LAYUGAN, STEVEN BRUCE B.

RSW-PR-01
THE DIFFERENT RENDERING COMPUTER SOFTWARES
CADD 2: WALKTHROUGH
1. Mental Ray
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A feature rich, high performance 3D rendering software that creates images of

outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism based on advanced ray tracing
techniques.
Developers: Nvidia
Standalone: Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Plug-ins: AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, 3ds Max, Maya,
Elements/Pro, Cinema 4D, FreeForm, Domus3D, ViSoft

Softimage,

CATIA,

Creo

License: Proprietary software

2. Iray
The worlds first GPU accelerated and physically correct, photo-realistic rendering
solution.
Developer: NVIDIA
Plug-ins: CATIA, 3ds Max, Bunkspeed, Maya, Cinema 4D
License: Commercial software

3. V-Ray
A rendering engine that uses advanced techniques, for example global illumination
algorithms such as path tracing, photon mapping, irradiance maps and directly
computed global illumination.
Developer: Chaos Group
Standalone: Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
Plug-ins: 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, Modo, Nuke, Rhinoceros, Sketchup,
Softimage
License: Proprietary commercial software

4. RenderMan
Today, RenderMan has been completely modernized, with a state-of-the-art ray tracing
architecture thats setting new standards for speed and memory efficiency.
Developer: Pixar
Standalone: Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Plug-ins: Maya and Katana
License: Proprietary commercial software

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5. Octane Render
It uses the video card in your computer to render photorealistic results fastreally fast.
This allows the user to create stunning works in a fraction of the time of traditional CPU
based renderers.
Developers: OTOY (present), Refractive Software
Standalone: Windows XP and later, Mac OS X Lion or later, Linux
Plug-ins: ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Maya, Revit, Inventor, Softimage, Blender,
Carrara, Cinema 4D, Lightwave 3D, Modo, Daz Studio, Poser, Rhinoceros 3D, SketchUp
License: Proprietary commercial software

6. KeyShot
The fastest and easiest to use 3D rendering software available. In just a few steps you
can create amazing visuals straight from your 3D models.
Developer: Luxion, Inc.
Standalone: Windows and Mac (32-bit and 64-bit)
License: Proprietary commercial software

7. Corona Renderer
Corona Renderer is a new high-performance (un)biased photorealistic renderer.
Developer: Render Legion s.r.o.
Standalone: 64-bit Microsoft Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 or newer)
Plug-ins: 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya
License: Commercial software

8. Maxwell Render
The technology behind Maxwell Render enables users to render 3D scenes in a
stunningly realistic and predictable way, resulting in images that are indistinguishable
from photographs.
Developer: Next Limit Technologies
Standalone: Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Plug-ins: 3ds Max, ArchiCAD, Softimage, Bonzai3d, Cinema 4D, FormZ, Houdini,
Lightwave, Maya, Modo, Revit, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, SolidWorks
License: Proprietary commercial software

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9. Lumion
Ease of use combined with ultra-fast rendering and excellent quality is what makes
Lumion the ideal solution for your rendering projects.
Developers: Act-3D
Standalone: 64-bit Windows Vista, 7 or 8
License: Commercial software

10.

Indigo Renderer

An unbiased, physically based and photorealistic renderer which simulates the physics
of light to achieve near-perfect image realism.
Developer: Glare Technologies
Standalone: Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
Plug-ins: SketchUp, Blender, Revit, Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, Maya
License: Proprietary commercial software

11.

LuxRender

A physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art
algorithms, LuxRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus
producing realistic images of photographic quality.
Developers: A small group of programmers
Standalone: Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Plug-ins: Blender, 3DS Max, SketchUp, C4D, DAZ Studio, XSI, Poser, Carrara, Maya
License: Free and open-source

12.

Toolbag

Our flagship product, Toolbag 2 is a powerful, standalone real-time renderer bundled in

a tidy package. GPU-powered. Physically accurate.
Developer: Marmoset
Standalone: Windows Vista SP2 (64-bit) and OS X 10.9 Mavericks
License: Proprietary commercial software

13.

Thea Render

A state-of-the-art Biased, Unbiased and GPU renderer with a rich set of innovative
features, a powerful material system and its own advanced studio, all-in-one.
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Developer: Solid Iris Technologies

Standalone: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Plug-ins: 3dsMax, Blender, Cinema 4D, Rhino, SketchUp
License: Commercial software

14.

POV-Ray

The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, Free Software tool for creating
stunning three-dimensional graphics.
Developer: The POV-Team
Standalone: Cross-platform
License: Free and open-source

15.

FluidRay RT

The only real-time renderer providing the quality and features of high-end production
renderers. With great speed and at a fraction of the price.
Developer: Fluid Interactive
Standalone: Windows 32bit/64bit and Mac OSX 64bit
Plug-ins: Sketchup, Rhino and Shade
License: Commercial software

16.

FurryBall

Incredibly fast real-time GPU production quality UNBIASED and BIASED final frame
renderer. FurryBall was specially created for purposes of CGI animated movies.
Developer: AAA studio
Standalone: 64 bit Windows Vista and later
Plug-ins: Maya, 3DS Max and Cinema 4D
License: Trialware

17.

Bunkspeed

Bunkspeed SHOT, MOVE and PRO are the worlds first consistent, physically
correct, hybrid, real-time creative 3D rendering solutions that harness the power of the
GPU.
Developer: Dassault Systmes
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Standalone: 64-bit Microsoft Windows (7, 8)

License: Commercial software

18.

FELIX Render

FELIX is the only cloud based rendering solution for architects and designers.
Developer: Stack! Studios
Standalone: winxp, vista, seven
Plug-ins: Rhinoceros, Autocad
License: Commercial software

19.

NOX

A free stand-alone, physically-accurate state-of-an-art renderer. Its engine is based on

unbiased methods.
Developers: EVERMOTION
Standalone: Microsoft Windows
License: Free and open-source

20.

Guerilla Render

A production renderer for the animation and the VFX industries. It is developed in
production, for productions.
Developer: Mercenaries Engineering
Standalone: Windows 64/Linux x64
License: Free for one license
21.

Artlantis

A 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, ideal for
quickly and easily creating high resolution renderings and animations.
Developer: Abvent
Standalone: Windows and Mac OS
Plug-ins: Vectorworks, Revit, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, ArchiCAD
License: Commercial software

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Arion

A hybrid-accelerated and physically-based production render engine. It inherits all our

expertise in light simulation and makes it run on steroids, thanks to our very unique
massively parallel GPU+CPU approach.
Developer: RandomControl
Standalone: Windows, Mac OSX and Linux
Plug-ins: 3ds Max and Rhinoceros
License: Commercial software

23.

Arnold

An advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing renderer built for the demands of feature-length
animation and visual effects.
Developer: Solid Angle
Standalone: Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
Plug-ins: Maya, Softimage, Houdini, Cinema 4D and Katana
License: Proprietary commercial software

24.

3Delight

Compliant rendering software that offers programmable shading and lighting using the
standard RenderMan shading language.
Developer: DNA Research
Standalone: Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
Plug-ins: Maya and Softimage
Licence: Proprietary
25.

Redshift

Redshift is a GPU-accelerated biased renderer offering the ultimate in flexibility and

control at incredible speeds.
Developer: Redshift Rendering Technologies, Inc.
Standalone: Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 (64-bit only)
Plug-ins: Maya, Softimage
License: Proprietary commercial software

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