Feature Comparison

Ver.27.0 feature comparison by edition
Category	Feature
Animation	Fluid simulation	-	-	○	○	○
Point clouds	3D Gaussian splatting support (PLY import/export)	-	-	○	○	○
	Enhanced polygon mesh generation	-	-	○	○	○
Rendering	Enhanced lights (color-temperature settings)	○	○	○	○	○
	Illuminance measurement (multipass rendering)	-	○	○	○	○
	Pixel Information Basic (rendered images)	○	-	-	-	-
	Pixel information (rendered images)	-	○	○	○	○
File import/export	SVG import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	Enhanced DXF import/export (R13 and later)	○	○	○	○	○
Optional add-on	AI Generation Tool Ver.2 (3D model generation)	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately
	Shade3D 3D Parametric Tool Ver.3 (hydraulic structures: flexible sluices)	-	-	Sold separately	○	○
	BIM/CIM Design Check Tool Ver.27 (R8 support)	-	-	Sold separately	○	○
Feature comparison by edition
Category	Feature
Interface	Hexadecimal color input	○	○	○	○	○
	CAD workspace	-	-	○	○	○
	HDR display※3	○	○	○	○	○
	PBR materials in the figure window	-	-	○	○	○
	UI font-size selection	○	○	○	○	○
	Windows 10/macOS Mojave dark mode	○	○	○	○	○
	4K interface support	○	○	○	○	○
	Custom toolbox (formerly Command Palette)	○	○	○	○	○
	Quick menu	○	○	○	○	○
	Scene file information	○	○	○	○	○
	Scale guide display	○	○	○	○	○
	Simultaneous absolute and relative coordinates in the status bar	○	○	○	○	○
	Snackbar notifications	○	○	○	○	○
	Preview rendering	○	○	○	○	○
	Animated modeling navigation (Fit button)	○	○	○	○	○
	Actual-size rendered image display (improved HiDPI support)	○	○	○	○	○
	Object and marker colors in wireframes	○	○	○	○	○
	Hidden-line wireframe display	○	○	○	○	○
	High-quality texture display	○	○	○	○	○
	Switch coordinate system to Z-up	-	○	○	○	○
	Work-plane templates	○	○	○	○	○
	Drawing display mode in the figure window	○	○	○	○	○
	Figure-window anti-aliasing settings	○	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination in the figure window	-	○	○	○	○
	Vertex colors in figure-window material display	-	-	○	○	○
	Expressions in numeric input boxes	○	○	○	○	○
	Stereoscopic perspective preview※1	○	○	○	○	○
Modeling	2D drawings	○	○	○	○	○
	3D annotation (dimension lines)	-	-	○	○	○
	3D Print Assistant	○	○	○	○	○
	NURBS modeling	-	-	○	○	○
	UC-win/Road 3D print support (3D Print Assistant)	-	-	○	○	○
	Assembly (NURBS surfaces)	-	-	○	○	○
	Object snap	○	○	○	○	○
	Cage	○	○	○	○	○
	Surface replicator: uniform surface distribution, interference avoidance	-	○	○	○	○
	Surface replicator: fast collision detection	-	○	○	○	○
	OpenSubdiv subdivision surfaces	○	○	○	○	○
	Swept surfaces	○	○	○	○	○
	Sculpt modeling	-	-	○	○	○
	Slide tool	○	○	○	○	○
	Text primitives	○	○	○	○	○
	Numeric bounding-box input	○	○	○	○	○
	Parametric modeling	-	-	○	○	○
	Boolean modeling	○	○	○	○	○
	Floating Boolean operations	-	-	○	○	○
	Primitives	○	○	○	○	○
	Hair Salon	-	○	○	○	○
	Hair Salon: collision, gravity and inertia animation	-	-	○	○	○
	Voxelized meshes	○	○	○	○	○
	Box model conversion tool	-	-	○	○	○
	Polygon mesh circle creation	○	○	○	○	○
	Polygon modeling	○	○	○	○	○
	Polygon reduction	○	○	○	○	○
	Magnet tool	○	○	○	○	○
	Manipulator	○	○	○	○	○
	Mirroring	○	○	○	○	○
	Measure tool	○	○	○	○	○
	Modeling lights	○	○	○	○	○
	Wrapping mesh	○	○	○	○	○
	Replicator	-	○	○	○	○
	Linked objects	○	○	○	○	○
	Radial cylinder-cap division option	○	○	○	○	○
	Align objects	○	○	○	○	○
	Ensure minimum thickness	○	○	○	○	○
