List of 3D software
This is a non-exhaustive list of 3D software .
3D animation software (selection)
| title | License |
|---|---|
| Adobe After Effects | Trialware, software as a service |
| Adobe Photoshop | Trialware, software as a service |
| Anim8or | Freeware |
| Autodesk 3ds Max | Trialware |
| Autodesk Maya | Trialware |
| Autodesk Softimage | Trialware |
| Blender | GPL v2 |
| Bryce | Trialware |
| Carrara | proprietary |
| Cinema 4D | proprietary |
| DAZ Studio | Freemium |
| Houdini | Trialware |
| LightWave 3D | Trialware |
| Messiah | proprietary |
| Modo | Trialware |
| Poser | proprietary |
| SketchUp | Freemium |
| Source Filmmaker | Freeware |
| White dune | Freeware |
| ZBrush | proprietary |
3D modeling software
| title | License | 3D rendering support |
|---|---|---|
| 3D slash | Freemium | Yes |
| 3D coat | commercial software | Yes |
| 3DVIA Shape | commercial software | No |
| AC3D | commercial software | No |
| Allplan | commercial software | Yes |
| Alibre design | commercial software | Yes |
| Anim8or | Freeware | Yes |
| Animation: Master | commercial software | Yes |
| ArchiCAD | commercial software | Yes |
| ARCHLine.XP | commercial software | Yes |
| AutoCAD | commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk 123D | Freeware | No |
| Autodesk 3ds Max | commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Inventor | commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Maya | commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Mudbox | commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Revit | commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Softimage | commercial software | Yes |
| AutoQ3D | commercial software | Yes |
| AutoQ3D Community | GNU GPLv2 + | Yes |
| Blender | nfhGNU GPLv2 + | Yes |
| BricsCAD | commercial software | Yes |
| BRL-CAD | GNU LGPL and BSD | Yes |
| Bryce | commercial software | Yes |
| Carrara | commercial software | Yes |
| CATIA | commercial software | Yes |
| Cheetah3D | commercial software | Yes |
| Cinema 4D | commercial software | Yes |
| CityEngine | commercial software | No |
| Clara.io | Freemium | Yes |
| DAZ Studio | Freeware | Yes |
| DeleD 3D Editor | GNU GPL2 | Yes |
| DesignSpark Mechanical | Freemium | No |
| Electric Image Animation System | commercial software | Yes |
| Exa Corporation | commercial software | Yes |
| Figuro.io | Freeware | No |
| Flux | Freeware | No |
| Form-Z | commercial software | Yes |
| fragMOTION | commercial software | No |
| FreeCAD | GNU LGPL | Yes |
| Geomodeller3D | commercial software | Yes |
| HDR Light Studio | commercial software | No |
| hexagon | commercial software | No |
| Houdini | commercial software | Yes |
| IRONCAD | commercial software | Yes |
| K-3D | GNU GPL2 | Yes |
| LAI4D | Freeware | Yes |
| LightWave 3D | Trialware | Yes |
| Makers Empire 3D | Freemium | Yes |
| MASSIVE | commercial software | Yes |
| Metasequoia | commercial software | Yes |
| MikuMikuDance | Freeware | Yes |
| Milkshape 3D | commercial software | No |
| Modo | commercial software | Yes |
| Moi3D | commercial software | Yes |
| Onshape | commercial software | Yes |
| Open CASCADE | GNU LGPL | Yes |
| OpenSCAD | GNU GPL | Yes |
| Paint 3D (only for viewing 3D graphics View 3D ) | Pre-installed with Windows 10 Creators Update | Yes |
| Poser | commercial software | Yes |
| PowerAnimator | commercial software | Yes |
| Pro / ENGINEER | commercial software | Yes |
| Celebrities | commercial software | Yes |
| Quake Army Knife | GNU GPL | Yes |
| RaySupreme | commercial software | Yes |
| Realsoft 3D | commercial software | Yes |
| Remo 3D | commercial software | Yes |
| RFEM | commercial software | Yes |
| Rhinoceros 3D | commercial software | Yes |
| ROBLOX Studio | Freeware | No |
| Scia Engineer | commercial software | Yes |
| Sculptris | Freeware | No |
| Seamless3d | WITH | No |
| SelfCad | Freemium | No |
| Shade 3D | commercial software | Yes |
| silo | commercial software | No |
| Sketchup | Freemium | Yes |
| Solid Edge | commercial software | Yes |
| solidThinking | commercial software | Yes |
| SolidWorks | commercial software | Yes |
| SpaceClaim | commercial software | Yes |
| Strata 3D | commercial software | Yes |
| Sweet Home 3D | Freeware | Yes |
| Swift 3D | commercial software | No |
| Tekla Structures | commercial software | No |
