Compare Design 3D Versions
FEATURES | DESIGN 3D CX 7 | DESIGN 3D SE 7 | DESIGN 3D CXi 7 |
Basic Tools Move, rotate, scale, grids and guides, history stack |
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Environmental Tools Ground plane, visible and reflected backgrounds |
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Lighting / Basic Point lights, spot lights, directional lights |
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Lighting / Advanced Lightdomes |
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3D & 2D Primitives | ![]() |
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Import / Basic EPS (v8), S3D, OBJ, Collada, VRML, 3DS and more |
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Import / Advanced FBX, AI, PDF and U3D |
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Export Collada(DAE), S3D, OBJ, VRML, BMP, JPG, SWF, PCT, TIF, TGA |
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Export / Advanced Quicktime |
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Bezier Modeling Tools Pen tool, extrude, lathe, path extrude, skin |
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Bezier Modeling Tools / Advanced Hull, thickness, fillet |
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Boolean Operations Subtract, intersect, union, cut |
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Polygon Modeling Tools / Basic Move, rotate, scale, bevel, extrude |
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Polygon Modeling Tools / Advanced Magic wand selections, inset, inflate, flatten |
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Advanced Smoothing Techniques Subdivision surfaces |
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Advanced Smoothing Techniques 2 Meld |
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Deformation Tools Deformation lattice, bones |
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Animation Keyframing, animated textures |
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Animation Effects Shatter, explode |
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ScriptFX Heartbeat, bounce, rotate, etc. |
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Texturing Tools / Basic Multi-channel stackable textures, stone, wood |
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Texturing Tools / Advanced Linked PSD textures, most procedural texture types |
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Rendering / Basic Raytracing, raydiosity, openGL, toon |
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Rendering / Advanced Suspended renderings, fields, stereo, panoramic, motion blur, render to layers |
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