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Product	3D Canvas	3D Canvas Plus		3D Canvas Pro
Price	Free	$34.95 US		$69.95 US
Who is it for?	Those wanting an introduction to 3D modeling and animation	Those interested in creating detailed models or creating low-polygon models for game development		Those wanting a full-fledged 3D modeling and animation package with the ability to create photo-realistic images4
3D Canvas Standard Modelling features	Yes	Yes		Yes
Import Formats1	DirectX (x)BioVision MD2 Raw (raw) Wavefront (obj) WorldToolKit (nff)	DirectX (x) BioVision Motion Capture MD2 Raw Triangles (raw) Wavefront (obj) WorldToolKit (nff) 3D Studio (3ds) AutoCAD (dxf)2		DirectX (x) BioVision Motion Capture MD2 Raw Triangles (raw) Wavefront (obj) WorldToolKit (nff) 3D Studio (3ds) AutoCAD (dxf)2 3D Studio (asc) Imagine (iob) Lightscape (lp) LightWave (lwo) Maya (rtg) Quicktime 3D  (3dmf)RealiMation (rbs) RenderWare (rwx) trueSpace (cob) VideoScape (geo) VRML 2.0 (wrl) XGL XYZ ZGL
Export Formats	POVRay (pov)	POVRay (pov) 3D Studio (3ds) DirectX (x) MD2 MS Train Simulator (s) MS Flight Simulator 2002		POVRay (pov) 3D Studio (3ds) DirectX (x) MD2 MS Train Simulator (s) MS Flight Simulator 2002 3D Studio (asc) AutoCAD (dxf) BVE (csv) Collada (dae) Imagine (iob) Lightscape (lp) LightWave (lwo) Maya (ma) Open Inventor (iv) Quicktime 3D (3dmf) Rail3D (stk/stc/sig) Rail Simulator (igs/ia) Raw Triangles (raw) RealiMation 4.1 (rbs) RenderMan (rib) RenderWare (rwx) Shockwave 3D (w3d) Softimage 3.5  (xsi) SteroeLithography (stl) Trainz Railroad Simulator (im) trueSpace (cob) TurboSilver (ts) VideoScape (geo) VRML (wrl) Wavefront (obj) WorldToolKit (nff) X3D XGL ZGL
Skeletal Animation Bones	Standard	Standard		Standard Rounded Cylindrical Spherical
Animation	Yes	Yes		Yes
Animation Key-Frame Manipulation	Yes	Yes		Yes
Access to Moderated Support Forum		Yes		Yes
Extended Modelling Operations		Yes		Yes
Full Online Help		Yes		Yes
Additional Functions		Crease All Duplicate Normalize Groups Pipe Engineer Reset Animation Positions Scene Details Shift Center on Selection Weld to Range		Crease All Duplicate Normalize Groups Pipe Engineer Reset Animation Positions Scene Details Shift Center on Selection Weld to Range Auto Mirroring Bridge Engineer Butt Objects Clone Consolidate Count Triangles Create Face Create Unique Names Fill Untextured Foundry Merge Faces Piper Print Hierarchy Show Untextured Split Faces Swap Texture Files Update Material
Extensible with Third Party and User created Plug-Ins				Yes
Scripting				Yes
Boolean Operations				Yes
Animation Operations				Yes
Animation Timeline				Yes
Named Animation Sequences				Yes
NURBS Surfaces				Yes
Terrain Building Tool				Yes
Anti-Aliased rendering of Videos and Snapshots				Yes
Export of a animations as a series of images allowing for the creation of animated GIFs using a third-party program				Yes
Motion blur in recorded animations				Yes
Photo-realistic Rendering3				Yes
Radiosity Lighting3				Yes
Atmospheric Effects3				Yes
Additional raytracing material attributes3				Yes
Refraction3				Yes
Focal Blur3				Yes
Train Simulator Functions		MS Train Simulator Wizard		MS Train Simulator Wizard Train Simulator Engineer Cab Engineer Buffer Engineer Handrail Engineer Animate Rods/Pistons Fit Boiler Curve Trainz Attachment Points

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