Feature Comparisons

This table outlines the primary similarities and differences between Okino's NuGraf and PolyTrans software products. To read about the current main feature list, please click here.

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Feature PolyTrans? NuGraf?  Caustics rendering (via ray tracing) Online images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.    Lens Flare plug-in system.    Sunlight study plug-In system.    Perspective matching algorithm    Polygon Reduction System  Multi-media editor & viewer  Data-centric system plug-in architecture which allows any type of third party plug-in module to be created and tightly integrated into the PolyTrans or NuGraf user interface (menus, custom toolbars, MDI document windows, .NET-style docking windows, Selector Window via panels, roll-up windows, and many more integration methods.  Full featured OpenGL support, including NVIDIA & ATI pixel shaders, texture caches, transparency, gradated color backgrounds, real-time cubical & spherical mapping, bump mapping, and more. View the optons online: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Plug-in modules from third party vendors and developers  Photo-realistic scanline rendering and material editors (migrated from NuGraf to PolyTrans)  Flash, DirectX & Quicktime multi-media and images as texture maps  G-buffer renderer channel output to PSD files  Mesh skinning & skeleton bi-directional conversions between 3ds max, Cinema-4D, LightWave, Maya, Softimage, Collada, DirectX, FBX and U3D  Spline shape & NURBS curve conversion engine  JScript & VBScript scripting for import/export converters  "NuScript" language for creating 3D scenes via scripting  Triangle to n-sided polygon merging  Hierarchy & parts count optimizers (a basic necessity for VRML & all CAD files)  Realtime object collision detection & sliding  Render imported animations to AVI files  Display of joints & bones for skeletons, plus controls for going to bind pose and showing NULL nodes as white squares.  19 2D bitmap exporters (via multi-media server plug-in)  23 2D bitmap importers (via multi-media server plug-in)  DirectX 2D importers (via multi-media server plug-in)  Quicktime 2D/Flash importers (via multi-media server plug-in)  Plug-in manager  Pixel-perfect camera lock-up between 3ds max, Maya and Lightwave. One of the hardest things to achieve properly. Customer approved.  Integrated 3D SpaceBall & SpaceMouse interaction support  .NET-style docking & MDI window forms, and open developer access via 325 function API.  Interactive pivot point manipulation  Perspective window 3D grid & options  Multiple monitor support