	Close free-form surface ends	○	○	○	○	○
	Free-form surface modeling	○	○	○	○	○
	Convert free-form surfaces to NURBS	-	-	○	○	○
	Undo history	-	○	○	○	○
	Create curves with numeric input	-	-	○	○	○
	Numeric clipping-plane position settings	○	○	○	○	○
	Toggle dimension creation for lines and curves	-	-	○	○	○
	Face settings for lines and circles	○	○	○	○	○
	Mirror-copy selected objects	○	○	○	○	○
	Sweep tool generation-type selection	○	○	○	○	○
	Measurement (surface area, volume, center of gravity)	-	-	○	○	○
	Section view	○	○	○	○	○
	Vertex colors	○	○	○	○	○
	Bake vertex colors	-	○	○	○	○
	Point clouds (import/export, edit, mesh conversion)	-	-	○	○	○
	Road alignment	-	-	○	○	○
Materials	LSCM UV unwrapping	-	○	○	○	○
	PBR materials	-	-	○	○	○
	UV rearrangement	-	○	○	○	○
	UV map editing	○	○	○	○	○
	Displacement mapping	-	○	○	○	○
	Texture baking	-	-	○	○	○
	Flatten	-	○	○	○	○
	Single/double-sided settings per material	○	○	○	○	○
	Light maps	○	○	○	○	○
	Material parameters: subsurface scattering	-	-	○	○	○
	Material parameters: volume rendering	-	○	○	○	○
	Direct and indirect light	○	○	○	○	○
	Real-world dimensions for projection mapping	-	○	○	○	○
	Normal mapping	○	○	○	○	○
Camera / lights / background	Walkthrough camera	○	○	○	○	○
	Physical sky	-	○	○	○	○
	Volume lights	-	○	○	○	○
	Shadow softness in ray tracing	-	-	○	○	○
	Photometric lights (IES data)	-	-	○	○	○
Rendering	AI denoising	-	○	○	○	○
	AI denoising (Basic)	○	-	-	-	-
	GPU ray tracing	-	-	○	○	○
	PBR rendering	-	-	○	○	○
	ShadeGrid (computer count)	1 computer	1 computer	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
	Ambient occlusion	-	○	○	○	○
	Image gamma settings	○	○	○	○	○
	Additional cube-map format (horizontal cross)	○	○	○	○	○
	Glow effector	-	○	○	○	○
	OpenSubdiv feature-adaptive subdivision	○	○	○	○	○
	Shadow catcher object settings	○	○	○	○	○
	Toon renderer	-	○	○	○	○
	Batch rendering	○	○	○	○	○
	FogPlus fog effect	-	○	○	○	○
	Multipass rendering	-	○	○	○	○
	Linear workflow	○	○	○	○	○
	Backdrop compositing of rendered and image files	○	○	○	○	○
	Rendering presets	○	○	○	○	○
	Rendering history	-	○	○	○	○
	Maximum rendering resolution (pixels)※2	2,500x2,500	4,500x4,500	22,528x22,528	22,528x22,528	22,528x22,528
	Illuminance adjustment	-	○	○	○	○
	Real-time color correction	-	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: panorama rendering with irradiance cache	○	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: path tracing	○	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: path tracing with irradiance cache	○	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: path tracing + photon mapping	-	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: photon mapping	○	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: radiosity	○	○	○	○	○
	Global illumination: radiosity Pro	-	-	○	○	○
	DepthPlus depth-of-field effect	-	○	○	○	○
	Material/light quality settings	-	-	○	○	○
	Stereoscopic rendering	○	○	○	○	○
Animation	Animation with inverse kinematics	-	○	○	○	○
	Standard bones	○	○	○	○	○
	Smart kinematics / aim constraints / path constraints	-	○	○	○	○
	Particle physics	-	○	○	○	○
	Humanoid bones	○	○	○	○	○
	Multiple timelines	○	○	○	○	○
	Motion effects	-	○	○	○	○
	Morph targets	○	○	○	○	○
	Deformation animation with translation, rotation, scaling, uniform scaling, ball joints and bones	○	○	○	○	○
Files	External Reference Information window	○	○	○	○	○
	3ds max (3DS) import/export	-	-	○	○	○
