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Strata 3D CX

Strata 3D CX - 5.5.1

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Current Version: 5.5.1
Release Date: 2008-05-01
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 1,488
Downloads (all versions): 16,968
Price: $695

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Have you ever wished that there was a 3D application that was as easy to use as Photoshop and had the precision of Illustrator? Strata 3D CX is the answer to your design needs with the ability to link to Photoshop files, import Illustrator art, and create photo-real images and animations. Add a new dimension to your work for illustration, design, web-ready graphics, animation and more. Don't make the mistake of buying a 3D tool that makes you change your design process - Strata 3D CX works like you do.

What's new in this version:

  • The lathe object now redraws after a change is made.
  • Optimizations made to Autosmooth.
  • Autosmooth now supports hard edges and hard vertices.
  • Fixed scaling to zero problem in the poly mesh editor when using the Vertex Scale tool.
  • Fixed the displaying of objects with multiple textures in non-shaded views. The bottom-most texture's color was displayed on the wireframe instead of the top-most.
  • The Snap Tool's stretch option again works with polygon meshes.
  • Fixed a Skeleton shape preview crasher.
  • Fixed a Camera window crasher
  • Fixed a crash that could occurred upon clicking the "Position" button in the texture properties tab.
  • Fixed some Boolean issues that resulted in a crash when loading some model files containing booleans (mainly embedded boolean objects).
  • Fixed a Boolean subtract problem where the faces being subtracted were oriented the wrong direction.
  • Fixed Render 3D Vector... (Render menu) on Leopard.
  • Fixed an issue with clicking on a bone object with the Vertex Bone tool.
  • Fixed a crasher that occurred when saving an image/animation that was 1024 pixels or larger to an SWF file (image based file save option).
  • Several minor UI fixes.
  • Fixed a project window crasher that occurred after editing a path keyframe with ease-in/ease-out.
  • Fixed a Bezier surface object convert crasher that occurred when the complexity of a primitive object was reduced.
  • Better handling of scenes with huge lightdome images that can slow down renderings.
  • Made improvements to how the offset of an object handled.
  • Fixed a bump mapping bug.
    Undo:
  • Improvements made to the Undo mechanism.
  • Fixed some undo problems/crashers.
  • Fixed a crash when undoing a vertex extrude or bevel with gravity turned on in the poly mesh editor.
  • Avoiding a situation where the Undo history was being cleared auto-magically.
    Collada:
  • Fixed a Collada issue with UVs and normals getting messed up on import.
  • Fixed a Poser Collada file import crasher.
  • Some import fixes.  Two models one from 3D Google Warehouse and the other from Poser that were not importing, Honda Element and NightStalker file, now load.
  • Some export issues found and fixed while going through the code.
  •  is now using the files unit settings and it now actually sets the units to match the units of the geometry exported. The scale field of the import dialog should only be changed to something other than 1.0 if the file doesn't have units or if you want to modify the units. If no units are in the file then Strata assumes the units are meters.  Previously exported files will most likely have bad units.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

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Strata 3D CX ReviewSeriously dated interface. For hobbyists only. - Version: 5.0.1, 12/13/2006 11:10AM PST

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Navarro Parker
I used Strata when it was one of the first PowerPC 3D programs for the Mac nearly a decade ago. I recently upgraded my copy to the current version. I was shocked to see how little the program had grown. While it touts new features like photon mapping, caustics, and multiprocessing, it has serious usability issues.

Any 3D program that doesn't support industry standard three-mouse buttons is seriously limited. Likewise, there aren't any W-E-R keyboard shortcuts for scale/ rotate / pan. Navigation requires several trips to the toolbar each time you want to change your view. It also doesn't have keyframe snapping, so aligning the playhead to specific keyframes and making modifications is tedious. There is no motion graph. Its modelling capabilities are likewise forgettable. It also doesn't support multi channel or depth map rendering. If you've used Cinema 4D, Maya or After Effects for 10 minutes, you realize how lacking this application is in a real production environment.

On the upside, it does have some of the easiest to use Metaballs. It has a pretty speedy raytracer (especially using multiple processors). It also has a great library of drag and drop textures.

Outside of its metaball engine, I could never recommend this program to anyone but the Bryce/Poser home hobbyist crowd.
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Strata 3D CX Troubleshooting Reportunexpectedly quits - Version: 3.9.1, 4/6/2004 05:41AM PST

a-f.ch
Have got Strata3DPro 3.9 on CD, but cannot start it. After entering the Serialnumber, it unexpectedly quits. Tried 3.9.1 updater, no success. Tried on another machine, no success. Working on Panther 10.3.3...
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Strata 3D CX Usage TipThanks, Strata! - Version: 3.9.1, 2/5/2004 10:22AM PST

russtms
Finally, a StrataPro update that enables OpenGL accelleration! The installation of this update is a bit difficult. You must have v. 3.8, including the installation CD. Install the 3.9 update (I missed that one in September) first, then launch it with the 3.8 CD in the drive and re-enter the serial number. Then quit, and install the 3.9.1 update. It runs significantly faster, especially with OpenGL objects.
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