D-Type 3D Viewer

Explore beyond the surface of your 3D creations.

D-Type 3D Viewer is a cross-platform utility for viewing, manipulating and inspecting 3D models that can be loaded into your D-Type powered applications and/or stored inside your D-Type PowerDoc documents. Additionally, the utility allows you to create impressive views and snapshots and export them to popular 2D graphics formats. D-Type 3D Viewer is a great companion to D-Type 3D Rasterizer and an indispensable tool when you need to test your models in the “real” world.

D-Type 3D Viewer is provided at no cost when you purchase a license for one of the following D-Type libraries:

Features

Open 3D models in D-Type or STL format. Support for other 3D formats will be added over time.
View 3D models from any camera position or angle using a perspective or orthographic projection. Move the camera around and zoom in to see the details.
View 3D models with or without anti-aliasing.
View 3D models using ambient or point lighting with an optional distant fog effect.
Transform 3D models using a 4×4 transformation matrix.
Shade 3D models using a number of face shading methods.
Experiment with acceleration extras: Back-Face Culling, Imprecise Z-Axis Clipping, Coarse Surface Intersections, Coarse Textures, Low Resolution Textures.
Save As D-Type Model or STL File.
Export To D-Type PowerDoc, PDF, SVG, PNG or JPEG format.
Run the utility on Windows, macOS or Linux.
Launch the utility from D-Type PowerDoc Editor and insert interactive 3D views directly into your PowerDoc documents.

Key Specifications

Availability	Windows Linux macOS
Application Interface	Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Input	STL D-Type
Outout	D-Type PowerDoc (with export to PDF, SVG and EPS) PNG JPEG

Screenshots

Here are a few screenshots that show D-Type 3D Viewer in action.

**FIG 1** Texture mapping using a PowerDoc document with anti-aliasing, transparency and point lighting enabled.

**FIG 2** Multiple intersecting surfaces and transparency.

**FIG 4** 3D model shading and lighting.

**FIG 5** Intersecting semi-transparent surfaces and textures.

**FIG 6** Textures in grayscale and RGB format, with or without alpha channels.

**FIG 7** Perspective, realistic views both inside and outside the objects.

**FIG 8** Rendering using a distant fog effect.

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Available in binary, object, and/or source code format for any hardware or operating system environment, D-Type technology is an excellent choice for software developers seeking a rendering solution that is affordable, mature, reliable, secure, well-maintained, well-supported, super-fast and packed with features.

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