![]() ![]() Drawing features include 2D/3D text, 2D drawing tools, 3D primitives and spline curves.Animation effects allow users to shatter, explode, and jiggle objects. Path types available are TCB, spline and natural. Features include scripting, hierarchical animation, visible paths, animation previews, event-based convert to path, key frames, velocity graphs, 'life' control, align to path, inverse and forward kinematics, and proportional event scaling. In Design 3D, everything can be animated. File import/export capabilities include 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), and Postscript Type Fonts (in).Also included are global gravity, wind force and air control. Special effects include lens flare, auras, particles, scriptable effects, fountains, fire, smoke, hair, hotspots, pixie dust.Lighting features available in Design 3D CX 8.x include point lights, spot lights, global lights, glowing surfaces, Lightdome HDRI, intensity, soft edges, host objects, ambient light, animatable lights, gels, light effects, and HDR Light Studio integration (optional).Environment features include a ground plane, air refraction, visible and reflective backgrounds, atmosphere, gravity, and wind.Viewing features include Quick OpenGL previews and LiveRay photo-real previews, familiar interface, split view, camera view, multiple views, depth cueing, image/movie backdrop, and spotlight views.Modeling features include Bézier splines, polygons, quad polysplines (subdivision surfaces), metasurfaces, extrud, lathe, Boolean, skin and mirror.Premade templates include optimized lights and lightdomes. Premade display scenes included with the application allow users to stage an object or model in one of 29 premade indoor and outdoor templates, including white and dark studios and premade shelving displays.Quick texture settings include glossiness and transparency, allowing a rapid way to adjust basic texture attributes.LiveRay texture preview allows the user to see texture changes directly in the modeling view.Commands available for unwrapping are pin, fit, fit each, rotate connected, move to, select perimeter, assign UV edge seam LSCM unwrap options include unwrapping entire objects, singe UV island or only selected polygons. Conform to Mesh UV mapping uses LSCM (least squares conformal maps) technology.Other features include native UV mapping, scripting, hierarchical control, normal maps, and a variety of premade and customizable volumetric and solid textures including fog, haze, mist, and clouds.Texture channels include diffuse color, reflection color, specular, reflection amount, embedded amount, anisotropy, opacity, smoothness, index of refraction, glow factor, bump, normal, shadow cast map and mask.Texturing features include a palette of hundreds of premade surface textures and the ability to create new ones using features like live-linking to native Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files – make a change in Photoshop or Illustrator and the model surface is automatically updated.Other options include blurry transparency and reflectivity, instance rendering, shadows, soft shadows, MIP mapping, specular highlight, anti-matter effects and stereoscopic rendering.Raydiosity and raytracing rendering options include many customization options such as rendering to an alpha channel, rendering to Photoshop layers, gamma control, and the ability to load or save custom render settings.Several variations of OpenGL and Toon rendering are also available for previewing a model or scene. Preview renderers include LiveRay, which generates a fully raytraced rendering the object or scene.Embree Raycasting by Intel, added in v8.1, improves rendering speed by 300 to 800 percent.Strata Design 3D CX is famous for its high-quality rendering ability – rendering being the creation of a finished, final image. Strata Design 3D CX 8.1 is the latest version of the product and contains numerous upgrades, improvements, and enhancements.
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