Freeware and Full Pc Downloads

Now3D

Now3D is a fully featured RayTracing application with many texture capabilities, distributed RayTracing , HyperTexture and many other. If you are interested in rayTracing, this program provides a great environment, as well as a tutorial and additional information to get you started.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Envisioneer Express
3D home design software.

Envisioneer Express enables you to easily create 3D home designs using a variety of drag and drop elements including walls, windows, stairs, home furnishings, kitchen appliances and many other home objects.
You can create the initial design as 2D floor plan and the program will automatically render it in 3D, allowing you to do a virtual walkthrough in a fully rendered 3D environment. In addition to the rendered 3D view, the program also offers wireframe and outline views, and even a 3D Stereo Vision display, that you can view with standard 3D glasses.

You can zoom, rotate and pan the display, change the camera angle and more.
Envisioneer Express includes a library of common home design objects as well as a variety of building materials, including bricks, carpet, wallpapers, paints, fabrics and more that you can use to create your personal design.

The program can also be used to display and review professional designs created with many popular design programs on the market including: Cadsoft Envisioneer, 3D Home Architect Series (versions 5-8), IMAGINiT Builder 3D, The Home Depot 3D Home Designer and others.
Win 95/98/Me/2000/XP

Z-Anaglyph

Z-Anaglyph will generate a red-blue composite images for 3D viewing (anaglyphs) from two separate images (left and right). Z-Anaglyph can generate grey level and colour anaglyphs.

The anaglyphs can be viewed on a computer screen, saved to the disk in the Jpeg or Tiff format, or printed on a colour Printer.

Anaglyphs are viewed through 3D red-blue glasses to bring out the 3D effect.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Google Sketchup 7
Easy-to-use 3D modelling software

Google Sketchup 7 is an easy-to-use 3D modelling software that enables you to create 3D models of houses, buildings and many other objects, using an array of drag and drop tools and materials in a WYSIWYG editing environment.
You can design your objects with rectangles, circles, ovals, arcs, lines and freehand drawings, and use a unique push/pull tool to add dimension to 2D objects.

The program offers a library of building material patterns (brick, concrete, wood, glass, carpte etc.) and colors that you can use to add a realistic look to your creation.
The finished design can be exported to popular image formats, including JPG, TIF, PNG and BMP, or shared via the Google 3D warehouse.

Google Sketchup does not require any 3D experience, but you should read the supplied documentation and tutorials to make full use of the software - an interactive tutorial will explain the basic functionality for each selected tool.
There is also a Pro version available, that offers export to 3D and raster formats.

Win XP/Vista
Mac OS X (10.4+)

PFE

PFE is a free for non-commercial use software that is dedicated to build 3D text. The program can load any true-type font you like and render full parametrized 3D text. You can set the lighting of the scene in real-time and modify the numerous parameters that define the text such as the level of detail of the mesh, the font, the bevelling or the materials. The program is user friendly and easy to use. You can start creating your first 3D graphic by entering the text and play with the different light functions and angles, turn and spin the text with your mouse, change the camera positions.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Wings3D

Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0.

Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Mac
Linux

Now3D
Raytracing tool

Now3D is a fully featured RayTracing application with many texture capabilities, distributed RayTracing , HyperTexture and many other. If you are interested in rayTracing, this program provides a great environment, as well as a tutorial and additional information to get you started.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP

Alibre Design Xpress
Rich and capable 3D solid modeler

Alibre Design Xpress is a rich and capable 3D solid modeler for creating mechanical parts, assemblies and 2D drawings - and is free. Certain more elegant features, like 3D sketching and part Booleans, can be found in the paid versions of the Alibre Design product family. Alibre Design Xpress equips the person needing basic 3D design capabilities.

Easy to Use and Learn
The genius of Alibre Design Xpress lies in its inherent ease-of-use. Those that are new to 3D will find the tutorials, help and user interface intuitive to learning how to build 3D designs. Those that have used 3D CAD previously will be delighted at the functionality and richness of features.

Built-in Training
Alibre Design Xpress has a rich set of integrated tutorials that you can use to learn the product quickly. These are the same tutorials included in paid versions of Alibre Design. Furthermore, you can opt to attend online training classes a-la-carte or with a subscription. Or you may order a product or training manual for self-guided study.