| TrueSpace | Freeware | Yes |
| Unigraphics | commercial software | No |
| Vectary | Freeware | No |
| Vectorworks | commercial software | Yes |
| ViaCAD | commercial software | Yes |
| Wings 3D | BSD | Yes |
| Wolfram Mathematica | commercial software | Yes |
| ZBrush | commercial software | Yes |
| Zmodeler | Freeware | Yes |
| ZWCAD | commercial software | Yes |
3D graphics libraries
| Graphics library | developer | Art |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | Microsoft | Low-level graphics |
| Glide | 3dfx Interactive | Low-level graphics |
| Mantle | AMD | Low-level graphics |
| Metal | Apple | Low-level graphics |
| OpenGL | Khronos Group | Low-level graphics |
| OpenGL ES | Khronos Group | Low-level graphics |
| QuickDraw 3D | Apple | Low-level graphics |
| RenderMan Interface Specification | Pixar | Low-level graphics |
| volcano | Khronos Group | Low-level graphics |
| Stage3D | web-based | |
| WebGL | Khronos Group | web-based |
| Papervision3D | Carlos Ulloa | flash based |
| A-frame | Mozilla | JavaScript |
| Blend4Web | Triumph LLC | JavaScript |
| Copper light | Ambiera | JavaScript |
| O3D | JavaScript | |
| stormEngineC | Roberto González Domínguez | JavaScript |
| Three.js | Three.js Authors | JavaScript |
| Verge3D | Soft8Soft LLC | JavaScript |
| X3D | High level graphics | |
| ClanLib | High level graphics | |
| Crystal Space | Jorrit Tyberghein and others | High level graphics |
| HOOPS 3D Graphics System | High level graphics | |
| Horde3D | The Horde3D team | High level graphics |
| Will-o'-the-wisp (engine) | Nikolaus Gebhardt and others | High level graphics |
| Java 3D | Sun Microsystems | High level graphics |
| JavaFX | Oracle Corporation | High level graphics |
| jMonkeyEngine | The jME core team | High level graphics |
| JT Open | Siemens PLM software | High level graphics |
| Mobile 3D Graphics API | High level graphics | |
| OGRE | The ORGE team | High level graphics |
| OpenGL performer | High level graphics | |
| OpenSceneGraph | High level graphics | |
| OpenSG | Khronos Group | High level graphics |
| QSDK | High level graphics | |
| Vega Prime | Presagis | High level graphics |
| VTK | Kitware Inc. | High level graphics |
3D rendering software
| title | License |
|---|---|
| 3Delight | proprietary |
| AIR | proprietary |
| appleseed | Open source |
| Arion | proprietary |
| Artlantis Studio | proprietary |
| Aqsis | Open source |
| Arnold | proprietary |
| Bakery Relight | proprietary |
| Brazil R / S | proprietary |
| SOLIDWORKS Visualization | proprietary |
| C3D vision | proprietary |
| Caustic Visualize | proprietary |
| CentiLeo | proprietary |
| Cinema 4D | proprietary |
| Clarisse IFX | proprietary |
| Colimo | proprietary |
| Corona renderer | proprietary |
| Cycles | Open source |
| Eias | proprietary |
| Elara renderer | proprietary |
| Enscape | proprietary |
| Eyecad VR | proprietary |
| FELIX Render | proprietary |
| FilmEngine | proprietary |
| finalRender SE 3.5 | proprietary |
| flamingo | proprietary |
| FluidRay RT | proprietary |
| FPrime | proprietary |
| FStormRender | proprietary |
| Fujiyama | Open source |
| FurryBall | proprietary |
| Gelato | proprietary |
| Guerrilla render | Freemium |
| IC3D Suite | proprietary |
| iClone | proprietary |
| Indigo renderer | proprietary |
| iRay | proprietary |
| KeyShot | proprietary |
| Kerkythea | Freeware |
| Kray | proprietary |
| LightWorks | proprietary |
| LumenRT | proprietary |
| Lumion | proprietary |
| LuxCoreRender | Open source |
| Maxwell Render | proprietary |
| Mental ray | proprietary |
| Mitsuba Render | Open source |
| mosquito render 1 | proprietary |
| NOX | Open source |
| nXtRender | proprietary |
| Octane render | proprietary |
| Orion renderer | Freeware |
| Owlet | proprietary |
| Penguin | proprietary |
| RenderMan | proprietary |
| Photorealistica | proprietary |
| pbrt | Open source |
| Pixie | Open source |
| POV-Ray | Open source |
| Radiance | Open source |
| Raylectron | proprietary |
| Redshift | proprietary |
| RenderDotC | proprietary |
| Spectral Studio | proprietary |
| Sunflow | Open source |
| SPEOS | proprietary |
| TheaRender | proprietary |
| Twinmotion | proprietary |
| Turtle | proprietary |
| V-Ray | proprietary |
| YafaRay | Open source |
3D analysis and evaluation
| title | License |
|---|---|
| GigaMesh software framework | Open source |