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What is Maxwell Render™?

Maxwell Render™ is a new render engine based on the physics of real light. Its algorithms and equations reproduce the behaviour of light in a completely accurate way.
All of the elements in Maxwell, such as light sets, physical materials and cameras, are entirely based on physically accurate models.

Maxwell Render™ can fully capture all light interactions between all elements in a scene no matter how complex they are.

Maxwell Render™ has been acclaimed as a landmark in the next-gen rendering technology, having produced the best photorealistic images to date.

Maxwell Samples

Maxwell Render™ is the perfect solution for high-end rendering, especially in areas like architecture, industrial design, prototyping and 3D production.

Features

> Components
Maxwell Render contains three main executable files:

MXST: Maxwell Studio A full 3D editor to compose scenes	MXED: Maxwell Material Editor A versatile physical material editor	MXCL: Maxwell Engine (MAXWELL RENDER) The command line controllable render engine

> SHADER FEATURES

> Single-Shader Material System
> Layer Blending

Basic Layer Blending (Normal, Additive)
Weight Mapping

> Fresnel Reflections
> Advanced Absorption

w/ Attenuation Distance

> Spectral Dispersion
> Advanced Transmittance- Mapped (Smooth-Color)

Clipped (Explicit-B/W)

> Advanced Anisotropy

w/ Angle Mapping

max shader

> Bump Mapping

> Normal Mapping

Flip X,Y and Wide Range Z support

> Sub-Surface Scattering

sub surface

> Coating Layers

Thin Film Interference / Iridescence
Thickness Mapping

> Complex IOR Materials

> NETWORKING FEATURES

> Autodetect Render-Nodes

> Normal/Cooperative Modes

> Batch Rendering/Render Queue

> Priority Control

> Full Monitoring

State, Frames, SL, Target SL, Time, Resolution

> Hybrid Network Support

- Win, OSX, Linux

> Available Plataforms

Win, OSX, Linux*

> Plugins

3ds Max
Maya
CINEMA 4D
LightWave
SolidWorks
Rhinoceros
form·Z
SketchUp
Houdini
Allplan 2006
Archicad

> RENDERING FEATURES

> Hidden Objects

Objects Hidden to Camera (incl. hidden emitters)

> Merge Multiple MXI

> Harddisk Rendering

> Resume MXI*

> Selective Engines

RS0 (Preview)
RS1 (Production)

> Simple/Advanced Tonemapping

ISO, Burn, Gamma
Auto Range

• Render Channels

-Alpha, Object ID, Material ID, Coverage, Velocity, zBuffer

• Render Layers

Direct, Indirect, Reflection/Refraction Caustics

• HDR32 Render Output*

> FROM MAXWELL STUDIO

MXST is an independent application which allows you to import objects in different formats, apply materials, lights and textures, and render the scene.

This workflow is mostly recommended for people working with 3D applications that do not have an available plugin to directly connect their scenes to MXCL but even if there is a plugin available for your application, MXST can still be used by importing your .mxs scene and make further adjustments using the various tools available only in MXST such as the interactive sky preview.

> FROM THE 3D APPLICATION

By using the available Maxwell plugins for each 3D application you can assign Maxwell materials from the advanced material editor (MXED) and export the scene to MXCL for rendering. The plugins create a Maxwell scene file (.mxs) which can either be rendered direcly or imported into MXST for further advanced editing. It is recommended to check the documentation of the plugins for specific usage. Documentation for each of the plugins can be found with the installation package of each plugin.

The supported platforms for Maxwell are:

3DS MAX
ALLPLAN
ARCHICAD
AUTOCAD
CINEMA 4D
FORM·Z
HOUDINI
LIGHTWAVE
MAYA
RHINOCEROS
SKETCHUP
SOLIDWORKS

Maxwell Render™ provides plugins for the major 3D applications like 3ds Max™, Viz™, Maya™, LightWave™, Rhinoceros™, SolidWorks™, Allplan 2006 ™, Archicad™, CINEMA 4D™, form·Z™, Houdini™ and SketchUp™.

Maxwell Render™ is a cross-platform solution available for:

Windows™ 32 and 64 bits
Mac OSX ™
Linux™ platforms.

Additionally, Maxwell operates as a stand-alone application featuring:

Maxwell Studio – a full 3D editor to compose scenes

Maxwell Material Editor – a versatile physical material editor,

Maxwell Engine – the command line controllable render engine

> ILLUMINATION FEATURES

> Advanced Illumination System

Color+Luminance Emitters
Temperature Emitters (Kelvin)
MXI/HDR Emitters
Luminaries Presets
Watts/Efficacy Control
Lumens/Candela Control

> Composite Emiters

Emitter over materials (Emitters + Basic Layers)
Emixer: Emitter Mixer Panel (multilights)

> Realtime interactive emitters with keyframe animated intensities

illumination

> Physical Sky+Sunlight

> Skydome

> MXI/HDR Environment System

Multi-channel control (Background, Reflection, Refraction, Illumination)
Screen-mapping for background
Activating channels for skydome/physical sky

> > CAMERA OPTICS FEATURES

> Polygonal/Circular Diaphragma

> Shutter Speed

CAMERA OPTICS FEATURES

> Focal Length

> F-Stop

> Dof: Depth of Field

> 3D Motion Blur

> Glare System / Aperture Diffraction

> STUDIO FEATURES

> Flexible Drag'n'Shape GUI

> Customize and Save Layouts

Switching between different layouts

> Realtime OpenGL Sky/Skydome Preview

> Realtime OpenGL Environment Preview

> Realtime OpenGL Dof Indicator

> Realtime Compass/Sun Position

> Material Browser

> Flexible Drag'n'Shape GUI

> Customize and Save Layouts

Switching between different layouts

> Realtime OpenGL Sky/Skydome Preview

> Realtime OpenGL Environment Preview

> Realtime OpenGL Dof Indicator

> Realtime Compass/Sun Position

> Material Browser

Materials Library
Material Library

> Material Editor

Material Wizard

> Camera Autofocus

> Orthographic Rendering

> Filmback for Camera

> UVW Projectors

> Multilevel Editing

- Group, Object.Polygon selection
- Select objects by name
- Select objects by material
- Remove unused materials

> Undo

> Selective Render Engines (RS0,RS1)

> Bounce Control for Preview Engine

> Google™Earth KML Markup Support

> Command-Line Parameters Support

> Supported 3D File Formats

- mxs, obj, stl, lwo, nff, xc2, dxf, 3ds, xml, fb