Comparison of 3D computer graphics software

! Latest release date
and version

! Developer

! Platforms

! Main uses

! License

! Latest release date
and version

! Developer

! Platforms

! Main uses

! License

! Windows

! macOS

! Linux

! Unix

! BSD

! iOS

! Android

! Other

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| Java virtual machine

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Old versions supported AmigaOS, Solaris, and MorphOS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Amiga OS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?}}

| {{yes}}

| ChromeOS

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| LightWave 3D 5.0 and before supported AmigaOS.

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|dropped}}Maya 1.0 - 6.5 supported SGI Irix.

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Old versions supported Amiga OS, and Atari TOS

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|dropped in 2.5}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|SketchUp for Web}}[https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup-web/getting-started-sketchup-web Getting Started with SketchUp for Web]. Trimble

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Viewer only}}

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|XSI 2.0 and later}}

| {{no|dropped}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Amiga OS}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

! style="width:13.3%" | Modeling

! style="width:13.3%" | 3D Painting

! style="width:13.3%" | Animation

! style="width:13.3%" | Rendering

! style="width:13.3%" | 3D Tracking

! style="width:13.3%" | Compositing

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{some}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|dropped[http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/11/eias3d-releases-eias-9/ EIAS3D releases EIAS 9] CG Channel November 6, 2012}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|R16 or later}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|parameter-based}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|dropped (Maya Live)}}

| {{no|dropped (Maya Composer, Maya Fusion, and Maya Composite)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|3.7 or later}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{yes}}{{Cite web |url=http://help.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-make-and-sketchup-pro |title=SketchUp Features |access-date=2016-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921135927/https://help.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-make-and-sketchup-pro |archive-date=2017-09-21 |url-status=dead}}[http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000080 SketchUp User Guide: Creating a 3D Model]

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

! colspan="4" style="width:40%" | Imports

! colspan="4" style="width:40%" | Exports

! DDS

! KTX

! others

! EXR

! DDS

! KTX

! others

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| BMP, Cineon, TGA, JPG, PNG, Cineon, Radiance HDR, SGI, RLA, RPF, AVI, MPEG and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV, YUV

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, HDR, SVG[http://www.artofillusion.org/docs/AoI%20Manual/textures.html 7. Textures]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, HDR, QuickTime

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PPM, Targa, TIFF

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PPM, Targa, TIFF

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, JPG, PNG, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, JPG, PNG, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, TIFF, PSD, MOV

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PNG, BMP, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, MOV

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| Radiance HDR, BodyPaint 3D, TIFF, PSD

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| Radiance HDR, BodyPaint 3D, TIFF, PSD

| {{yes}}[http://exocortex.com/blog/clara_one_year_milestone Clara.io: 65,000 Users, New Features and Premium Subscriptions.] Exocortex. August 11, 2014

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| PNG, JPG

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, AVI, WMV, MP3, WAV, popVideo

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, WMV, AVI, MP4, popVideo, FLV, iWidget

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, JPG, PNG, AI, EPS, BMP, IFF, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Ai, Aiff, 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

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| Maya IFF, AVI, QT, GIF, Softimage, RLA, BMP, TIF, SGI RGB, Alias PIX, Jpeg, EPS, Cineon, Quantel, TGA, Macpaint, PSD, PNG, Quickdraw

| {{yes2|EX version only}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| BMP, JPG, PNG, IFF, TGA, PPM, TIFF, PSD, Radiance HDR

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, SGI, EPS, AI, PSD

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, MOV, MWV, PSD

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PNM, SGI (RGB), TGA, TIF

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, PNG, SGI (RGB), TIF, XPM

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|(DDS Converter plugin)}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|(DDS Converter plugin)}}

| {{dunno}}

| QuickTime VR, Piranesi EPix

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, MOV(on Mac), AVI (on Windows)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

! colspan="3" style="width:40%" | Imports

! colspan="4" style="width:40%" | Exports

! Other formats

! Web, mobile, and VRVRML, Java 3D, Adobe Flash, Shockwave 3D, Acrobat 3D, OpenSceneGraph, USDZ, WebGL-related formats, etc...

