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	You have the best products for architecture I have ever seen. This is the "Paradigm Shift" everyone talks about but never delivers. ART has delivered it. It exceeds every conceivable preconception. - Richard Grogan, HDR Inc.

Interfaces

Interfaces for many popular 3D applications are available for ART VPS 3D rendering devices.

RenderPipe for Maya, for Alias' Maya application.
RenderPipe MAX, for users of Autodesk VIZ and Discreet's 3dsmax
RenderPipe for CATIA, for users of Dassault Systemes CATIA and ENOVIA PLM applications. *Currently in development.
RenderPipe RIB, for RenderMan-centric animation studios.
CAD|CAMERA, a complete visualization environment for users of CAD.

ART VPS uses the industry-standard RenderMan Language data interface to enable it's products to be application independent.

RenderPipe is the software that exists on your workstation, usually as an application plug-in, that communicates to the PURE or RenderDrive rendering devices. ART VPS is working with development partners to create a range of RenderPipe interfaces for its products.

For 3dsmax and 3D Studio VIZ users, RenderPipe MAX provides seamless control of PURE and RenderDrive from completely within the MAX/VIZ graphical user interface. ART VPS has added powerful user interface controls to allow you to efficiently set up complex lighting scenarios and use the sophisticated 'real world' camera features of its products, such as physically accurate depth of field and motion blur.

With RenderPipe MAX you can use the materials already supplied in MAX/VIZ along with the physically accurate RenderCoat materials supplied with RenderDrive. You can also bring in RenderMan shaders as well - mixing and matching these materials in any way on your geometry.

RenderPipe MAX can be installed and used on as many workstations as you need, to access PURE or RenderDrive over a network, with no per-workstation or per-processor licensing.

RenderPipe for Maya is a plug-in that provides seamless integration of PURE and RenderDrive into Alias|Wavefront's Maya application. With RenderPipe for Maya, all of ART VPS's advanced rendering features are available to Maya users. PURE and RenderDrive's physically based rendering environment, including real-world lighting, physically accurate materials, and accurate camera effects, combined with ART VPS's accelerated rendering platforms deliver Maya users unmatched image quality and rendering performance.

RenderPipe for Maya also supports the standard materials and features inherent in Maya, thereby minimising any learning requirement and ensuring quick and easy integration into an existing studio environment.

RenderPipe for Maya is available on Windows and Irix platforms.

RenderPipe for Maya can be installed and used on as many workstations as you need, to access PURE or RenderDrive over a network, with no per-workstation or per-processor licensing.

ART VPS and Dassault Systemes have collaborated to enable RenderDrive to interface directly to CATIA and ENOVIA. This interface is available now from ART VPS.

RenderPipe for CATIA allows users to create photorealistic images and animations of a product design by driving ART VPS's RenderDrive 3D rendering device from within CATIA V5 and ENOVIA V5 through the familiar Photo Studio workbench. Users can render the same Photo Studio solution interchangeably with the ART VPS renderer and the existing CATIA renderer. However, the RenderPipe for CATIA interface and RenderDrive product support certain settings and capabilities that extend the functionality of the standard solution whilst the dedicated ray-tracing hardware platform provides maximum photorealistic rendering performance.

RenderPipe for CATIA supports all Photo Studio Camera, Material, Animation, Sticker, Environment and Shooting controls and most Photo Studio Light controls are supported. All image output formats are supported and image data may either be 8-bit per channel quantized or 32-bit floating point.

RenderPipe for CATIA additionally provides an alternative interpretation of the standard Material parameters giving better photorealistic results with transparent and reflective surfaces.

Click here for more info on our Catia interface

RenderPipe RIB enables PURE and RenderDrive to be used with any 3D application that can create RenderMan data. RenderPipe RIB provides a command-line interface that will send the RenderMan scene and shader descriptions directly to PURE or across a network to RenderDrive.

Some of the applications that RenderPipe RIB can be used with include: Houdini, Maya through the MtoR plug-in, and solidThinking. RenderPipe RIB is available on Windows, Irix and Linux platforms.

RenderPipe RIB can be installed and used on as many workstations as you need, to access PURE or RenderDrive over a network, with no per-workstation or per-processor licensing.

Provides a rich visualization environment and integration with PURE and RenderDrive for CAD users, such as Solid Works, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Edge, Unigraphics and others.

Import your geometry data into CAD|CAMERA robustly and reliably. Then apply materials, set up lighting and define your camera and visualize using PURE and RenderDrive.