Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
3D computer graphics software refers to programs used to create 3D computer-generated imagery.
General information
Current software
This table compares elements of notable software that is currently available, based on the raw software without the inclusion of additional plugins.
| Application | Latest release date and version |
Developed by | Platforms | Mainly Used For | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3ds Max | 2020-08-27 v 2021.2 |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Animation (Video Games and Movies), FX Simulations, Lighting, Rendering | Proprietary |
| AC3D | 2019-02-01 v 8.3 |
Inivis | Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
| Alibre Design | 2018-07-16 v 2018 |
Alibre, LLC | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| AutoCAD | 2020-03-28 v 2021 |
Autodesk | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | 2D Computer Aided Design, 3D Modeling, Basic Rendering, Rudimentary Animation (of Camera, not objects) | Proprietary |
| Blender | 2020-11-25 v 2.91 |
Blender Foundation | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS | 2D/3D toon Animation, Lighting, Modeling, Node based Material Creation / Texturing / 3D Texture Painting/ UV Mapping, Rendering (Internal, External, 3D Anaglyph and VR), 3D Rigging and Animation, Sculpting, Visual 3D Effects, Basic Post-Production Video Editing, Motion Tracking, Python Scripting, Fluid Simulation, Particles, Physics, Compositing | GNU GPLv2+ / Apache 2.0 [1] |
| Carrara | 2013-08-26 8.5.1.19 |
DAZ 3D | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Animation, Modeling | Proprietary |
| Cheetah 3D | 2019-08-24 v 7.4 |
Dr. Martin Wengenmayer | Mac OS X | Animation, Modeling, Rendering | Proprietary |
| Cinema 4D | 2018-09-11 R20 |
MAXON | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Amiga OS[2] | Animation, Lighting, Modeling, Visual 3D Effects, Rendering, Simulation | Proprietary |
| CityEngine | 2018-09-18 v 2018.1 |
Procedural | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux | Procedural Modeling of 3D Cities | Proprietary |
| Clara.io | redesigned in 2015-03-31 | Exocortex | Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer | Modeling, Animation, Rendering | Proprietary |
| Cobalt | 2020-02-04 v11 |
Ashlar-Vellum | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Animation | Proprietary |
| DesignSpark Mechanical | 2018-11-13 v4.0 |
SpaceClaim, RS Components | Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing | Proprietary |
| Electric Image Animation System | 2013-06 v9.1.0 |
EIAS3D | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Film, Television, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
| FreeCAD | 2019-11-05 v 0.18.4 |
Jürgen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, unix, Linux | CAD,FEA with Calculix, Python Scripting, parametric design, Robot Simulation, CAM, BIM, Import and Export | GNU GPLv2+ |
| form-Z pro/jr/free | 2020-02-? 9.0.2 |
autodessys, Inc. | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Animation, Modeling, Lighting, Render, Fabrication, Set Design | Proprietary |
| Hexagon | 2018-02-16 2.5.2.109 |
DAZ 3D | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Subdivision Modeling, UV Mapping | Proprietary |
| HiCAD | 2017-02-13 v HiCAD 2017 |
ISD Software und Systeme | Microsoft Windows | 2D/3D Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Automatic drawing generation, BIM, Animation, HELiOS PDM integration, API scripting | Proprietary |
| Houdini | 2019-03-13 v 17.5 |
Side Effects Software | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Animation, Lighting, Modeling, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
| iClone | 2017-12-21 v 7.2.1220.1 |
Reallusion | Microsoft Windows | Animation, Film and Television Previz, Videogame Asset Creation, Lighting, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
| Inventor | 2020 v 2021.0.0 |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design, Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing | Proprietary |
| LightWave 3D | 2020-08-07 v 2020.0.2 |
NewTek | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Amiga OS[3] | Modeling, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Film and Television Previz, Videogame Asset Creation | Proprietary |
| MASSIVE | ? v 3.5 |
Massive Software | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Artificial Intelligence in Models | Proprietary |
| Maya | 2020-10-06
