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      Features

      Virtual prototyping for automotive, industrial design

      Features in VRED® 3D product visualization and virtual prototyping software let you create compelling product presentations, design reviews, and virtual prototypes in real time.

      Data preparation and navigation

      • Rendering of a red sports car with a representation of the Camera and 2 perpendicular lines drawn from the Camera in VRED

        Camera and navigation

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Interface improvements and visibility in the render view are among the many enhancements to the Camera function.

      • Video: Functionality within the UV creation workflow helps you apply a texture to an object in World Scale units

        Data preparation and scene handling

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        UV Editor improvements include scale checker texture to adjust and better spot distorted areas. (video: 1:44 min)

      • Render of the interior of a car in VRED user interface with Objects Behind and an object file selected in 2 dropdown menus

        Navigation in a scene

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        You can navigate more easily within a VRED scene and control which objects to select.

      • Enhanced geometry behavior

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Work more easily with the geometry, promote geometry simply, and communicate your designs more effectively.

      • File I/O and interoperability

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Enhancements made to the Alias wire import capability, with Alias Variants and Transform Pivots support in VRED.

      • Import Alias layer structure

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Wire files from Alias industrial design software are imported with the corresponding layer and tagging information.

      Visual setup

      • VRED scene of a red sports car on a set with camera lights and a large reflector lighting up the car

        Light

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Improvements to lighting within VRED scenes, as well as support for more functionality in OpenGL mode.

      • Video: Instead of having a static HTML image, the HTML 5 content in VRED lets you add all kinds of interaction

        Human Machine Interface

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Visualize HTML 5 content in a VRED scene, including immersive validation of a user HMI design in 3D. (video: 2:26 min)

      • Video: Silent screencast displaying ambient occlusion with baked shadows, then baked lights added to a sporty grey convertible

        Pre-rendering shadows into geometry

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Bake light shadows into geometry to get a more natural view of the object with fewer calculations. (video: 31 sec.)

      • Subsurface scattering

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Accurately simulate the translucent behaviors of materials such as skin, milk, wax, and plastic.

      • Lens flares

        Create a lens flare effect for your lights in raytracing and OpenGL modes.

      • Fog effect in VRED

        Create an atmospheric fog effect in your scene, with controls for color, falloff, and density.

      • Realistic materials

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Use a wide range of photorealistic, automotive virtual-prototyping materials such as glass, car paint, and metal.

      • Powerful lighting options

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Easily control brightness using HDR lighting to illuminate an entire scene with a high-dynamic-range picture.

      • Physical camera settings

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        The Camera module’s physical parameters make elaborate post-processing unnecessary.

      • Measured materials

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Use measured materials to visualize realistic behavior based on captured material data.

      • Displacement mapping

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Efficiently simulate highly detailed surface structure based on texture information in real time.

      • Layered glass material

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Single-sided objects can have a simulated thickness to achieve the appropriate index of refraction (IOR).

      Presentation

      • Video: Using a Transform Variant in VRED reduces scene size, Scenegraph nodes, and memory usage

        Transform Variants

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        This function lets you add multiple transforms as variants to Scenegraph nodes. (video: 1:16 min.)

      • Video: Add fully rigged and posable hands with preset gestures in VRED to make the VR experience more realistic

        Virtual reality interaction

        Get a more natural look and feel in your VR environment with hands and gestures in VRED. (video: 55 sec.)

      • Video: Learn how to manage and create object and material animations within VRED

        Animation module

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Create keyframe animations in real time. Simulate motion sequences and produce moving images. (video: 2:04 min.)

      • Variants and VariantSets

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Present different configurations of your 3D model using Variants and VariantSets.

      • Support for new HMD

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        In addition to our VR Oculus Rift and HTC Vive support, VRED offers extended support for head-mounted displays.

      • Virtual reality enhancements

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Improvements include omnidirectional stereo render for 360-degree style images for mobile and web VR.

      • VRED app

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Remotely control a VRED scene from your mobile device when connected to the Internet.

      • Enhancements in materials

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Improved metallic car paint options allow for more realistic automotive virtual prototyping.

      VRED Presenter

      • Point-of-sale demos

        Show all your product configurations at a local dealership, even on a stereo display, without an Internet connection.

      • Internal and external presentations

        Communicate your design vision to your team, management board, or external partners and customers.

      • External device control

        Control your presentation and content in real time using a tablet or mobile phone.

      • Powerful rendering engines

        VRED Presenter uses the same powerful OpenGL and raytracing rendering engines as that of other VRED products.

      VRED Core

      • Complete Python API

        Use Python for automated data translation, preparation of visualization assets, and automated visualization systems.

      • Streaming capabilities

        Stream high-quality real-time renderings for management reviews and internal or customer-facing visualization systems.

      • Cloud or on-premise

        Easy to deploy and integrate via on-premise servers or in the cloud to power rendering systems on Linux and Windows.

      • Scalable raytracing capabilities

        Full flexibility to scale GPU and CPU rendering needs according to hardware setup.

      • Real-time renderings

        Stream high-quality VRED real-time renderings on laptop, tablet, or other mobile devices.

      Evaluation workflows

      • Clipping module

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Use 3D clipping on digital data, polygons, and even on native NURBS data.

      • Annotations

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Attach annotations directly to a 3D model during an interactive review.

      • Alias curvature shader

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Use the same curvature shader evaluation mode that is available in Alias industrial design software.

      • Visual simulation

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Visual simulation features help you better understand lighting distribution inside a scene.

      Rendering

      • Layer module

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Set material override in the Render Layer module. Store render passes in pre-composed layered EXR and PSD files.

      • Render passes and render layer

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        For additional post-processing, export your render passes for further adaptions in image processing software.

      • Better results with fewer cycles

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        A noise reduction tool for rendering provides better visual quality for interior scenes with fewer overall samples.

      • Multiple rendering modes

        VRED DESIGN, VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Rendering modes help deliver various levels of display quality and speed. Switch between OpenGL and raytracing mode.

      • Cluster Manager

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Organize how multiple users share a cluster, schedule cluster raytracing, and manage jobs.

      • Sequencer

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Organize complex batch processes and execute them sequentially, on a single machine or in a CPU cluster environment.

      • TrueNURBS

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Build NURBS topology or rebuild an existing one. With TrueNURBS, you can load native NURBS data from a CAD model.

      • Spectral rendering

        VRED PROFESSIONAL

        Achieve color correctness and capture realistic dispersion effects with wavelength-based spectral rendering.

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