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  • 3D View - software to visualize, measure, markup 3D native CAD/CAM models
  • 3Di - open GL-based rendering technology that enables users working in standard Web browser to manipulate, add images, textures to photographic images, from Cre8tiv
  • 3ds max (formerly 3D Studio Max) - 3D animation, modeling software for character animation, generation game development, visual effects production, works with Character Studio plug-in, for creating crowd scenes, whether animal or human, From Discreet, division of Autodesk
  • 4D Graphics - makers of 4D Design
  • AccuRender - photorealistic rendering add-on for AutoCAD (reviews
  • Adobe - creators of Photoshop, Illustrator, plus such Web tools as Atmosphere, for creating realistic, immersive environments online,, SVG Viewer, browser plug-in to render scalable vector graphics
  • Adphonic - video production, corporate DVD presentations, location filming, advanced digital editing, producers of film content for mobile phones, Bluetooth marketing
  • Advanced Visual Systems - makers of software for analyzing, 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 conception, creation of high-end 3D models, from e frontier America
  • Amorphium Pro - modeling, animation software that creates 3D objects using real-time 2D brushes, 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, atmospheric software, including Digital PyroTools to create realistic fire, smoke, water effects
  • ARTVPS - developer of photorealistic rendering
  • Autodesk VIZ (formerly 3D Studio VIZ) - create, communicate designs in real-time 3D visualization environment (reviews)
  • Bionatics - procedural 3D plant modeling technology, delivers complete suite of professional solutions for 3D photorealistic plant & outdoor simulations
  • Boujou - provides fully automated 3D camera tracking, calibration from film or video material, from 2D3
  • Bunkspeed - makers of HyperShot, HyperDrive, visualization software for automobiles
  • Caustic Graphics - makers of CausticRT ray tracing system
  • Camtasia - suite of tools that captures action, sound from any part of Windows desktop, saves it to standard AVI movie file or streaming video, for computer-based training, product demonstrations, sales, technical presentations, from TechSmith
  • Carrara Studio - graphics application for both Macintosh, Windows handles 3D modeling, animation, rendering, special effects, from Eovia (reviews)
  • Ceetron - makers of high-speed 3D visualization, animation software for finite element analysis programs
  • Christie Digital Systems - producer of high-performance projection technologies, including world's first stereoscopic 3-D digital projector
  • Click-VR Visualizer new - 3ds Max integrated visualizer with interactive viewport, rendering, publishing, exporting features, more, by Codeblend
  • Corel Graphics - Corel Draw, Photopaint, Designer, more
  • CValley - makers of Adobe Illustrator plug-ins for CAD, BluePrintTools-Pro, to draw simple blueprints, design with dimension lines, measure over curved line,, EXDXF-Pro, to convert Bezier curves from Illustrator to smooth line with minimal anchor points
  • Cycore - makers of  Web-based interactive 3D graphics software, including, Cult3D, PuppetTime
  • Deneba Software - CAD, graphics software for both Windows, Mac OS platforms (DenebaCAD reviews)
  • Discreet - makers of systems, software for digital image creation, manipulation, editing, Products are: 3ds max, 3D Autodesk VIZ, Lightscape, edit, fire, smoke, flame, flint, combustion, inferno, frost, character studio, reactor, infrastructure
  • DigArts - imaging tools, media for artists, designers, 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, plants for ArchiCAD, Photoshop, SketchUp, Chief Architect, also VIZ, CAD applications
  • Flamingo - raytracing, radiosity for Rhino, by Robert McNeel
  • formZ - 3D solid modeling, visualization, rendering software (reviews)
  • Ghost 3D - makers of 3D object modeling, digitizing, conversion/importing plug-ins for 3ds max, VIZ, applications include ResErect, Scribe-iT, Surf-iT, MicroScribe-MAX
  • HDR Light Studio - creates HDR studio lighting environments to use with 3D rendering software
  • IDELIX Software Inc, - specializes in software to improve presentation of data, 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, trucks, tropical plants
  • ImageStudio - rendering software for transforming 3D models into visuals, by Alias (reviews)
  • Indigo Renderer - photorealistic renderer for architectural, product visualization, by Glare Technologies
  • Interactive Product Animator - windows based animation package integrated into PTC, I-DEAS, SolidWorks, other MCAD products, by Immersive Design
  • Intergraph - engineering model rendering, animation
  • IPA - generates interactive Web-based animations from 3D product model assemblies created by leading CAD systems, from Immersive Design (reviews)
  • Jig - 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)
  • LightWave 3D - 3D graphics, animation by NewTek (reviews)
