Design 3D CX 8 for Mac
Our Premier Modeling & Animation Software for Mac. Unrivaled Quality & Price.All the Power You Need in One Integrated Solution
Design 3D gives you all the tools you need to complete professional 3D projects. This includes integrated modeling and scene composition so you can get to the final high quality images and animations that professional studios demand. Even though Design 3D is a stand-alone solution, it’s still connected to the other tools and resources you need so your overall workflow efficiency is maximized.
Simplified 3D Learning Curve
Strata Design 3D eases the learning curve for 2D designers who are new to 3D. Quick start templates, libraries, predefined effects, backgrounds, environments and more allow designers to create complex scenes in minutes. With a user interface and tools that are familiar to today’s 2D designers, you invest your time learning 3D design concepts rather than a new design paradigm.
Fundamentals Video: User Interface
Fundamentals Video: Windows & Views
Share Your Vision in VR with VR17 Release
The latest release adds exciting new features to allow you to explore and share your designs in VR.
Render VR new camera type (VR 360° Stereo) generates images that allow you and your clients to step directly into your projects for a fully immersive experience using a standard smartphone and simple, inexpensive viewers (such as Google Cardboard).
Publish VR makes it easy to interactively experience your designs in a full VR environment using Strata inStudio VR and HTC Vive headset. Just select your model in Design 3D CX and hit the Publish to VR button.
Intel® Embree & Stage Model Features
Design 3D CX includes the Embree raycasting technology by Intel® to improve rendering speed up to 800%. The Stage Model feature also helps to make it easy to place your models in professionally created templates for a finished presentation. Speed and efficiency.
Model Anything in 3D or Import Existing 3D Assets
For many, the thought of 3D modeling is a daunting task. Design 3D offers an extremely friendly modeling toolset and environment for manipulating your polygons, splines, and primitives into any 3D object or scene you can imagine. If you’re working with existing 3D assets, Strata Design 3D CX utilizes a host of filters and options to accurately import third-party 3D models and scenes.
Apply Surface Textures with Precision
In the world of 3D, texturing may just be the most important component in creating convincing final renderings. Once you have designed your 3D model, Strata Design 3D CX gives you powerful tools to create, apply and manipulate surface textures with beautifully accurate results.
Sophisticated Lighting, Backgrounds & Cameras
Scene composition is a critical step in producing stunning images. Design 3D CX makes it easier to control the environment than any photography studio you could imagine. Position your 3D objects and then place lights, reflection panels, cameras, backgrounds, environments, reflection elements and more to produce a superior final render or animation for your design project.
Photo-Real Images & Animations at Blazing Speeds
Strata is well known for its extraordinary rendering technology. Whether you’re after photo-realistic results or some other style for your static or motion graphics, you will find the rendering options to suit your needs and output the results using one of the fastest rendering engines in the industry. After all, it’s all about the final results and Design 3D delivers.
inStudio VR Ready
Ever wonder what it would be like to be able to step into your design projects? What it would feel like to hold your creation in your hands – with just the push of a button? With Design 3D CX and inStudio VR you now have the power to not just visualize, but to truly experience your ideas. No need to 3D print or build expensive prototypes – inStudio VR can put you there in seconds. Just select your model in Design 3D CX, hit the Publish to VR button and you’ll be there in seconds.
Detailed Feature List
- 2D/3D Text
- 2D Drawing Tools (rectangles, ellipsis, etc.)
- 3D Primitives (cubes, spheres, etc.)
- Spline Curves (Bezier lines/regions)
- Polyspline SDS (subdivision surfaces)
- Meld MetaSurfaces
- Bezier Surfaces
- Extrude
- Lathe
- Boolean
- Skin
- Polygonal Modeling
- Path Extrude
- Construction Objects
- Shy Objects
- Shape Instancing
- Replicate / Duplicate
- Object Manipulation
- Drop a Curve
- Hide Objects
- Fillet
- Thickness
- Mirror
- Hull Surface
- Deformation Lattice
- Grids – World, Custom & View
- Guides – Custom and Default
- Smooth Mesh
- Decimation
- Segment Edge Command
- Show Face Normals
- Point Snap
- Familiar Interface
- Split Views
- Camera View
- Multi-Views
- Depth Cueing
- Image/Movie Backdrop
- Spotlight Views
- OpenGL
- LiveRay
- Ground Plane
- Air Refraction