Register to Activate Additional Functionality
Register your copy of Alibre Design Xpress to gain the ability to exchange data with other systems in formats such as STEP, IGES, and SAT. Registered Alibre Design Xpress users may also create assemblies with up to ten unique parts -- twice as many as unregistered users.

Registration is quick and easy -- you may register here on the web site, or just select the option to register Alibre Design Xpress in the registration options dialog shown when an unregistered copy is launched
Requires Direct X 9
Win 2000/XP/Vista

OpenFX

OpenFX is an Open-Source 3D modeling, animation, and rendering suite.
A powerful feature-set includes a full renderer and raytrace engine, NURBS support, kinematics-based animation, morphing, and an extensive plug-in API.
Plugin capabilities include image post processor effects such as lens flare, fog and depth of field.
Animation effects such as explosions, waves and dissolves add enormously to the flexibility of the program.

Win 98/NT/2000/XP

Blender
An extremely fast and versatile 3D design instrument

Blender, the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.

Blender has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. The software has a personal touch, offering a unique approach to the world of Three Dimensions. Use it to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations, business graphics, to do some morphing, or design user interfaces. You can easy build and manage complex environments. The renderer is versatile and extremely fast. All basic animation principles (curves & keys) are well implemented

Win 2000/XP/Vista
Mac OS X 10.3+
Linux

Art of Illusion

Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with J2SE 1.4 or later.

The current version is 2.5.1, released Oct. 21, 2007. This version is both stable and powerful enough to be used for serious, high end animation work. Many of its capabilities rival those found in commercial programs. Some of the highlights include subdivision surface based modelling tools, skeleton based animation, and a graphical language for designing procedural textures and materials.

Art of Illusion requires Java 1.4 or later. Your computer may already have an appropriate Java version installed. If it does not, the first time you try to run Art of Illusion you will be directed to a web site where you can download one.

Win 98/Me/2000/XP
Mac
Linux

Aztec 2.0g

Aztec is a 3D Modelling and Animation tool that is intended to provide a decent set of tools for use in the Game development process.

Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

Anim8or

Anim8or is a 3D modeling and character animation program.

Features:
3D Modeler - Create and modify 3D models. Built-in primitives such as spheres, cylinders, platonic solids, etc.; mesh-edit and subdivision; splines, extrusion, lathing, modifiers, bevel and warps,
TrueType font support - 2D and 3D extruded text for any TrueType font.
OpenGL based real time operation,
Import and modify .3DS (3D Studio), .LWO (Lightwave), and .OBJ (Wavefront) object files,
Export .3DS files,
Built in 3D Object browser,
Jointed character editor,
Morph targets,
Anti-aliased software renderer for high quality, production quality images,
Create 3D scenes and animations and output .AVI movie files, .JPG and .BMP images,
Supports textures, bump maps, soft shadows, spotlights, fog, and much more,
Texture support for .BMP, .GIF, and .JPG format files,
Print images of scenes and models.
Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

Serif 3D Plus 2
Free 3D Animation and modeling Software

Publisher's Description:
For 3D scenes, logos, animations, models. For beginner and intermediate users. Unusually good display: built-in DirectX; palette/depth/dither accurate Export Preview; five anti-aliasing levels. Includes fonts, objects, etc. D'load version 2 (simple model editing features, FREE, registration req'd). If you want more (eg complex model editing or advanced animation effects), we have later versions.
Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

3D Canvas
3D-modeling and animation tool

3D Canvas is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.

Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or created using 3D Canvas' Object Building Tools. Modeling tools are provided to deform, sculpt, and paint 3D objects.

Creating an animated scene is as simple as positioning the objects within your scene for each point in time in your animation. 3D Canvas will ensure that the resulting animation runs smoothly. Your animation can be stepped through a frame at a time, viewed in real-time, or recorded to a Video (AVI) file so that you can distribute your creation.

Tool roll-up groups allow you to customize the 3D Canvas interface so that only those items you use most frequently are visible. And if you need access to a less frequently used feature, the tool roll-up is always one click away.

The standard version of 3D Canvas is a fully functional product provided as freeware. Upgrades are available for those who require additional features either for game development or for rendering photo-realistic images

Win 98/ME/2000/XP