Free and Commercial 3D Modeling,
Ray Tracing, and Related Software

  3DPlus  is easy to use software that allows you to produce logos, dramatic headlines, and web animations. With templates and wizards, 3DPlus 2 enables you to create 3D scenes and effects. Direct the lighting, positioning, texture and size of your objects to achieve the result you want. Real time editing allows you to see the design changes as you make them. As well as producing 3D designs and animations, you can also customize effects and store them for future use.

3D Studio MAX  delivers CG professionals advanced tools for character animation, next generation game development, and visual effects production.

Caligari trueSpace  allows you to create, render and animate 3D models and photorealistic images for animations, illustrations, designs, web pages, games, VRML worlds and more.

Crystal 3D Impact Pro  Includes over 145 highly-detailed pre-build objects, 3D text creation Wizard, imports and converts 2D artwork into 3D, Freehand spline polygon creation and editing tools, and much more.

GLView  is a stand alone VRML browser and 3-D file viewer.

Poser  combines 10 years of development with new, high-resolution content and posing enhancements, more powerful rendering, breakthroughs in realism and animation, significant workflow improvements, plus a lot more. Design using the human form for graphic and web design, fine art, comics, pre-viz/storyboarding, medical and technical illustration, architectural and product design, and education.

POV-Ray for Windows  The Persistance of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-Ray) is an all-round excellent package.

Rhinoceros  is a conceptual design and modeling tool for industrial, product, and scene designers. Whether you build heart valves or ship hulls, packaging or gears, Rhino is an easy-to-learn-and-use, flexible, and accurate modeler. You can create, edit, and render any combination of freeform curves, surfaces, and solids. You can then export your model to down stream processes.

Ulead Cool 3D  is a 3D titling program that brings the power and excitement of 3D right to your desktop. You can quickly add great-looking 3D text to your web pages, documents, presentations, videos and multimedia titles.

Xara3D  is simple to use, so literally anyone can produce high quality 3D graphics in minutes.

Zoner 3D Photo Maker  creates 3D photos from two practically identical shots of the same subject, usually from about the same distance apart as your eyes. Zoner 3D Photo Maker assembles the two shots into an image that will look 3D when viewed through special colored glasses. Zoner can provide these glasses by mail for a fee. To get a true 3D effect, you need for the image to be assembled from the two source images precisely. The process of finding common points takes place entirely automatically, and you can even use pictures that were taken without using a tripod. The automatic wizard makes the task of seeking the proper shot positionings by hand unnecessary.