Features
| Wireframe | Animation | Rendering | Imports | Exports | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3ds Max | Yes | Yes | Yes | FBX, 3DS, PRJ, AI, DAE, DEM, XML, DDF, DWG, DXF, FLT, HTR, IGE, IGS, IGES, IPT, WIRE, IAM, LS, VW, LP, OBJ, SAT, SHP, SKP, STL, TRC | FBX, 3DS, AI, ASE, ATR, BLK, DAE, DF, DWG, DXF, FLT, HTR, IGS, LAY, LP, M3G, OBJ, SAT, STL, VW, WRL |
| AC3D | Yes | ? | No | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, DDS, PPM, Targa, TIFF, 3D Studio, AC3D, DXF,COLLADA, LDraw (Lego), Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, Obj (Wavefront), OFF, Pointfield, Points, Quake BSP, Quake MD2, Renderware, SMF, SOF Airfoil, STL (ascii), Terragen, Triangle, Vector, VRML 1.0 | GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, DDS, PPM, Targa, TIFF, 3D Studio, 3D Studio ASE, AC3D, DirectX, Dive, DVS, DXF, COLLADA, Inventor, LDraw (Lego), Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, Obj (Wavefront), Ogre, PovRay, Quake MD2, Quake Map, Renderman, SMF, STL (ascii), Triangle, Unreal Tournament, VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0, X3D |
| Artlantis Render | Yes | No | Yes | Raster formats: BMP, EPix, HDR, JPG, PICT, PNG, PSD, TGA, TIFF. Movie formats: Cubic VR MOV. 3D formats: 3DS, AOF, ATL, ATL reference files (synchronizes new and old versions of ATL project), DWF, DWG, DXF, FBX, OBJ, SKP. 3D formats via export plug-ins: ArchiCAD, Revit, SketchUp Pro, Vectorworks. |
Raster formats: BMP, EPix, JPG, PICT, PNG, Multi-layer PSD, TGA, TIFF. 3D formats: AOF, ATL, ATL archive (includes all media files used in the project), DWF, OBJ, SKP. |
| Artlantis Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Raster formats: BMP, EPix, HDR, JPG, PICT, PNG, PSD, TGA, TIFF. Movie formats: AVI, MOV, Cubic VR MOV, MOV, MPG. 3D formats: 3DS, AOF, ATL, ATL reference files (synchronizes new and old versions of ATL project), DWF, DWG, DXF, FBX, OBJ, SKP. 3D formats via export plug-ins: ArchiCAD, Revit, SketchUp Pro, Vectorworks. |
Raster formats: BMP, EPix, JPG, PICT, PNG, Multi-layer PSD, TGA, TIFF. Movie formats: HTML/Flash, Cubic VR MOV, MOV, iVisit3D PNO (for iOS) Sequential JPG, Sequential TGA. 3D formats: AOF, ATL, ATL archive (includes all media files used in the project), DWF, OBJ, SKP. |
| Blender | Yes | Yes | Yes | TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X),3D Studio, AC3D, COLLADA, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, DEC Object File Format, DirectX, Lightwave LWO, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, OpenFlight, PLY, Pro Engineer, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape, VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D | TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X),3D Studio, AC3D, COLLADA, FBX Export, Adobe After Effects JSX, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, DEC Object File Format, DirectX, Lightwave LWO, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, OpenFlight, PLY, Pro Engineer, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape, VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D, xfig export |
| Electric Image Animation System | Yes | Yes | Yes | TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, TIFF, PSD, MOV, 3D Studio, FBX, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, LWO, MDD | PNG, BMP, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, MOV,3D Studio, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, LWO |
| Cinema 4D | Yes | Yes | Yes | FBX, OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, STL, DEM, VRML 1, VRML 2, LWO/LWS, DXF | FBX, OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, STL, W3D, VRML 1, VRML 2, DXF |