  • LightWork Design - rendering, simulation, visualization software, including LightWorks, rendering tool for producing photorealistic 3D images, animations, LightWorks Real-time Plus add-on for interactive rendering,, LightWorks Sketch, rendering product that provides ability to instantly create non-photorealistic, impressionistic, stylized design renderings
  • LizardTech - makers of application suite including Content Server, to view high-resolution photos, scanned documents, MrSID, to reduce high-resolution photos, images,, DjVu, to reduce scanned documents 50 to 100 times smaller than PDF files
  • Longview Advisors - provides consulting services in business, technology, application of 3D software in product lifecycle management
  • Luxology - 3D content creation softwares for animation, rendering, visualization, products include modo, imageSynth, developer tools
  • MachStudio Pro - 3D workflow, rendering package for animation, modeling, by StudioGPU
  • Maya - create digital imagery, 3D animation, visual effects, by Alias
  • mental ray - rendering software that combines physically correct simulation of behavior of light with full programmability to create photorealistic imagery, visual effects , from mental images
  • Mercury Computer Systems - interactive 2D/3D visualization developer toolkits, PC/Mac desktop applications
  • myVR - provides technology, distribution technology for 3D models, Autodesk development partner, located in Oslo Norway
  • Neon - 3D publishing tool to create 3D models, renderings,, animations, output them to Web, from Ashlar-Vellum
  • Nverse Photo - plug-in for Autodesk VIZ, 3ds max can model, 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), NuGraf Developer's 3D Toolkit (3D photorealistic component libraries for software developers) (reviews)
  • Open Inventor - 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, shadows, real-time lighting, editing,, Opus Studio, to visualize, analyze data before any physical prototypes are built
  • ParallelGraphics - makers of many Web-based applications for creating, viewing of 3D objects, including Cortona VRML, VRMLPad (and its plug-in Extrusion Editor), Internet Space Builder, Internet Model Optimizer, Outline3D, online tool for marketing products within real-time environment 
  • PhotoModeler  - use photographs to create 3D models, Exports to DXF, 3DS, VRML, other formats, By Eos Systems 
  • Piranesi - post-rendering visualization by Informatix (reviews)
  • The Plugin Site - helps to manage, preview image formats, plug-ins,, other graphics tools from image, animation, video, 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 - plug-in that provides interface between RenderDrive, ART's 3D rendering system,, Maya, 3D modeling, animation software from Alias
  • Right Hemisphere - makers of texturing, painting 3D graphics software, including Deep Paint 3D, 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 product's colors, textures, patterns
  • SGI - makers of OpenGL Multipipe, OpenGL Multipipe Software Development Kit, for SGI's Onyx visualization systems
  • Shade - 3D graphics toolkit for designers, illustrators, architects, by e frontier (reviews)
  • Simulation Lab Software new - offers OSG Composer Lite, Composer CAD, CAD Importers for 3D interaction, simulation, visualization
  • Softimage - modeling, rendering for building, 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, entertainment
  • TechViz new - makers of desktop applications for visualization systems, headquartered in Paris, France
  • Tecplot - delivers visualization software for engineers, scientists to analyze, discover, communicate results
  • Time's Up - makers of immersive tools, including SPIN, spherical projection interface in which user literally enters virtual world by stepping inside 3-meter diameter translucent ball, is tracked by five projectors 
  • trueSpace - NURBS-based modeling, animation 3D software for interactive Web, graphic, product design, game markets, from Caligari Corporation  (reviews)
  • Universe - modeling, animation tool by Electric Image (reviews)
  • Unwrap King new - 3ds Max plugin for automatic unwrapping of 3d models, by Codeblend
  • VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT - combines drafting, modeling technology with lighting design, production tools to create light plots, automate paperwork, visualize design concepts in 3D, from Nemetschek North America 
  • Virtus Corporation - ConceptCAD, visualization, modeling
  • 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 Library new - 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, 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, planets, rocks, more, by e-on Software (reviews)
  • XSI - 3D software for modeling, animation, rendering, by RenderCore
  • Yantram 3D Rendering Studio - offers services like 3D walkthrough, architectural design, rendering, visualization, animation
  • ZBrush - renders 3D geometry, materials, textures in real-time without need for graphic accelerators, from Pixologic Inc.



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