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Caustic brings interactive ray tracing to Maya

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Randall Newton

Caustic Visualizer allows high fidelity views at the earliest project stages. A Rhino version already exists and a 3ds Max ...

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Luxion releases KeyShot 3.2

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Randall Newton

The new version includes instant material loading and new file format support. Luxion has released KeyShot 3.2, an update to ...

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Luxion releases free KeyShot plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max

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Randall Newton

The plug-in enables a one-click workflow connecting Keyshot and 3ds Max. Luxion has released an all new KeyShot plug-in for ...

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Bunkspeed updates product visualization line

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Randall Newton

A variety of new features focus on workflow and new visualization options. Bunkspeed has released an upgrade to its product ...

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Luxion updates KeyShot plug-ins for Creo and Pro/Engineer

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Randall Newton

Now it is not necessary to send CAD data along with visualization data. The update is free. Rendering software vendor ...

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Luxion releases updated plug-ins for SolidWorks, Rhino, Creo, Pro/Engineer, SketchUp

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Randall Newton

The KeyShot plug-in allows CAD data to be directly transferred from a modeling session into high-resolution rendering. Luxion has updated ...

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Stunning Porsche Spyder wins Lightworks image rendering competition

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Jon Peddie

Ray tracing shines on smooth curved surfaces. Both the winner and runner-up used Siemens PLM NX as their design software. ...

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Blender keeps churning out free top-quality 3D modeling and animation

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Kathleen Maher

The lines were long and the buzz was good around the Blender booth at Siggraph 2011. Blender has come a ...

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Autodesk acquires NURBS-based ray tracing technology

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Randall Newton

Numenus RenderGin generates visualizations from CAD data without triangulation. Automotive design is a targeted use. Autodesk has acquired certain technology-related ...

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Luxion adding animation to KeyShot

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Randall Newton

Forthcoming release of the real-time ray-tracing and illumination software takes a keyframe-free approach to creating animation from 3D digital data. ...