Autodesk VIZ

Create with Flexibility

Autodesk® VIZ provides an interactive, unified environment for 2D drawing, 3D modeling, animation, and rendering.

• Create shapes with powerful modeling features - Straightforward modeling functionality provides a flexible way to create virtually any shape imaginable. Simply create standard objects and then apply modifiers to those objects. Further explore design concepts with the new shell modifier and editable spline objects.

• Share data smoothly with streamlined interoperability - Autodesk VIZ 2005 is interoperable with many Autodesk® design applications. It’s easy to use data created in AutoCAD®, industry-specific applications based on AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor®, and Autodesk® Revit® software as part of your design development and validation process.

Manage with Efficiency

Workflow tools help you efficiently enhance and organize design data

• Apply real-world materials to surfaces with the Material Editor - New high-quality, physically based Architectural materials reflect the physical characteristics of real-world materials and work well with the Autodesk VIZ lighting and rendering system.
• Organize layers and objects with the Layer Manager - The modeless, resizable Layer Manager streamlines the process of working between systems of objects and layers.
• Effectively manage animated assemblies with Schematic View - Schematic View provides a single diagrammatic view of all related moving parts for effective analysis and modification of even the most complex system of linkages.

Share with Accuracy

Use Autodesk VIZ to create compelling, photorealistic 3D visualizations for validating design accuracy, communicating design intent, and presenting your work.

• Accurately simulate lighting effects with global illumination rendering—The previous release of VIZ introduced global illumination technology, which simulates the real-world behavior of light bouncing off multiple surfaces. Now Autodesk VIZ 2005 expands its rendering repertoire with mental ray® rendering technology to capture even the most subtle lighting effects.
• Use real-world lighting data with physically based lights—With Autodesk VIZ, you simply position the lights in a scene the way you would in the real world for realistic results. You can obtain luminaire photometric data or even complete 3D luminaire models from manufacturer websites for use in your scenes. And with an enhanced daylight system, you can specify location, date, time, and cloud cover conditions.