Srikanth Subramaniam (srikanth++at++radiance.com)
Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:55:49 -0800
Radiance Software has just released Ez3d VRML Author 2.0 on Silicon Graphics
workstations. Attached is a press release.
Ez3d is an ideal modeling and scene composition environment for Performer users.
The following features are why you may want to consider Ez3d over other modeling
environments for Performer:
* VRML - publish your VR scenes on the INTERNET!
* Easy-to-use, yet powerful modeling
* Graphical, easy-to-learn interface. Come up to speed in < 2 hours
* Low-level polygon creation and editing
* Complexity control & polygon count built into all modeling tools
* AUTOMATIC POLYGON REDUCTION
* Create multiple LEVELS OF DETAIL, specification of view ranges
* Per-vertex and per-face material editing
* Extensive texture mapping features with different mapping types
* Optimized output option - transform flattening, automatic fusing
of multiple objects into a single mesh
* Open Inventor output (which Performer can read very well)
Check out our demo software in http://www.radiance.com/~radiance.
If you would like a 1-month fully functional free evaluation license,
call us.
Thanks,
Srikanth
Radiance Software International
2672 Bayshore Parkway, Suite 515, Mountain View, CA 94043
SALES: (415) 943-1310 FAX: (415) 943-1311
MKTG & CORP: (510) 848-7621
E-MAIL: Ez3d++at++radiance.com
WWW: http://www.radiance.com/~radiance
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RADIANCE SOFTWARE RELEASES POWERFUL VRML 3D AUTHORING TOOLS FOR SILICON
GRAPHICS AND SUN PLATFORMS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 10, 1995
Radiance Software International (California) announced the release of the
world's first complete VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) authoring
product, Ez3d VRML Author for Silicon Graphics and Sun workstations.The
product can not only be used in conjunction with any HTML tool to create
compelling Web pages, but also for pre-press, animation, games, and so on.
Radiance announced that it is simultaneously releasing 5 products: (a) Ez3d
VRML Author (for integrated 3D modeling, VRML world building and raytracing)
(b) Ez3d Modeler Pro (3D modeling and raytracing) (c) Ez3d VRML Composer
(VRML scene composition) (d) Ez3d Render Pro (scene composition for
raytracing) (e) Ez3d Lite (Entry-level VRML creation). Radiance also
announced the imminent availability of these products on Windows NT/95,
HP-UX and IBM/AIX platforms.
"We want to bring 3D to the masses by providing an inexpensive, easy-to-use,
yet powerful cross-platform 3D authoring tool", says Lee Seiler, CEO,
Radiance Software. "Ez3d is not just yet another 3D modeler that can output
VRML. It is built from ground up to be a one-stop solution to create
compelling, high-performance VRML pages without any hand-coding or
programming."
Ez3d provides intuitive tools for sculpting and manipulating objects with
real-time feedback. Modeling tools range from spline-based tools such as the
unique 'Potter' tool, to low-level polygon editing. Other tools include
beveled 3-D flying logos and interactive editors for materials and textures.
Ez3d's real-time modeling tools include an intuitive interface for creating
multiple levels of detail for all objects, automatic polygon reduction, a
hierarchical object list editor, "snap-assembly" tools for scene
composition, and optimized geometry output. The product provides a complete
interface for all VRML 1.0 features including creation of camera vantage
points, WWWAnchor and WWWInline nodes. The "inline" tool allows parts of the
scene to be loaded only when needed. "Anchors" allow the author to link 3D
objects to other resources on the Internet.
To create photorealistic imagery, Ez3d comes bundled with the popular
Rayshade raytracer. Images can be used as texture maps for VR, imagery for
the Web, or pre-press. Ez3d supports a wide variety of 3D file formats such
as DXF, 3DStudio, OpenInventor, Alias, Wavefront, and Softimage.
A free demo copy can be downloaded from Radiance's Web site:
http://www.radiance.com/~radiance
Radiance Software International
2672 Bayshore Parkway, Suite 515, Mountain View, CA 94043
SALES: (415) 943-1310 FAX: (415) 943-1311
MKTG & CORP: (510) 848-7621
E-MAIL: Ez3d++at++radiance.com
WWW: http://www.radiance.com/~radiance
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