EQUINOX-3D is a 3D modeler with a very fast, fully integrated ray-tracer. It features read/write support for COLLADA, read support for Radiance's .hdr image format, 3DS (3D-studio) file format read support, multi-texturing, custom-programmable texture mapping, bump-mapping with automatic texture-space tangents, the ability to zoom into a region with "fly-to", and more. It includes a full runtime-class framework and a core design that allows for the addition of anything from a physics engine to a fully integrated renderer from a plugin. It is faster and more memory efficient than many other modelers. License: Free To Use But Restricted Changes:
Fast and physically accurate area lights were added, using adaptive stratified sampling. Ray-tracing was made faster. The animation infrastructure was improved. Undo and redo work for more operations. The user interface was improved.

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