- Visible Backgrounds
- Reflective Backgrounds
- Atmosphere
- Gravity
- Wind
- Point Lights
- Spot Lights
- Global Lights
- Glowing Surfaces
- Lightdome HDRI
- Intensity
- Host Object
- Soft Edges
- Ambient Light
- Gels
- Animatable Lights
- Overflow Handling
- Spotlight Window View
- Effects Applied to Light
- Direct Manipulation Interface
- HDR Light Studio Integration (optional)
- Lens Flares
- Particle Collision Detection
- Script FX
- Auras
- Caustics
- Fountain Effects
- Global Gravity Control
- Global Wind Force Control
- Global Air Control
- Fire & Smoke
- Hair
- Hotspots
- Pixie Dust
- U3D (in)
- Collada (in/out)
- Illustrator/EPS (in)
- Photoshop PSD (in/out)
- STL (in/out)
- XMM (out)
- Quicktime (in/out)
- PICT (in/out)
- Quicktime VR (out)
- TGA (in/out)
- TIFF (in/out)
- BMP (in/out)
- JPEG (in/out)
- 3DS (in)
- PDF (in)
- DXF (in/out)
- AVI (in/out)
- MiniCAD (in)
- Amapi (in/out)
- OBJ (in/out)
- VRML 1 & 2 (in/out)
- Flash SWF (out)
- True Type Fonts (in)
- Postscript Type Fonts (in)
- OpenGL
- Toon
- LiveRay
- Photons
- Raytracing
- Raydiosity
- Render to Layers
- Flat Shaded
- Hidden Line
- Outline
- Pointcloud
- Smooth Shaded
- Wireframe
- Scanline
- Transparency
- Alpha Channel
- Anti-Aliasing
- Oversampling
- Glow
- Reflectivity
- Blurry Transparency and Reflectivity
- Instance Rendering
- Anti-Matter Effect
- Field Rendering
- Atmospheric Effects
- Shadows
- MIP Mapping
- Soft Shadows
- Stereoscopic
- Custom Environments
- Specular Highlights
- Suspend Rendering
- Marquee Select Rendering
- Scripting
- Hierarchial
- Visible Paths
- Everything Time Variable
- Animation Preview
- Shatter
- Explode
- Jiggle
- Convert to Path Event-Based
- Cycle Back & Forth
- Key Frames
- Velocity Graphs
- Life Checkbox
- Align to Path
- IK (Inverse Kinematics)
- FK (Forward Kinematics)
- TCB, Spline & Natural Paths
- Proportional Event Scaling
- Native UV Mapping
- Scripting
- Hierarchical
- Visible Paths
- Photoshop Linking
- Illustrator Linking
- Displacement
- Box Wrapper
- Normal Maps
- Mist
- Image Textures
- Corrosion
- Starfield
- Rainbow Reflection
- Mock Tile
- Shadow Catcher
- Ripples
- Solid Brick
- Silk
- Solid Candy
- Solid Concrete
- Solid Marble
- Solid Moonscape
- Solid Rock
- Solid Stone
- Solid Terrain
- Solid Wood
- Wildlife
- Mock Plank
- Surface, Solid & Volume
- Layer & Mix
- Fog
- Haze
- Clouds
- Burn UV
- New Conform to Mesh option; using Least Squares Conformal Maps technology
- LSCM unwrap (Conform, Conform Connected) Unwrap entire objects, single UV island or just selected polygons
- Pin UVs (Toggle pinned vertices on or off)
- Fit (to UV, U or V)
- Fit Each (to UV, U or V)
- Rotate Connected (to Grid, U or V)
- Move (to U, V; Center to U, V)
- Select Perimeter
- Select Pinned UVs
- UV Edge Seam Assignment
- Select UV Seam Edge
- LiveRay Texture Preview: see all texture effects with interactive rendering directly in the modeling view
- Scripting
- Hierarchial
- Visible Paths
- QTVR
- Motion Blur
- Depth of Field
- Boom
- Pan
- Dolly
- Arc
- Pitch
- Yaw
- Roll
- Host Object
- Target Object
- Focal Distance
- View Angle
- Stereoscopic Camera
- Panorama Camera
- Cubic Camera
- Fisheye Camera
- Spherical Camera
- Shutter Speed
- Live Window Updates
- LiveRay Scene Preview
With Lua you can script shaders and textures to: access the rendering pipeline; lens scripting for the creation of custom lenses, effects and warps; Filter FX which allows you to write custom Lua scripts to apply filters based on an object’s surface normal, direction, lighting, volume, and by pixel color, depth, transparency, layer within the psd file – and much, much more. In fact, Design 3D comes with a whole series of special effect shaders created using Lua. These “Script FX” let you do things like bounce, vibrate, alter acceleration and more. Each Script FX gives access to the full Lua source code, so you can edit them if you like.
Additional features are implemented directly in Lua throughout Design 3D such as Match Motion and Instance Node Control. If you’re somebody who’s interested in scripting, Lua gives you the opportunity to extend Design 3D in a variety of important ways.
System Requirements
- OS: Mac OS X 10.9.X or later
- Processor: Intel Processor(s)
- Memory: 4 GB of RAM (more is highly recommended)
- Hard Disk Space: 5 GB of available hard-disk space for install (additional 2 GB for HDRLS if bundled)
- Display: 1024 × 768 capable display
Design 3D CX 8 for Mac
Learn Design 3D CX Online at Strata 3D University
Learning 3D doesn’t have to be difficult. Especially with Strata’s online training library at your fingertips, covering every aspect of Strata Design 3D CX and the entire 3D design workflow. Strata 3D University makes it simple to find your subject of interest and quickly get up to speed with short, informative videos created by professional 3D designers.
