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Feature comparison among different grade options of Shade3D
This feature comparison table introduces the features of Shade3D Ver.21with particular focus on major functions.
*FORUM8 will continue to add more new features and enhance existing ones.
Ver.21 new features available in each of the 3 grade options
| Feature | Basic | Standard | Professional | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "2D Drawing" | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| "2D Drawing Tool" | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 2D Drawings supported for DXF file import/export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to import/export glTF files | - | - | ○ | |
| HDR display | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| "Real-time shadow display" | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| "New Slot(Arc) Shape" | - | - | ○ | |
| "Improved Mirror Tool" | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Added "α Blend", "α Mask", and "Opaque" as options for PBR Material Transparency Settings | - | - | ○ | |
| Supports the option "No Shading" to PBR Material | - | - | ○ | |
| Setting of one or both faces can be applied to the whole material | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Added the display of "Absolute Coordinates" to the measuring tool | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Improved 4K Display to show the actual size of rendered image (Improvement of HiDPI support) | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Added font size | ○ | ○ | ○ |
Other features available in each grade options
| Category | Feature | Basic | Standard | Professional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | Supporting the input of numerical expressions in numerical input boxes | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Scene file information | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Improved 4K Display in GUI | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Supporting stereoscopic view of perspective view preview window※1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Preview Rendering | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Templates for faces to work on | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Smooth zoom-in/zoom-out display of drawings | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Display of color for wireframe shapes / Display of colors on markers | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Display of scale reference | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Display of Global Illumination on shape window | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to switch coordinates axis to Z-UP | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Work space for CAD | - | - | ○ | |
| Anti-aliasing settings on shade window | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Windows 10/macOS Mojave Dark Mode | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Display of drawing window for PBR Materials | - | - | ○ | |
| High resolution display of textures | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Animation of modeling operation (Movement of camera position using fit buttons) | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Supporting Metal(macOS), DirectX 12(Windows 10) | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Supporting the input of hexadecimal number colors | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Modeling | Polygon modeling | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Free surface modeling | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| NURBS modeling | - | - | ○ | |
| Ability to assemble NURBS surfaces | - | - | ○ | |
| Detection and measurement of NURBS surface interference | - | - | ○ | |
| Measurement (Surface area / Volume / Center of Gravity) | - | - | ○ | |
| Ability to convert free surfaces into NURBS | - | - | ○ | |
| Covert NURBS curves into linear shapes | - | - | ○ | |
| Boolean operation (Floating type) | - | - | ○ | |
| Unfillet NURBS curves | - | - | ○ | |
| Ability to measure radius of the arc of NURBS curves and NURBS surfaces | - | - | ○ | |
| Supporting the creation of curves on NURBS curves | - | - | ○ | |
| Snap objects | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 3D Printing Assistant | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Wrapping mesh |
○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Measuring tool | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Display of cross-section view | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to convert meshes into voxels | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Polygon reduction | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Sliding tool | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Subdivision surface OpenSubdiv | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Bounding box: Inputting of numerical values | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Boolean modeling | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Primitive | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Link shapes | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Offset of linear shapes | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Vertex bevel / Edge bevel | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Merge/Bridge vertices | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Cage | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Coloring vertices | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Coloring vertices: Bake colors | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to select shortest path | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to separate selected ridges | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to keep least thickness | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Magnet tools | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Mirroring | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to select errors detail | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Mesh Editing Tools | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Modeling light | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Replicator | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Hair salon | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Hair animation via collision detection, gravity, and momentum | - | - | ○ | |
| Text primitive | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Manipulator | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to specify position of manipulator | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Show cancellation history | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Align shapes | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 3D Annotation (Display of dimension lines) | - | - | ○ | |
| Ability to assign materials to surfacs | Expand to a flat view | - | ○ | ○ |
| Re-arrange UV | - | ○ | ○ | |
| UV Map Editing | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| LSCM *Ability to unwrap UV | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Direct/Indirect light | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Lighting Map | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Normal line mapping | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Material parameter volume (Volume rendering) | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Displacement mapping | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Material parameter: Subsurface scan rendering | - | - | ○ | |
| PBR Material | - | - | ○ | |
| Camera/Lighting/Background | Add Walk Camera | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Physical sky | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Volume lighting | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Supporting softness of shadows in ray tracing | - | - | ○ | |
| Ability to set light distribution of light source (IES data) | - | - | ○ | |
| Rendering | Maximum rendering size (Pixels) | 2K：2,500x2,500 |
4K：4,500x4,500 |
8K以上：22,528x22,528 *2 |
| Batch rendering | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Setting image gamma | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Merge backdrop of rendering image and image files | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Ability to set shadow catcher shapes | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Path Tracing | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Path Tracing / Irradiance Cache | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Photon Mapping | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Radiosity | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Path Tracing + Photon Mapping | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Supporting panorama rendering of irradiance cache | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Global Illumination: Radiosity Pro | - | - | ○ | |
| Stereoscopic rendering | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Tune Renderer | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Multi-path Rendering | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Subdivision surfaces: OpenSubdiv characteristic adaptive division | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Adjustment of quality of Surface Material / Light Source | - | - | ○ | |
| Brightness adjustment | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Rendering history | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Real-time reflection of color corrections | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Glow Effector | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Depth of Field Effect Tool "DepthPlus" | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Tool for Fog Effects "FogPlus" | - | ○ | ○ | |
| ShadeGrid (number of grids) | 1 grid | 1 grid | Unlimited | |
| Linear work flow | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Supporting PBR Rendering | - | - | ○ | |
| Addition of cube map shapes (Horizontal cross)/td> | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Improvement of global illumination | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Animation | Animation of shape deformation by movement along straight line / rotation / scaling / consistent scaling / ball joints | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Set animations using inverse kinematics structure | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Motion Effects | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Smart Kinematics / Aim Constraints / Path Constraints | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Particle Physics | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Files | Supporting export of AI files from Adobe Illustrator | - | ○ | ○ |
| Adobe Illustrator AI: Exporting trihedral figures simultaneously | - | - | ○ | |
| IGES Import/Export (Supporting NURBS shapes) | - | - | ○ | |
| STEP Import/Export | - | - | ○ | |
| Up to 3 surfaces of any DXF file can be exported simultaneously | - | - | ○ | |
| Photoshop（PSD）Export | - | ○ | ○ | |
| FBX Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 2D and 3D DXF Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Wavefront OBJ (OBJ) Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| STL Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Adobe Flash SWF (Tune Renderer) Export | - | - | ○ | |
| Adobe Illustrator AI (Tune Renderer) Export | - | - | ○ | |
| MPO Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| SketchUp Import | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| HDR/OpenEXR/PFM Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| COLLADA Import | - | - | ○ | |
| COLLADA Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| PoserFusion 2 (Importing pz3, pzz files) | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| BVH Motion Files Import | - | ○ | ○ | |
| EPix Export | - | - | ○ | |
| 3ds max（3DS）Import/Export | - | - | ○ | |
| JPEG/BMP/TARGA/TIFF/PNG/GIF Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| WAV/AU/AIF/AIFF Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| AVI (Win/Mac) /MOV (Mac) Import/Export | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Other features | Synchronization of ShadeExplorer catalogs (Dropbox) | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Plug-ins and Interface | - | ○ | ○ | |
| Script Interface | ○ | ○ | ○ |
*1 Supporting anaglyph display that uses red and blue glasses, and full color display that uses polarized lighting method 3D motor using polarized light
*2 Supports bigger sizes depending on the size of PC memory.