v 2020.3 |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Modeling, Animation (Video), Lighting, Rendering, Visual 3D Effects | Proprietary |
| Metasequoia | 2018-01-10 4.6.5 |
O. Mizno | Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
| MODO | 2020-06-21 14.1 |
The Foundry | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux | Modeling, Animation, Rendering | Proprietary |
| Mudbox | 2018-03-14 2018.2 |
Autodesk | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux | Lighting, Sculpting (the deformation of the model) | Proprietary |
| OpenSCAD | 2020-12-18 v 2020-12 RC3 |
Marius Kintel, Clifford Wolf | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Unix, Linux | CAD, Scripting, parametric design, CSG | GNU GPLv2 |
| POV-Ray | 2013-11-09 v3.7.0 |
The POV-Team | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, AmigaOS | Lighting, Visual 3D effects | GNU AGPLv3 |
| PTC Creo (formerly Pro/Engineer) | 2020 v 7.0 |
Parametric Technology Corporation | Microsoft Windows, HP-UX, Unix | Modeling, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| Remo 3D | 2020-12-20 v 2.10 |
Remograph | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Modeling, Virtual Reality, Real-time modeling, Video Game Creation, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| Rhinoceros 3D | 2020-12-08 v 7 |
McNeel | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X | Modeling, Computer Aided Design, scripting with grasshopper, many Plug in for Simulation, CAM, BIM and more | Proprietary |
| Salome | 2020-12-01 v 9.6 |
Open Cascade EDF CEA | Microsoft Windows, Unix, Linux | CAD, Scripting, parametric design, CSG, Meshing, Pre-Post for CAE | GNU Lesser Public License |
| Shade 3D | 2015-03-20 v 15.1 |
Shade3D | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Rendering, Animation | Proprietary |
| Silo | 2018 v 2.5.3 |
Nevercenter | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
| SketchUp Pro | 2019-01-05 [4] v 19.0.685 (Win64) v 16.1.1450 (Win32) |
Trimble Navigation | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| Solid Edge | 2020-06-? 2021 ST13 |
Siemens PLM Software | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| solidThinking Evolve | ?-? v 9.0 |
solidThinking Part of Altair | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling | Proprietary |
| SolidWorks | 2020-03-16 v SolidWorks 2020 SP2.0 |
Dassault Systèmes | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| SpaceClaim | 2020-08-08 v 2020.R2 |
SpaceClaim Corporation part of Ansys Corp. | Microsoft Windows | Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| E-on Vue | 2017 v 2016 R5 |
E-on Software | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Animation, Landscape Modeling, Lighting | Proprietary |
| Verto Studio 3D | 2019-05-06 v2.4.0 |
Michael L. Farrell | Mac OS X, iOS | Mobile Modeling, Texture Mapping, Lighting | Proprietary |
| Wings 3D | 2020-12-05 v 2.2.5 |
Dan Gudmundsson (maintainer) | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, BSD, Linux | Modeling, Sculpting (the deformation of the model), UV mapping | BSD |
| ZBrush | 2020-08-20 v 2021.1 |
Pixologic | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Sculpting (the deformation of the model), Rendering | Proprietary |
Inactive software
There are many discontinued software applications.
| Application | Latest release date and version |
Developed by | Platforms | Mainly Used For | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce | 2010-12-23 7.1.0.109 |
DAZ 3D | Microsoft Windows (32-bit), Mac OS X (10.7 and above) | Animation, Landscape Modeling, Fractal Geometry | Proprietary |
| Sculptris | 2011-07-22 v Alpha 6 |
Pixologic | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Sculpting, Texturing | Proprietary |
| Softimage | 2014-04-14 "2015" (Final Release) |
Autodesk | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Modeling, Animation, Video Game Creation, Lighting, Rendering, Visual 3d Effects | Proprietary |
| SketchUp Make | 2017-11-14 [5] v 18.0.16975 (Win64) v 18.0.16976 (Mac64) |
Trimble Navigation | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows | Modeling, Computer Aided Design | Proprietary |
| trueSpace | 2009-05-25 v 7.61 |
Caligari Corporation | Microsoft Windows, AmigaOS | Animation, Modeling | Proprietary |
Operating system support
The operating systems on which the editors can run natively (without emulation or compatibility layers), meaning which operating systems have which editors specifically coded for them (not, for example, Wings 3D for Windows running on Linux with Wine).