! FBX

! Other formats

! glTF

! Web, mobile, and VR

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, PRJ, AI, COLLADA, HTR, OBJ, SHP, SKP, TRC

| VRML

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, AI, ASE, COLLADA, HTR, OBJ

| {{dunno}}

| M3G, VRML97

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, AC3D, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, OFF, Pointfield, Points, Terragen, Triangle, Vector

| VRML 1.0, glTF

| {{dunno}}

| 3DS, 3D Studio ASE, AC3D, Dive, DVS, DXF, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, Triangle

| {{dunno}}

| VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0, X3D

| {{yes}}

| COLLADA, 3DS, PLY, OBJ, SVG

| X3D, glTF

| {{yes}}

| COLLADA, PLY, OBJ, SVG, PC2

| {{yes}}

| X3D

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, OBJ, LWO, MDD

|

| {{dunno}}

| 3DS, OBJ, LWO

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, LWO/LWS

| VRML 1, VRML 2

| {{yes}}

| OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, W3D

| {{yes}}

| VRML 1, VRML 2

| {{yes}}

| OBJ, Collada, 3DS, LWO, GEO, PLY, SHP, XGL, ZGL, AC, BLEND, CSM, LWS

| VRML, Three.js

| {{yes}}

| OBJ, Collada

| {{yes}}

| Three.js, Babylon.js

| {{dunno}}

| 3DS, AI, ASCII Text

| VRML

| {{dunno}}

| AI, ASCII Text, RAW Triangle

| {{dunno}}

| Shockwave 3D, VRML

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| OBJ, SKP (via 3DXChange)

|

| {{yes}}

| OBJ (via 3DXChange)

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, COLLADA, OBJ, LWO, VideoScape

| VRML, VRML97

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, COLLADA, OBJ, LWO

| {{dunno}}

| VRML, VRML97

| {{no}}

| {{N/A|N/A}}

|

| {{yes}}

| COLLADA, MHX, OBJ, STL

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, MEL, OBJ

| VRML2

| {{yes}}

| Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, Mel, OBJ, GE2, RTG

| {{dunno}}

| VRML2

| {{yes2|EX version only}}

| 3DS, COB,Caligari TrueSpace 3D Object format LWO, OBJ, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), SUF (DoGA CGA System)

| glTF

| {{yes2|EX version only}}

| 3DS, PMD, OBJ, COLLADAMetasequoia 4.0.0 dropped its RDS (Ray Dream Studio), and SCE (SoftF/X Model) exporters and 4.7.0 dropped its COB (Caligari TrueSpace 3D Object), DoGA CGA System SUF, and AMF exporters.

| {{yes}}

| Metasequoia 4.7.0 dropped the VRML 1.0 (WRL), and Three.js JMF exporters.

| {{yes}}

| LXO, LWO2, LWOB, 3DS, GEO, OBJ, COLLADA

|

| {{yes}}

| LXO, LWO, PLT, GEO, OBJ, COLLADA

| {{yes}}

| X3D

| {{yes}}

| 3DC, 3DS, AC, Collada, OpenFlight, LWO, LWS, OBJ, P3D, PLY, STA, SHP

| OSGOSG, OSGB, OSGT, OSGX, IVE and OSGA

| {{yes}}

| 3DS, AC, Collada, DOT, OpenFlight, OBJ, P3D, STL

| {{dunno}}

| OSG

| {{yes}}

| OBJ, SketchUp, XML; (Pro) 3DS, COLLADA, LWO

|

| {{yes}}

| COLLADA, DXF, OBJ, XML; (Pro) 3DS, LWO

| {{partial|glTF Converter for Shade3D plugin}}

| VRML 2.0, Flash (SWF)

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| PDF

| {{dunno}}

| SKP, 3DS

|

| {{dunno}}

| COLLADA, SKP

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| SKP, 3DS

|

| {{yes}}

| COLLADA, SKP, EPS, EPX (removed v16+), 3DS, OBJ

| {{dunno}}

| PDF, VRML

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| 3DS, AI, EPS, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, SVG, Wings3D

|

| {{no|dropped in 1.3.1}}

| 3DS, COLLADA, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, SVG, Wings3D

| {{dunno}}

| VRML 2.0

! colspan="3" style="width:20%" | Imports

! colspan="4" style="width:60%" | Exports

! other 3D game files

! 3D renderer files

! OpenFlight (FLT)

