VIZ (formerly 3D Studio VIZ)
- create
and communicate designs in a real-time 3D visualization environment (reviews)
Bionatics - procedural 3D
plant modeling technology, delivers a complete suite of professional solutions
for 3D photorealistic plant & outdoor simulations
Boujou
- provides fully
automated 3D camera tracking and calibration from film or video material,
from 2D3
Bunkspeed - makers of
HyperShot and HyperDrive, visualization software for automobiles
Camtasia
- a suite of tools that captures the action and sound from any part of the
Windows desktop and saves it to a standard AVI movie file or streaming
video, for computer-based training, product demonstrations and sales and
technical presentations, from TechSmith
Carrara
Studio
- graphics application for both Macintosh and Windows handles 3D
modeling, animation, rendering and special effects, from Eovia (reviews)
Ceetron
- makers of high-speed 3D visualization and animation software for finite
element analysis programs
Christie Digital Systems
- producer of high-performance projection technologies, including the
world's first stereoscopic 3-D digital projector
CValley
- makers of Adobe Illustrator plug-ins for CAD, BluePrintTools-Pro, to draw
simple blueprints, design with dimension lines and measure over a curved
line, and EXDXF-Pro, to convert Bezier curves from Illustrator to a smooth
line with minimal anchor points
Cycore
- makers of Web-based interactive 3D graphics software, including,
Cult3D and PuppetTime
Discreet
- makers of systems and software for digital image creation, manipulation
and editing, Products are: 3ds max, 3D Autodesk VIZ, Lightscape, edit, fire,
smoke, flame, flint, combustion, inferno, frost, character studio, reactor
and infrastructure
DigArts - imaging tools and
media for artists, designers and architects including tree & foliage
visualization products that work like paints in Painter & Paint Shop Pro
Enggsoft - offers visualization tools
that allows users to distribute CAD drawings
Enviro Graphics
- photorealistic trees and plants for
ArchiCAD, Photoshop, SketchUp, Chief Architect, also VIZ and CAD
applications
Flamingo - raytracing and
radiosity for Rhino, by Robert McNeel
formZ - 3D solid modeling, visualization and rendering software (reviews)
Ghost 3D
- makers of 3D object modeling, digitizing and conversion/importing plug-ins
for 3ds max and VIZ, applications include ResErect, Scribe-iT,
Surf-iT and MicroScribe-MAX
HDR Light Studionew
- creates HDR studio lighting environments to use with 3D rendering software
IDELIX Software Inc,
- specializes in software to improve the presentation of data and images on
computing devices
ILogic
- software tool for 3D based mechanical design, from Logimetrix
ImageCELs
- clip-art libraries from IMAGETECTS featuring photorealistic images of
people, trees, shrubs, cars and trucks and tropical plants
ImageStudio - rendering software for transforming 3D models into
visuals, by Alias (reviews)
Interactive Product Animator
- windows based animation package integrated into PTC, I-DEAS, SolidWorks
and other MCAD products, by Immersive Design
Intergraph - engineering model rendering and animation
IPA
- generates interactive Web-based animations from 3D product model
assemblies created by the leading CAD systems, from Immersive Design (reviews)
Jig
- an open, extensible program with multiple rendering algorithms that can be
combined in one scene to create multiple effects, from Steamboat Software
Lightscape
- radiosity-enhanced images for photorealistic images, will be retired by by Autodesk
in January 2003 (reviews)
LightWork Design - makers of
rendering, simulation and visualization software, including LightWorks, a
rendering tool for producing photorealistic 3D images and animations, LightWorks Real-time Plus add-on for
interactive rendering, and LightWorks Sketch, a rendering product that
provides the ability to instantly create non-photorealistic, impressionistic
and stylized design renderings
LizardTech
- makers of an application suite including Content Server, to view
high-resolution photos and scanned documents, MrSID, to reduce
high-resolution photos and images, and DjVu, to reduce scanned documents 50
to 100 times smaller than PDF files
Longview Advisors
- provides
consulting services in the business, technology and application of 3D
software in product lifecycle management
Luxologynew
- 3D content creation softwares for animation, rendering,
visualization, products include modo, imageSynth, developer tools
MachStudio Pronew
- 3D workflow, rendering package for animation, modeling, by StudioGPU
Maya
- create digital imagery, 3D animation and visual effects, by Alias
mental ray
- rendering software that combines the physically correct simulation of the
behavior of light with full programmability to create photorealistic imagery
and visual effects
, from mental images
Mercury Computer
Systems
- interactive 2D/3D visualization developer toolkits and PC/Mac desktop
applications
myVR
- provides
technology and distribution technology for 3D models, Autodesk
development partner, located in Oslo Norway
Neon
- 3D publishing tool to create 3D models, renderings, and animations
and output them to the Web, from Ashlar-Vellum