| Name | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Unix | BSD | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3ds Max | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| AC3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Art of Illusion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Anything with Java support |
| AutoCAD | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS |
| Carrara | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Cheetah 3D | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Amiga OS |
| Clara.io | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Chrome OS, Android |
| DesignSpark Mechanical | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Electric Image Animation System | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| form-Z | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| HiCAD | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Houdini | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| IClone | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| LightWave 3D | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | AmigaOS |
| MakeHuman | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Massive | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Metasequoia | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Modo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| POV-Ray | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Amiga OS, Atari TOS |
| Remo 3D | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Shade | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Silo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| SketchUp Make | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| SketchUp Pro | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Softimage | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Solid Edge | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| solidThinking | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| solidWorks | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| SpaceClaim | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| trueSpace | Yes | No | No | No | No | Amiga OS |
| Verto Studio 3D | No | Yes | No | No | No | iOS |
| E-on Vue | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Wings 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| ZBrush | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Features
| Modeling | 3D Painting | Animation | Rendering | 3D Tracking | Compositing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3ds Max | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Some |
| AC3D | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No |
| Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Electric Image Animation System | dropped[6] | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | R16 or later | No |
| Clara.io | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| Cobalt | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| HiCAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Houdini | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| IClone | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Lightwave 3D | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| MakeHuman | parameter-based | No | No | No | No | No |
| Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | dropped (Maya Live) | dropped (Maya Composer, Maya Fusion, and Maya Composite) |
| Metasequoia | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Modo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Remo 3D | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Shade | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Softimage | Yes | 3.7 or later | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Solid Edge | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| SketchUp Make | Yes[7][8] | ? | Yes[7] | Yes[7] | No | No |
| SketchUp Pro | Yes[7][8] | ? | Yes[7] | Yes[7] | No | No |
| Wings3D | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | ? |
I/O
Image, video, and audio files
| Imports | Exports | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXR | DDS | KTX | others | EXR | DDS | KTX | others | |
| 3ds Max | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | BMP, Cineon, TGA, JPG, PNG, Cineon, Radiance HDR, SGI, RLA, RPF, AVI, MPEG and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV, YUV | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| Art of Illusion | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, HDR, SVG | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, HDR, QuickTime |
| AC3D | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PPM, Targa, TIFF | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PPM, Targa, TIFF |
| Blender | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, JPG, PNG, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, JPG, PNG, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV |
| Electric Image Animation System | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, TIFF, PSD, MOV | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | PNG, BMP, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, MOV |
| Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Radiance HDR, BodyPaint 3D, TIFF, PSD | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Radiance HDR, BodyPaint 3D, TIFF, PSD |
| Clara.io | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | PNG, JPG | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| Cobalt | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM |
| Houdini | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| IClone | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, AVI, WMV, MP3, WAV, popVideo | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, WMV, AVI, MP4, popVideo, FLV, iWidget |
| Lightwave 3D | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, JPG, PNG, AI, EPS, BMP, IFF, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV |
| MakeHuman | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| Maya | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Ai, Aiff, Pix, AVI, Cineon, EPS, GIF, Jpeg, Swf, Maya IFF, Maya16 IFF, MacPaint, PSD, PNG, Quantel, Quickdraw, MOV, RLA, SVG, SGI, SGI16, SGI Movie, TGA, TIF, BMP, HDR | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Maya IFF, AVI, QT, GIF, Softimage, RLA, BMP, TIF, SGI RGB, Alias PIX, Jpeg, EPS, Cineon, Quantel, TGA, Macpaint, PSD, PNG, Quickdraw |
| Metasequoia | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| Modo | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, SGI, EPS, AI, PSD | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, MOV, MWV, PSD |
| Remo 3D | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PNM, SGI (RGB), TGA, TIF | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, PNG, SGI (RGB), TIF, XPM |
| Shade | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | QuickTime VR, Piranesi EPix |
| Softimage | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| Solid Edge | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| SketchUp Make | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP |
| SketchUp Pro | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, MOV(on Mac), AVI (on Windows)[9] |
| E-on Vue | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
| Wings3D | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ? |
3D, and others files
| Imports | Exports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D | 3D game | Web and mobile[io 1] | 3D | 3D game | 3D renderers | Web and mobile[io 1] | |
| 3ds Max | FBX, 3DS, PRJ, ABC, AI, COLLADA, HTR, OBJ, SHP, SKP, TRC, VRML | Openflight FLT | FBX, 3DS, AI, ASE, COLLADA, HTR, OBJ | Openflight FLT | M3G, VRML97 | ||
| AC3D | 3DS, AC3D, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, OFF, Pointfield, Points, Terragen, Triangle, Vector | Quake BSP, Quake MD2, Renderware, SMF | VRML 1.0[10] | 3DS, 3D Studio ASE, AC3D, Dive, DVS, DXF, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, Triangle | DirectX, Ogre, Quake MD2, Quake Map, SMF, Unreal Tournament | POV-Ray, Renderman | VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0, X3D[10] |
| Blender[11] | COLLADA, Alembic, FBX, 3DS, BVH, PLY, OBJ, SVG | X3D, glTF | COLLADA, Alembic, FBX, BVH, PLY, OBJ, SVG, PC2 | POV-Ray | X3D, glTF | ||
| Electric Image Animation System | 3DS, FBX, OBJ, LWO, MDD | 3DS, OBJ, LWO | |||||
| Cinema 4D | FBX, OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, LWO/LWS | VRML 1, VRML 2 | FBX, OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, W3D | VRML 1, VRML 2 | |||
| Clara.io | FBX, OBJ, Collada, MD2, MD3, MD5, 3DS, LWO, GEO, IRR, PLY, POV, SHP, XGL, ZGL, AC, BLEND, BVH, CSM, LWS | X | VRML, Three.js | FBX, OBJ, Collada | Three.js, Babylon.js | ||
| Cobalt | 3DS, AI, ASCII Text | VRML | AI, ASCII Text, RAW Triangle | Shockwave 3D, VRML | |||
| Houdini | ? | ? | |||||
| IClone | FBX, OBJ, BVH, SKP (via 3DXChange) | FBX, OBJ, BVH (via 3DXChange) | |||||
| Lightwave 3D | 3DS, COLLADA, FBX, OBJ, LWO, FBX, MD2, VideoScape | VRML, VRML97 | 3DS, COLLADA, FBX, OBJ, LWO, MD2 | VRML, VRML97 | |||
| MakeHuman | N/A | COLLADA, FBX Export, MD5, MHX, OBJ, STL | Ogre3D | ||||
| Maya | Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, MEL, FBX, OBJ | Openflight FLT | VRML2 | Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, Mel, FBX, OBJ, GE2, RTG | OpenFlight FLT | Mental Ray, RIB | VRML2 |
| Metasequoia | 3DS, COB (Caligari Object), LWO, OBJ, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), SUF (DoGA CGA System) | RSD (PlayStation) | 3DS, COB (Caligari Object), LWO, OBJ, RDS (Ray Dream Studio), ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), SCE (SoftF/X Model), SUF (DoGA CGA System) | DirectX, RSD (PlayStation) | POV-Ray, RIB | VRML 1.0 | |
| Modo | LXO, LWO2, LWOB, FBX, 3DS, GEO, OBJ, COLLADA, MDD | LXO, LWO, FBX, PLT, GEO, OBJ, COLLADA | X3D | ||||
| Remo 3D | 3DC, 3DS, AC, Collada, FBX, LWO, LWS, MD2, OBJ, OpenSceneGraph,[io 2] P3D, PLY, STA, SHP | X | 3DS, AC, Collada, DOT, FBX, OBJ, OpenSceneGraph,[io 2] P3D | ||||