! OGRE

! other 3D game files

! 3D renderer files

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| {{no|dropped}}

|

|

| {{no|dropped}}

| {{no|(blender2ogre addon)}}

|

| POV-Ray POV

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| DirectX X, Irrlicht irrmesh

| POV-Ray POV

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Quake II (MD2), Quake III Mesh (MD3), Doom 3 (MD5)

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| Quake II (MD2)

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Quake II (MD2)

|

| {{no}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| Doom 3 (MD5)

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| Mental Ray MI, RenderMan RIB

| {{no}}

| Metasequoia 4.0.0 dropped its PlayStation RSD importer and exporter.

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| DirectX X

| RenderMan RIBMetasequoia 4.7.0 dropped its POV-Ray POV exporter.

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| DirectX X, Quake II (MD2)

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| DirectX X, Second Life Sculpted Prim, Blue Mars

| RenderMan RIB

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| dotXSI

|

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| BZFlag, DirectX X, Renderware

| Kerkythea, POV-Ray POV

! colspan="9" style="width:70%" | Imports

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width:10%" | Exports

! colspan=2 | Point Cache

! colspan=4 | Particle Cache

! Animation

! Maya Cache (*.mc) Maya Cache and 3ds Max PC2 format are also used with FBX format.

! 3ds Max PC2

! LightWave MDD

! Maya Particle Data (*.pda, *.pdb)

! Houdini BGEO

! RealFlow BIN

! Krakatoa PRT

! Biovision Hierarchy (*.bvh)

! Alembic (*.abc)

! others

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| colspan=2 {{yes|Mesh Cache Modifier[https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/modifiers/modify/mesh_cache.html Mesh Cache Modifier]. Blender Foundation}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| BVH

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| BVH

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| colspan=2 {{partial|via FBX importer}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| BVH

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Partio Node [https://docs.lightwave3d.com/lw2020/new-to-2020/openvdb-new-tools/partio-node Partio Node]. NewTek}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|MDD Deformer}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| BVH

| {{no|(Exocortex Crate)}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|Point Oven}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no|(Exocortex Crate)}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

! colspan="4" style="width:40%" | Imports

! colspan="4" style="width:40%" | Exports

! DXF

! DWG

! others

! STL

! DXF

! DWG

! others

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IGE, IGS, IGES, IPT, WIRE, IAM, LS, VW, LP, SAT, Catia V4/V5, JT, ProE, RVT, PRT, SolidWorks, STEP, WIRE

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ATR, BLK, DF, IGS, LAY, LP, SAT, VW

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| LDraw (Lego), SOF Airfoil

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Inventor, LDraw (Lego)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes2|Yes}}via AutoCAD DXF addon

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes2|Yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CCAD, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), Parasolid XT, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP)

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), Parasolid XT, PDF, Pro/E, STP (STEP)

| colspan=2 {{yes2|External}}[https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/io/formats/geometry_formats.html Geometry file formats]. Side Effects

| {{no}}

|

| colspan=2 {{yes2|External}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{partial|Windows and Mac only}}[https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Maya-ManagingScenes/files/GUID-69BC066D-D4D8-4B12-900C-CF42E798A5D6-htm.html Supported data import formats]. Autodesk.

| colspan=2 {{partial|Windows only}}

| IGES, StudioTools Wire

| {{partial|Windows and Mac only}}[https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Maya-ManagingScenes/files/GUID-864BD203-C437-4481-8BFC-3A6C1D2C824C-htm.html Supported data export formats]. Autodesk.

| colspan=2 {{partial|Windows only}}

| IGES, StudioTools Wire, Open Inventor2

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| SolidWorksSLDPRT and SLDASM

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| DW (Designer Workshop)

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IGES, STEP, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks, NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, XML, MDS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IGES, STEP, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

! colspan="5" | Imports

! LASer (LAS)

! Leica Cyclone PTS/PTX/PTG

! Autodesk ReCap RCS/RCP

! VisualSFM NVM

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{partial|(Blender LiDAR Importer addon, Blender-Photogrammetry-Importer addon)}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{partial|(Blender-Photogrammetry-Importer addon)}}

| colspan=2 {{yes|Lidar Import geometry node}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

