The Engineering Edition consists of the CINEMA 4D R10.5 core application, the NET Render, the Sketch and Toon module and the Engineering Extension Kit.

Features Include:

The Engineering Edition includes everything in CINEMA 4D R10.5 plus:

Engineering Extension Kit

• IGES 4D Import plugin
  
• Okino PolyTrans plugin (Windows only)
  
• Advanced Shader Library
  
• Advanced Environment Library
  
• Visualization Layout
  
• Tutorial
  

Sketch and Toon

• Many users long for the simpler life, though, and will find their solution in the non-photorealistic rendering capability of CINEMA 4D's module, Sketch and Toon. Sketch and Toon has the ability to create so many different styles of 3D renderings, its name is almost misleading. Architects and engineers will enjoy the clean and precise technical illustrations it provides, while artists will appreciate its ability to render 3D scenes as a quick scribble or charcoal sketches. A variety of shading engines make it easy to create illustrations ranging from halftone stills to cel-rendered animations. NPR- and raytrace-rendered objects can be combined in a single scene for unique styles. An abundance of control and plenty of flexibility gives the user the opportunity to create almost any desired effect.

NET Render (3 Clients) - NET Render answers the needs of today's professional media production industry by providing tools that enable the highest quality computer-generated 3D graphics and animations to be created on demand and to be delivered on time.

• Installtion - NET Render takes advantage of unused processor power in your office network to help complete long renders. IT administrators will appreciate the simple installation process. Because NET Render communicates over TCP-IP, it does not require installation of any special network protocols. Simply install the application on the server and on each rendering client, enter the IP address of the server on each client and you are ready to render. The NET client can be launched manually or you can create a scheduled task to automatically start the client at a certain time each day or anytime the computer is idle. NET Render works smoothly in mixed networks for most rendering tasks. This lets you take advantage of each Windows or Macintosh computer in your network. Because it uses TCP-IP, any computer that can access the server across the internet can be used as a rendering client.
• HTML Interface - The easy web interface allows you to easily add jobs, change job priorities and monitor the current progress of your network clients. Thumbnails of the last frame rendered by each client give a quick overview. Any completed file can be downloaded directly for a more thorough review. NET also features a user management system that allows you to limit access to the server and assign individual users different rendering priorities.
  
• Dynamic Load Balancing - All computers were not created equally. This is why NET Render employs dynamic load balancing to maximize your rendering times. NET Render gets the most out of every rendering client by dynamically reassigning portions of your rendering to computers as they are added to the network or as they complete their assigned frames. If faster computers finish their assigned frames they are automatically assigned frames from slower machines to get your job done as quickly as possible. There is no need to manually adjust frame ranges or jobs to optimize render times - NET Render does it all for you!
  
• Safe Recovery - You can count on NET Render to do everything possible to complete your job. Once a job is started all relevant scene data and textures will be transferred to the client. If a connection to the server is lost the client will continue to render its assigned frames and upload them as soon as it a connecton is re-established. The server will dynamically redistribute frames if it loses contact with a client so you can disconnect clients at any time without fear of losing images. Localized network or power problems may slow your render down, but will not stop NET Render.

Minimum System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 (important: 10.3.9 and below can no longer be supported)
• Windows 2000, XP
• 512 MByte RAM, CPU with 1 GHz
  

Recommended System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 / Windows 2000, XP
• 1024 MB RAM, CPU with 2 GHz
• OpenGL graphics card
• QuickTime 6.5
  
• DVD ROM drive, hard disk

Educational Pricing:

* includes 2 manual sets.

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