| Shade | OBJ, SketchUp, XML; (Pro) 3DS, BVH, COLLADA, LWO | COLLADA, DXF, OBJ, XML; (Pro) 3DS, LWO | DirectX, Second Life Sculpted Prim, Blue Mars | RIB | VRML 2.0, Flash (SWF) | ||
| Softimage | ? | ? | |||||
| Solid Edge | |||||||
| SketchUp Make | SKP, 3DS[9] | COLLADA, SKP | |||||
| SketchUp Pro | SKP, 3DS[9] | COLLADA, SKP, EPS, EPX (removed v16+), 3DS, FBX, OBJ | dotXSI | PDF, VRML | |||
| E-on Vue | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Wings3D | 3DS, AI, EPS, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, SVG, Wings3D | 3DS, COLLADA, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, SVG, Wings3D | BZFlag, DirectX, Renderware | Kerkythea, POV-Ray | VRML 2.0 | ||
CAD files
| Imports | Exports | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | DXF | DWG | others | STL | DXF | DWG | others | |
| 3ds Max | Yes | Yes | Yes | IGE, IGS, IGES, IPT, WIRE, IAM, LS, VW, LP, SAT, Catia V4/V5, JT, ProE, RVT, PRT, SolidWorks,[io 3] STEP, WIRE | Yes | Yes | Yes | ATR, BLK, DF, IGS, LAY, LP, SAT, VW |
| AC3D | Yes | Yes | No | LDraw (Lego), SOF Airfoil | Yes | Yes | No | Inventor, LDraw (Lego) |
| Blender | Yes | Yes[io 4] | No | Yes | Yes[io 4] | No | ||
| Electric Image Animation System | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Clara.io | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Cobalt | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes | ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CCAD, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), Parasolid XT, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP) | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes | ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES),Parasolid XT, PDF, Pro/E, STP (STEP) |
| Houdini | External[12] | No | External[12] | No | ||||
| IClone | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Lightwave 3D | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Maya | Windows and Mac only[13] | Windows only[13] | IGES, StudioTools Wire | Windows and Mac only[14] | Windows only[14] | IGES, StudioTools Wire, Open Inventor2 | ||
| Metasequoia | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Modo | Yes | Yes | No | SolidWorks[io 3] | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Remo 3D | Yes | Yes | No | DW (Designer Workshop) | Yes | No | No | |
| Shade | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Solid Edge | Yes | Yes | Yes | IGES, STEP, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks,[io 3] NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, XML, MDS | Yes | Yes | Yes | IGES, STEP, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation |
| SketchUp Make | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| SketchUp Pro | Yes | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | Yes | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | ||
| E-on Vue | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Wings3D | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
GIS and DEM files
| Imports | Exports | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS DEM | USGS SDTS (DDF) | LandXML | GeoTIFF | Shapefile | OSM | others | ||
| 3ds Max | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| AC3D | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Blender | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | (Blender GIS addon) | ‹See Tfd›? | |||
| Bryce | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | VistaPro DEM | USDS DEM |
| Electric Image Animation System | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Cinema 4D | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | VistaPro DEM | |
| Clara.io | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Cobalt | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Houdini | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes[io 5][16] | ||
| IClone | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Lightwave 3D | (Ground Control plugin) | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| MakeHuman | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Maya | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Metasequoia | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Modo | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Remo 3D | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Shade | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| Solid Edge | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
| SketchUp Make | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | SKP+KMZ | SKP+KMZ[9] |
| SketchUp Pro | Yes[9] | Yes[9] | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | SKP+KMZ | SKP+KMZ |
| E-on Vue | Yes[17] | Yes[17] | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes[17] | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | DTED[17] | |
| Wings3D | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ||
- VRML, Java 3D, Adobe Flash, Shockwave 3D, Acrobat 3D, WebGL-related formats, etc...