! colspan="7" | Imports

! rowspan="2" | Exports

! USGS SDTS (DDF)

! LandXML

! GeoTIFF

! Shapefile

! OSM

! others

| {{yes}}[https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-1520AE4F-8B0D-44FD-B471-36606780DC51-htm.html Importing LandXML/DEM Models]. Autodesk

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| colspan=2 {{partial|(Blender GIS addon)}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| VistaPro DEM

| USDS DEM

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| VistaPro DEM

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes2|Yes}}via Game Development Toolset[https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/game-development-toolset-overview/ Game Development Toolset]. Side Effects

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{partial|(Ground Control plugin)}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

| {{yes}}{{Cite web|url=http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000153|title=Using SketchUp Data with Other Modeling Programs or Tools {{!}} SketchUp Knowledge Base|website=help.sketchup.com|access-date=2016-05-18}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| SKP+KMZ

| SKP+KMZ

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| SKP+KMZ

| SKP+KMZ

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}[http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/07/e-on-ships-vue-infinite-2015-and-vue-xstream-2015/ E-on ships Vue Infinite 2015 and Vue xStream 2015]. CG Channel. July 2, 2015.

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| DTED

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

|

! colspan=4 | Polygon

! colspan=3 | Spline/Bézier Surface

! rowspan=2 | Voxel, Volume

! rowspan=2 | Metaball

! rowspan=2 | Point Clouds

! rowspan=2 | Particles

! {{verth|va=middle|Quads}}

! {{verth|va=middle|N-gons}}

! {{verth|va=middle|Torus,
Donut}}

! NURBS regular patch

! NURBS trimmed surface

! Bicubic Bézier patch

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|soc-2014-nurbs branch}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|2.83 and later}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|3.1 and later}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{some|3D Texture}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Patch Objects}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|R20 and later}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| colspan=2 {{no|(LWCAD plugin)}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|OpenVDB primitives[https://docs.lightwave3d.com/lw2019/reference/layout/object-properties/primitive-type/primitive-type-openvdb Primitive Type - OpenVDB]. NewTek}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Grasshopper}}

| {{yes|Grasshopper}}

| {{yes|Grasshopper}}

| {{yes|Grasshopper}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| colspan=2 {{yes|CAD mode}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

! colspan=10 | Curves

! rowspan=2 | Bone

! rowspan=2 | Text

! rowspan=2 | Camera

! rowspan=2 | Light

! rowspan=2 | Speaker

! {{verth|va=middle|Quadratic
Bézier}}

! {{verth|va=middle|Cubic
Bézier}}

! {{verth|va=middle|B-spline}}

! {{verth|va=middle|Cardinal
spline}}

! Hermite spline

! TCB spline

! {{verth|va=middle|Smoothstep}}

! {{verth|va=middle|Akima spline}}

! NURBS

| {{some|Bézier curve without subdivision}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|dropped in R23}}[https://support.maxon.net/kb/faq.php?id=108 R23 - Removed features (Virtual Walkthrough, ProRender, Sound System)] MAXON

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{some|only in Graph Editor}}

| {{some|only in Graph Editor}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Sound Object}}

! colspan=2 | Hard surface Modeling

! colspan=6 | Sculpt Modeling

! colspan = 4 | Non-destructive Modeling

! Subdivision Modeling

! Base-mesh Creation

! Sketch Modeling

! Sculpting

! Cloth Sculpting

! {{verth|va=middle|Hand
Retopology}}

! Automatic Retopology

! Boolean

! {{verth|va=middle|Bevel}}

! {{verth|va=middle|Modifier}}

! Procedural

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|(SOuP BMesh)}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|2020 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|(Form)}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Paint Deform}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|2021.3 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Max Creation Graph}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Skin Modifier}}

| {{Some|Trim Brush with Union/Join mode}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|2.83 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Geometry Nodes}}

| {{Yes|ZModeler}}

| {{Yes|ZModeler}}

| {{Yes|ZSphere and ZSketch}}

| {{Yes|MeshBalloon}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|2021 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|ZRemesher}}