	Adobe Flash SWF export (toon renderer)	-	-	○	○	○
	Adobe Illustrator AI simultaneous three-view export	-	-	○	○	○
	Adobe Illustrator AI export	-	○	○	○	○
	Adobe Illustrator AI export (toon renderer)	-	-	○	○	○
	Adobe Illustrator import (.ai, .epsf)	○	○	○	○	○
	Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase) files	○	○	○	○	○
	AVI (Windows/Mac) / MOV (Mac) import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	BVH motion import	-	○	○	○	○
	COLLADA export	○	○	○	○	○
	COLLADA import	-	-	○	○	○
	DirectDraw Surface (DDS) images (Windows only)	○	○	○	○	○
	DXF simultaneous three-view export	-	-	○	○	○
	DXF import/export (2D/3D)※5	○	○	○	○	○
	EPix export	-	-	○	○	○
	FBX import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	FBX exporter integration with Suite Chidori Engine (Windows only)	○	○	○	○	○
	glTF import/export	-	-	○	○	○
	HDR/OpenEXR/PFM import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	IGES import/export (NURBS objects)	-	-	○	○	○
	JPEG/BMP/TARGA/TIFF/PNG/GIF import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	KTX image import/export	-	-	○	○	○
	Lightwave import	-	-	○	○	○
	MP4 import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	MPO export	○	○	○	○	○
	Photoshop (PSD) export	-	○	○	○	○
	PoserFusion 2 (pz3/pzz import)	○	○	○	○	○
	SketchUp export	-	-	○	○	○
	SketchUp import	○	○	○	○	○
	STEP import/export	-	-	○	○	○
	STL import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	WAV/AU/AIF/AIFF import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	Wavefront OBJ import/export	○	○	○	○	○
	Save drawings as images and print	○	○	○	○	○
	Point-cloud export (LAS 1.2/1.4, pcd/ply/pts/xyz/xyzn/xyzrgb)	-	-	○	○	○
	Point-cloud import (LAS 1.0–1.4, pcd/ply/pts/xyz/xyzn/xyzrgb)	-	-	○	○	○
	Road alignment LandXML import/export	-	-	○	○	○
Drawing display	Real-time shadows※4	○	○	○	○	○
UC-ｗin/Road	UC-win/Road real-time integration (Windows only)	-	-	○	○	○
Metavania F8VPS	F8VPS integration	-	-	○	○	○
BIM/CIM Design Check Tool (Optional add-on)	BIM/CIM Design Check Tool	-	-	Sold separately	○	○
	IFC import/export and editing	-	-	Sold separately	○	○
	IFC Information: 3D Reinforcement CAD attributes and design-check information	-	-	Sold separately	○	○
Block UI Programming Tool (Optional add-on)	Block UI Programming Tool	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	○
	Sample teaching materials	○	○	○	○	○
Shade3D SDK (Optional add-on)	Shade3D SDK	-	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	○
	Sample projects	-	○	○	○	○
3D Parametric Tool (Optional add-on)	Shade3D 3D Parametric Tool	-	-	Sold separately	○	○
Shade3D AI Generation Tool (Optional add-on)	Shade3D 3D AI Generation Tool	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately	Sold separately
Enhanced support services	AI help support	○	○	○	○	○
Other	Native operation on Apple silicon Macs (macOS only)	○	○	○	○	○
	Python 3 support	○	○	○	○	○
	ShadeExplorer catalog synchronization (Dropbox)	○	○	○	○	○
	Scripting interface	○	○	○	○	○
	Plug-in interface	-	○	○	○	○

1: Supports anaglyph display with red/cyan glasses and full-color display with polarized 3D monitors.

2: Larger resolutions may be possible depending on system memory and other resources.

3: Requires an HDR-compatible OS, GPU and display.

4: Requires hardware equivalent to the recommended Shade3D Ver.27 graphics environment.

5: For supported DXF sections, see “Objects imported from DXF – Shade3D Knowledge Base” for details.