- OSG, OSGB, OSGT, OSGX, IVE and OSGA
- SLDPRT and SLDASM
- via AutoCAD DXF addon
- via Game Development Toolset
Supported primitives
| Application | Polygon | Curves | Spline/Bézier Surface | Metaball | Point Clouds | Particles | Voxel / Volume | Bone | Text | Camera | Light | Speaker | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tris | quads | N-gon | donut | Linear | Quadratic Bézier | Cubic Bézier | B-spline | Cardinal spline | Hermite spline | TCB spline | Smooth-step | Akima spline | NURBS | NURBS regular patch | NURBS trimmed surface | Bicubic Bézier patch | ||||||||||
| Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[18] | Bézier curve without subdivision | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | 2.83 and later | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | 3D Texture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 3ds Max | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ‹See Tfd›? | No | No | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | R20 and later | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | dropped in R23[19] |
| LightWave | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | only in Graph Editor | only in Graph Editor | ‹See Tfd›? | No | ‹See Tfd›? | (LWCAD plugin) | ‹See Tfd›? | No | Yes | No | Yes | OpenVDB primitives[20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? |
| Shade 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Sound Object |
Modeling
| Application | Hard surface Modeling | Sculpt Modeling | Non-destructive Modeling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polygon Modeling | Subdivision Modeling | Base-mesh Creation | Sculpting | Hand Retopology | Automatic Retopology | Boolean | Bevel | Procedural | |
| Maya | Yes | Yes | (SOuP BMesh) | Yes | Yes | 2020 and later | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3ds Max | Yes | Yes | (Form) | Paint Deform | Yes | 2021.3 and later | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blender | Yes | Yes | Skin Modifier | Yes | Yes | 2.81 and later | Yes | Yes | stack only |
| ZBrush | ZModeler | ZModeler | ZSphere and ZSketch | Yes | Yes | ZRemesher | 4R8 and later | ? | No |
| Curvy 3D | No | No | sketch-based | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Lookdev / Shader writing
| Application | PBR viewport | Viewport effects | Interactive GI Rendering | Integrated Compositing | Text editor for shader writing | Material Nodes | Turntable Rendering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maya | Yes | Some | Arnold | No | ‹See Tfd›? | Hypershade, Node Editor, ShaderFX | Yes[21] |
| 3ds Max | Yes | Some | Arnold | (State Set) | OSL Map[22] | Slate Material Editor, ShaderFX | Easy Turntable script |
| MODO | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | No | ‹See Tfd›? | Nodal Shading | Render Turntable[23] |
| Blender | Eevee (2.80 and later) | Cycles | Yes | Text Editor | Yes | Turnaround Camera addon | |
| Gaffer | No | No | external renderers | Yes | OSLCode Node | No | No |
| Marmoset Toolbag | Yes | Yes | No | No | ‹See Tfd›? | Uber PBR shaders only | Yes[24] |
| Substance Designer | Yes | YEBIS | NVIDIA Iray | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | MDL graph | ‹See Tfd›? |
Lighting
| Application | Alembic Importer |
USD Importer |
Rendering Engine |
Volume Rendering for clouds |
Interactive Rendering |
Isolating light contribution |
Light Lister |
IES Light |
Physical Sun & Sky | Sun Positioning by location and times |
Light Portal | Shadow Catcher | IBL and Environment texture | Highlight Placement | Light Layers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lat Long | sIBL | Light Extraction[25] | |||||||||||||||
| Maya | Yes | (USD for Maya) | Maya Hardware 2.0 | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | No[26] | Light Editor | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | (Place Highlight Tool for Maya) | No |
| Maya Software | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Light Linking | No | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Env Sphere | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||
| Arnold | Yes | Yes | Light Linking | Ai Photometric Light | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||
| 3ds Max | Yes | No | Quicksilver | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | No[27] | Light Lister | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Place Highlight | No |
| Scanline | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Light Exclude/Include | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | sIBL-GUI software | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||