Nverse Photo
- plug-in for Autodesk VIZ and 3ds max can model and texture huge 3D urban
scenes from aerial photos, from Precision Lightworks
Okino Computer Graphics
- graphics applications include NuGraf Rendering System (photorealistic
rendering software), PolyTrans (3D model translation software) and NuGraf
Developer's 3D Toolkit (3D photorealistic component libraries for software
developers) (reviews)
Open
Inventor - a full-featured object-oriented framework for building
interactive 3D graphics applications, from TGS
OpenSceneGraph
- open source 3D graphics toolkit, useful
for visualization, visual simulation, modeling, by OpenSceneGraph
Professional Services
Opticore
- makers of 3D real-time software for interactive product visualization,
including Opus Realizer, to create visual effects such as automatic
reflections and shadows and real-time lighting and editing, and Opus Studio,
to visualize and analyze data before any physical prototypes are built
ParallelGraphics
- makers of many Web-based applications for creating and viewing of 3D objects,
including Cortona VRML, VRMLPad (and its plug-in Extrusion Editor), Internet
Space Builder, Internet Model Optimizer and Outline3D, an online tool for
marketing products within a real-time environment
PhotoModeler - use photographs
to create 3D models, Exports to DXF, 3DS, VRML and other formats, By Eos
Systems
Piranesi
- post-rendering visualization by Informatix (reviews)
The Plugin Site
- helps to manage and preview image formats, plug-ins, and other graphics
tools from image, animation, video and 3D applications, from Harald Heim
Quest3D - create
architectural virtual reality presentations from CAD designs
Radiance
- physical lighting simulation system used to create realistic scenes, open
source, by Greg Ward Larson
RenderCity
- site allows users to create architectural renderings online for free by
modeling with DesignWorkshop or other Radiance-compatible 3D CAD software,
from Artifice
RenderPipe for MAYA
- a plug-in that provides an interface between RenderDrive, ART's 3D
rendering system, and Maya, the 3D modeling and animation software from
Alias
Right Hemisphere
- makers of texturing and painting 3D graphics software, including Deep
Paint 3D and Texture Weapons
RTT
- developers of 3D visualization software, useful in virtual prototyping,
virtual marketing
Scene7
- offers interactive imaging tools that transform static digital product
lists into interactive catalogs, allowing customers to adjust a product's
colors, textures and patterns
SGI
- makers of OpenGL Multipipe and OpenGL Multipipe Software Development Kit,
for SGI's Onyx visualization systems
Shade
- 3D graphics toolkit for designers, illustrators and architects, by e
frontier (reviews)
Simulation Lab Softwarenew
- offers OSG Composer Lite, Composer CAD, CAD Importers for 3D interaction,
simulation, visualization
Softimage
- modeling and rendering for building and product visualization
Stitcher - for
integration of CG elements into live action footage, by REALVIZ
Tactonworks - product configurator for
3D CAD system, quick generation of custom drawings, 3D Models for quotations
T-Splines - offers organic 3D
modeling software in styling, industrial design, CAD, CAE and entertainment
TechViznew
- makers of desktop applications for visualization systems, headquartered in
Paris, France
Tecplot - delivers
visualization software for engineers and scientists to analyze, discover and
communicate results
Time's Up
- makers of immersive tools, including SPIN, the spherical projection
interface in which the user literally enters a virtual world by stepping
inside a 3-meter diameter translucent ball and is tracked by five projectors
trueSpace
- NURBS-based modeling and animation 3D software for interactive Web,
graphic and product design and game markets, from Caligari Corporation (reviews)
Universe
- modeling and animation tool by Electric Image (reviews)
VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT
- combines drafting and modeling technology with lighting design and
production tools to create light plots, automate paperwork and visualize
design concepts in 3D, from Nemetschek North America
Visual Components - developers of software tools for 3D
simulation, visualization
Visualistic
- presentation tool converts 3D CAD models into 3D real-time images, from Getme
Visualization Librarynew
- C++ middleware based on OpenGL 2.1 2D/3D graphics applications, developed
by Michele Bosi
Visviva Authoring Studio
- offers integrated object design, animation composition, 3D modeling, image
painting, vector drawing and hypertext editing
VizUp
- offers polygon reducers fro 3D model
optimization, by VizUp Technology
Vue d'Esprit
- realistic 3D scenery, rendering features includes volumetric effects,
glowing materials, lens flares, stars and planets, rocks, more, by e-on
Software (reviews)
XSI
- 3D software for modeling, animation,
rendering, by RenderCore
Yantram 3D Rendering Studionew - offers services
like 3D walkthrough, architectural design, rendering, visualization,
animation
ZBrush
- renders 3D geometry, materials and textures in real-time without the need
for graphic accelerators, from Pixologic Inc.