| Cobalt | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3DS, ACIS SAT, AI, ASCII Text, BMP, CATIA v4, CGM, CCAD, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP), VRML, XBM, XPM | ACIS SAT, AI, ASCII Text, BMP, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, PDF, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, RAW Triangle, Shockwave 3D, STP (STEP), VRML, XBM, XPM |
| Lightwave 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | TGA, JPG, PNG, AI, EPS, BMP, IFF, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV, 3D Studio, COLLADA, FBX, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, LWO, MD2, VideoScape, VRML, VRML97 | TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, IFF, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV,3D Studio, COLLADA, FBX, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, LWO, MD2, VRML, VRML97 |
| MakeHuman | No | No | No | N/A | COLLADA, FBX Export, MD5, MHX, Wavefront OBJ, Ogre3D, STL |
| Maya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ai, 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, Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, MEL, FBX, DXF, OBJ, IGES, StudioTools Wire, Aiff, VRML2, Openflight, STL | Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, Mel, FBX, DXF, OBJ, IGES, StudioTools Wire, VRML2, GE2, RTG, Mental Ray, RIB, Open Inventor2, OpenFlight, Maya IFF, AVI, QT, GIF, Softimage, RLA, BMP, TIF, SGI RGB, Alias PIX, Jpeg, EPS, Cineon, Quantel, TGA, Macpaint, PSD, PNG, Quickdraw, DDS. |
| Metasequoia | Yes | No | Yes | 3DS, COB (Caligari Object), DXF, LWO, OBJ, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), RSD (PlayStation), SUF (DoGA CGA System) | 3DS, COB (Caligari Object), DirectX, DXF, LWO, OBJ, POV-Ray, RDS (Ray Dream Studio), RIB, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), RSD (PlayStation), SCE (SoftF/X Model), SUF (DoGA CGA System), VRML 1.0 |
| Modo | Yes | Yes | Yes | LXO, sldprt, sldasm*, LWO2, LWOB, DXF, FBX, 3ds, GEO, EPS, AI, PSD, OBJ, DAE, MDD, FLX, TGA, BMP, GIF, HDR, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, SGI, openEXR | LXO, LWO, X3D, DXF, FBX, PLT, PSD, GEO, OBJ, DAE, FLX, TGA, BMP, GIF, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, openEXR, MOV, MWV |
| plugin3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Remo 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3DC, 3DS, AC, DAE, DW, DXF, GEO, LWO, LWS, MD2, OBJ, OSG, OSGB, OSGT, OSGX, IVE, OSGA, P3D, PFB, PLY, STL, STA, SHP, X | 3DS, DAE, DOT, OBJ, OSG, OSGB, OSGT, OSGX, IVE, P3D, IVE, STL |
| Revizto | No | No | Yes | Autodesk Revit, Trimble Sketchup | vim, vimproj |
| Shade | Yes | Yes | Yes | DXF, OBJ, SketchUp, XML; (Pro) 3DS, BVH, COLLADA, LWO | COLLADA, DXF, OBJ, RIB, SWF, QuickTime VR, Second Life Sculpted Prim, XML; (Pro) 3DS, Blue Mars, DirectX, EPix, LWO, VRML 2.0 |
| Softimage | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Solid Edge | Yes | Yes | Yes | IGES, STEP, DXF, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks, NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, Autocad, STL, XML, MDS | IGES, STEP, STL, PDF, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, DXF, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation, Autocad |
| SketchUp | Yes | Yes | Yes | JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP, SKP, SKP+KMZ, 3DS, DEM, DDF | JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, DAE, SKP, SKP+KMZ |
| SketchUp Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP, SKP, SKP+KMZ, 3DS, DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF | JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, DAE, SKP, SKP+KMZ, PDF, EPS, EPX, DWG, DXF, 3DS, FBX, OBJ, XSI, VRML, MOV(on Mac), AVI (on Windows) |
| Wings3D | Yes | ? | Yes | 3DS, AI, EPS, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, STL, SVG, Wings3D | 3DS, BZFlag, COLLADA, DirectX, Kerkythea, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, POV-Ray, Renderware, STL, SVG, VRML 2.0, Wings3D |
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