| ART | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||
| Arnold | Yes | Yes | Light Group[28] | Ai Photometric Light | Yes | Sun Positioner[29] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||
| Blender | 2.78 and later | No | Workbench | Some | Yes | View Layers[30] | Property Chart Addon / Gaffer addon | No | ‹See Tfd›? | Sun Position addon | No | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Look At Gizmo (with Ctrl key) | No |
| EEVEE | Some | Yes | No | Yes | No | Shader Node[31] | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||||
| Cycles | Yes | Yes | 2.80 and later[32] | Yes | from 2.75 | from 2.79 | Yes | sIBL_GUI for Blender addon/ Add Environment nodes addon |
‹See Tfd›? | No | |||||||
| MODO | Yes | 14.1 and later | MODO Renderer | Yes | Yes | Light Linking[33] | ‹See Tfd›? | Photometric Light | Directional Light[34] | Portal | Shadow Catcher | Yes | mm_sIBLToModoEnvironment script | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No | |
| LightWave | 11.6 and later | No | LightWave Renderer | Yes | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Photometric Light | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | original loader script, where most sIBL features were invented[35] | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | No |
| Houdini | Yes | Solaris | Mantra (PT) / Karma | Yes | Yes | Light categories | Light bank | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Shadow Matte | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | Solaris | ‹See Tfd›? |
| Cinema 4D | Yes | R23 and later | CineRender | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Exclude/Include | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | from R18 | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? | ‹See Tfd›? |
Path-tracing Rendering
| Application | CPU rendering | GPU rendering | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCL | CUDA / OptiX | Metal | Texture Streaming (Out-of-Core) | ||
| V-Ray | Yes | V-Ray GPU (formerly V-Ray RT) | No | Yes[36] | |
| RenderMan | Yes | In development[37] | No | No | |
| Arnold | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Houdini Mantra (Path-Tracing mode) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Blender Cycles | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 2.80 and later[38] |
| Application | MIPMAP generation |
Adaptive Tessellation | Instansing | Camera Culling | Deep Pixel Rendering | Fisheye Stereo for Fulldome |
Omnidirectional stereo for HMD |
Deforming Motion Blur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-Ray | img2tiledexr | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Domemaster Stereo Shader | 3.2 and later | Yes |
| RenderMan | txmake | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes[39] | Yes |
| Arnold | maketx | Yes[40] | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Domemaster Stereo Shader | 5 and later | Yes |
| Houdini Mantra (Path-Tracing mode) | icp | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | ‹See Tfd›? | 15.5 and later | Yes |
| Blender Cycles | No | 2.78 and later | Some | Camera Cull | No | 2.78 and later | 2.78 and later | Yes |
Level of Detail (LoD) Generation/Baking
| Application | LoD Generation | Texture Baking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic | Normal Map | Ambient Occlusion (AO) Map | Light Map | ||
| Tangent Space Normal Map | Non-directional (Traditional) |
Directional | |||
| Maya (Turtle renderer) | "Generate LOD Meshes" | Yes | Yes | Yes | RNM (Radiosity Normal Map), and SH (Spherical harmonics) coefficients |
| Enlighten | No | No | ‹See Tfd›? | Yes | Yes |
| Blender | AssetGen addon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
See also
- Comparison of raster graphics editors
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
- Comparison of computer-aided design editors
- Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE file viewers
References
- Cinema 4D
- LightWave 3D
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- Viewport 2.0 limitations Autodesk
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- Light Groups Solid Angle
- Sun Positioner and Physical Sky Autodesk
- The composition of the passes is required.
- Blender 2.8 Eevee Tutorial Shadow Catcher. BlenderNation. June 3, 2019
- Bf-blender-cvs - 48155c210a3 - master: Cycles: Add Support for IES files as textures for light strength, Blender Foundation, May 27, 2018
- Shader The Foundry
- Directional Light The Foundry
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- Subdivision Settings, Solid Angle
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