Autodesk Inventor Software Interoperability
Save time when working with Inventor software data.
Showcase 2011 software reads Inventor software’s welding
maps, thread maps, and decals, enabling you to repurpose
information that has already been defined in Inventor.
UV Unfold Enhancements
Create symmetrical results when unfolding, and
unwrap local UV islands in the Texture Editor, with
enhanced UV Unfold technology.
New Environments and Environment User
Interface (UI)
Showcase 2011 features a larger selection of
photorealistic environments—some of which are
included with Inventor 2011—and a new UI that
helps make managing environments easier.
• Environments are now grouped into categories,
so they can be managed with the same flexibility
available for managing materials.
• Environments can also be saved with the scene
to more effectively package scenes for sharing.
New Tessellation Settings and Enhanced
Level of Detail (LOD)
Showcase 2011 tessellation settings have been
simplified, improved, and optimized for Inventor
interoperability. The product also includes a new
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geometry LOD system, offering better performance
optimization as objects positioned far away from
the camera are automatically displayed at a lower
level of detail.
New Orbit Shot
Add cinematic camera motion to your presentations
with the new Orbit Shot, which allows you to move
the camera 360 degrees around a center of interest.
Keyframe Animation and Triggers
Add greater interactivity to presentations with new
animation features: keyframe animation techniques
and triggers. Triggers help make geometry clickable
in Presentation Mode, triggering an alternative, a
shot, a behavior, an environment, or a storyboard
slide. In Presentation Mode, the cursor will change
when it hovers over Trigger geometry, indicating
that it is a clickable trigger, with an optional tooltip
to show the trigger name.
Additional New and Enhanced Features:
• Certain third-party file formats are included at
no additional cost: CATIA
®
v4/v5.
• Now you can import advanced Autodesk
®
3ds Max
®
and Autodesk
®
Maya
®
camera animations directly
into Showcase shots, via the Autodesk
®
FBX
®
data exchange.
• By installing the included driver, users who license
Autodesk
®
Showcase
®
Professional and an X-Rite
MA98 device can scan paint samples and assign
accurate materials immediately to geometry with
the intuitive Showcase user interface.
• The new Plug-in Manager helps simplify loading
and unloading of Showcase plug-ins.
• The Organizer now displays object names in a
manner consistent with the originating software.
• Showcase API documentation in the Software
Developer’s Kit has been updated and enhanced.
• The new Camera Control UI allows you to specify
camera parameters: position, for more precise
camera control.
Autodesk Showcase Product Family
The Autodesk Showcase product family helps facilitate
informed decision making on digital prototypes by
simplifying the creation of more accurate, highly
realistic imagery.
Image courtesy of Hurni Engineering Sarl.
Autodesk Showcase 2011 Viewer
The Autodesk
®
Showcase
®
2011 Viewer is a free*
application available for download. It allows
non-Showcase license holders to view and navigate
Showcase scenes. For the first 30 days of use, the
Showcase 2011 Viewer is a fully functional trial of
Autodesk Showcase 2011 software.
Autodesk Showcase 2011
Showcase** 2011 addresses the needs of designers,
engineers and marketing professionals, providing
tools for interactively exploring design options and
creating highly realistic renderings for sales and
marketing purposes. The Showcase 2011 software
includes has support for industry-standard 3D CAD
formats, geometry tessellation, photorealistic materials,
HDRI environments and lights, easy-to-use camera
and object animation, interactive 3D triggers and
storyboards with precise timing control, and image,
movie, and Flash rendering output.
Autodesk Showcase Professional 2011
Showcase Professional 2011 is designed for specialized
display environments involving multiple-screen displays,
high-speed raytracing clusters, stereoscopy, and
remote session sharing. The software includes all
the features of Showcase 2011 as well as these additional
functionalities. Showcase Professional also includes
support for the X-Rite MA 98 Measured Material
Device, a hardware device that can help measure
real-world glossy paints and produce an more accurate
material representation within Showcase. Autodesk
®
Consulting can help design and implement the right
Showcase Professional solution to fit your specific
needs. Learn more about Autodesk consulting
www.autodesk.com/consulting.
www.autodesk.com/showcase
* Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that accompanies the software.
** Showcase 2011 includes many features that were previously available only in Autodesk Showcase Professional software. The following features remain exclusive to Showcase Professional
2011 ($6,000 SRP***): Display Clustering, RapidRT Cluster, Stereo, Session Sharing, and X-Rite MA98 Measured Material Device Support. A cross-grade is available for customers to change
their Autodesk
®
Subscription renewal from Showcase Professional to Showcase.
*** International pricing may vary.
Image courtesy of Design Vertical, Jean-Marc Benoit.