| {{Yes|4R8 and later}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

! PBR viewport

! Viewport effects

! Interactive GI Rendering

! Integrated Compositing

! Text editor for shader writing

! Material Nodes

! Turntable Rendering

| {{Yes}}

| {{Some}}

| {{Yes|Arnold}}

| {{No}}

| {{?}}

| {{Yes|Hypershade, Node Editor, ShaderFX}}

| {{Yes|Yes[http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2011help/files/Animation_Basics_Create_a_turntable_animation.htm Create a turntable animation] Autodesk}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Some}}

| {{Yes|Arnold}}

| {{Some|(State Set)}}

| {{Yes|OSL Map[https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/3ds-max-integrates-osl-gdc-day-1/ 3ds Max integrates OSL: GDC Day 1], fxguide, March 21, 2018}}

| {{Yes|Slate Material Editor, ShaderFX}}

| {{Partial|Easy Turntable script}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{?}}

| {{Yes|Nodal Shading}}

| {{Yes|Render Turntable}}[http://modo.docs.thefoundry.co.uk/modo/601/help/pages/shaderendering/RenderCommands.html Render Commands], Foundry

| colspan=2 {{Yes|Eevee (2.80 and later)}}

| {{Yes|Cycles}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Text Editor}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Turnaround Camera addon}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Some|external renderers}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|OSLCode Node}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?}}

| {{No|Uber PBR shaders only}}

| {{Yes}}[https://www.marmoset.co/posts/getting-started-with-toolbag-2/ Getting Started with Toolbag 2], Marmoset LLC, December 1, 2015

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|YEBIS}}

| {{Yes|NVIDIA Iray}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{Yes|MDL graph}}

| {{?}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Alembic
Importer}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|USD
Importer}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Rendering
Engine}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Volume
Rendering
for clouds}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Interactive
Rendering}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Isolating
light contribution}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Light
Lister}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|IES
Light}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Physical
Sun & Sky}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Sun Positioning
by location and times}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Light Portal}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Shadow Catcher}}

! colspan=3 | IBL and Environment texture

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Highlight
Placement}}

! rowspan=2 {{verth|va=middle|Light Mixer}}

! sIBL

! {{verth|va=middle|Light Extraction[http://lesterbanks.com/2013/04/auto-hdri-light-gen-for-maya-creates-practical-lighting-setups-from-hdr-images/ Auto HDRI Light Gen for Maya Creates Practical Lighting Setups from HDR Images], Lesterbanks, April 30, 2013}}

| rowspan=3 {{Yes}}

| rowspan=3 {{Yes|USD Extension for Maya}}

! Maya Hardware 2.0

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}[http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-2CCFF304-FB52-47FE-BBCB-21D68C455929 Viewport 2.0 limitations] Autodesk

| rowspan=3 {{Yes|Light Editor}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan=3 {{Partial|(Place Highlight Tool for Maya)}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes|Light Linking}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes|Env Sphere}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes|Light Linking}}

| {{yes|Ai Photometric Light}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|Light Mixer imager}}

| rowspan=4 {{Yes}}

| rowspan=4 {{Partial|(USD for Autodesk 3ds Max)}}

! Quicksilver

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 Complete Reference Guide, P.685, Kelly Murdock, 2015

| rowspan=4 {{Yes|Light Lister}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan=4 {{Yes|Place Highlight}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes|Light Exclude/include}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Partial|sIBL-GUI software}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Light Group}}[https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/display/A5AF3DSUG/Light+Group Light Groups] Solid Angle

| {{yes|Ai Photometric Light}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Sun Positioner[http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-53783CF5-7EBF-4E8C-ACC2-BCA5CD9AD8EB.htm Sun Positioner and Physical Sky] Autodesk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|Light Mixer imager}}

| rowspan=3 {{Yes|2.78 and later}}

| rowspan=3 {{Yes|3.0 and later}}

! Workbench

| {{some}}

| {{Yes}}

| rowspan=2 {{Partial|View LayersThe composition of the passes is required.}}

| rowspan=3 {{Yes|Property Chart Addon, Gaffer addon}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan=3 {{Yes|Sun Position addon}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan=3 {{Partial|Look At Gizmo (with Ctrl key)}}

| {{No}}

| {{some}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{partial|Shader Node[https://www.blendernation.com/2019/06/03/blender-2-8-eevee-tutorial-shadow-catcher/ Blender 2.8 Eevee Tutorial Shadow Catcher]. BlenderNation. June 3, 2019}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Light Groups (3.2 and later)}}

| {{Yes|2.80 and later[https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-blender-cvs/2018-May/108927.html Bf-blender-cvs - 48155c210a3 - master: Cycles: Add Support for IES files as textures for light strength], Blender Foundation, May 27, 2018}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|from 2.75}}

| {{Yes|from 2.79}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Partial|sIBL_GUI for Blender addon/
Add Environment nodes addon}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|14.1 and later}}

! MODO Renderer, mPath

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Light Linking[https://help.thefoundry.co.uk/modo/902/content/help/pages/shading_lighting/shader_items/shader.html Shader] The Foundry}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes|Photometric Light}}

| colspan=2 {{Yes|Directional Light[https://help.thefoundry.co.uk/modo/902/content/help/pages/shading_lighting/lights/directional_light.html Directional Light] The Foundry}}

| {{Yes|Portal}}

| {{Yes|Shadow Catcher}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Partial|mm_sIBLToModoEnvironment script}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|11.6 and later}}

| {{No}}

! LightWave Renderer

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes|Photometric Light}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| original loader script, where most sIBL features were invented{{Cite web|url=http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/software.html|title=Software|website=www.hdrlabs.com|access-date=2019-08-08}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Solaris}}

! Mantra ({{abbr|PT|Path tracing}}), Karma

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Light categories}}

| {{Yes|Light bank}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|Shadow matte}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|Solaris}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan=2 {{yes}}

| rowspan=2 {{yes|R23 and later}}

! CineRender

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Exclude/include}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|from R18}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan=2 {{Yes|Lighting tool}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Light Group AOVs}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Matte options}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

! rowspan=2 | CPU rendering

! colspan=6 | GPU rendering

! NVIDIA CUDA, OptiX

! AMD HIP

! SYCL, Intel DPC++

! Apple Metal

! Texture streaming (out-of-core)

| {{Yes}}

| colspan=2 {{Yes|V-Ray GPU (former V-Ray RT)}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}[http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2016/presentation/s6345-taskov-blagovest-advances-in-v-ray.pdf Advancements in V-Ray RT GPU], p.15

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|24 and later}}[https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/pixar-renderman-lookdev-and-xpu/ Pixar RenderMan LookDev and XPU]. fxguide. September 14, 2021.

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Partial|Redshift for AMD (alpha version)}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|19 and later}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|dropped in 3.0}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|3.0 and later}}

| {{Yes|3.3 and later}}

| {{yes|3.1 and later}}

| {{Yes|2.80 and later[https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-blender-cvs/2018-January/103260.html Bf-blender-cvs - c621832d3d3 - master: Cycles: CUDA support for rendering scenes that don't fit on GPU.], Blender Foundation, January 3, 2018}}

! MIPMAP
generation

! Adaptive tessellation

! Instancing

! Camera culling

! Deep pixel rendering

! Fisheye stereo
for fulldome

! Omnidirectional stereo
for HMD

! Deforming motion blur

| {{Yes|img2tiledexr}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Partial|Domemaster Stereo Shader}}

| {{Yes|3.2 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|txmake}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}[https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/Features Features] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224052339/https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/Features |date=2016-12-24}}, Pixar

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|maketx}}

| {{Yes}}[https://support.solidangle.com/display/AFMUG/Subdivision+Settings Subdivision Settings], Solid Angle

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Partial|Domemaster Stereo Shader}}

| {{yes|5 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|icp}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}[https://www.sidefx.com/faq/karma/ Karma Renderer FAQs]

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes|15.5 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|2.78 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Camera Cull}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|2.78 and later}}

| {{Yes|2.78 and later}}

| {{Yes}}

! LoD generation

! colspan=4 | Texture baking

! Normal Map

! rowspan=2 | Ambient Occlusion (AO) Map

! colspan=2 | Light Map

! Non-directional
(Traditional)

! Directional

| {{yes|"Generate LOD Meshes"}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|RNM (Radiosity Normal Map), and SH (Spherical harmonics) coefficients}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{?}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|AssetGen addon}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}