3D-Coat 2024 – Individual 3D-Coat

• Live Booleans with Voxels Introduced!
• Vector Displacement Brush support was added.
• Vector Displacement Creation tool, named “Pick & Paste,” was added.
• Layers Masks + Clipping Masks have been implemented similar to and compatible with Photoshop’s.
• Ongoing & Incremental UI Improvements continue
• Python projects with multiple modules supported.
• The Addons system introduced to connect Python/C++ scripts developers and users.

• Blender 4 support improved via updated AppLink.
• AI Assistant (3DCoat’s specialized Chat GPT) introduced.
• Long-awaited Scene Scale Master tool implemented.
• A new “Edge Flow“ tool in the Modeling Room was added.
• The View Gizmo introduced. .
• UV management over Python/C++ substantially improved
• Export for 3D Printing, for opening in Cura, updated.
• Layers now have a Texture Map preview thumbnail.

DIGITAL SCULPTING

• Voxel sculpting with no topological constraints
• Complex boolean operations with crisp edges
• Dozens of fast and fluid sculpting brushes
• Adaptive dynamic tessellation

EASY TEXTURING & PBR

• Microvertex, Per-pixel or Ptex painting approaches
• Realtime Physically Based Rendering viewport with HDRL
• Smart Materials with easy set-up options
• Texture size up to 16k

MODELING

• Classic polygonal modeling is fully supported
• Move, Rotate, Scale, Extrude, Inset and other popular instruments
• Full 3d production pipeline became even easier
• Splines and Joints – cool way for fast modeling

RETOPO TOOLS

• Auto-retopology (AUTOPO) with user-defined edge loops
• Fast and easy-to-use manual Retopo tools
• Retopo groups with color palette for better management
• Advanced baking settings dialog

UV MAPPING

• Professional toolset for creating and editing UV-sets
• Native Global Uniform (GU) unwrapping algorithm
• Multiple UV-sets support and management
• Support ABF, LSCM, and Planar unwrapping algorithms

RENDERING

• Physically Based Rendering
• High Dynamic Range Lighting
• Screen Space Reflections and Lights
• Renderman support

CONCEPT ART MAKING

• 3DCoat really shines when making Concept Arts
• With Voxels technology you don’t need to worry about any technical aspects
• Turn your ideas into a great concept in no time

SCRIPTING

• Make your own scripts for fast repetetive actions
• Rich possibilities for recording scripts while working with Primitives
• Check it to out to feel the power of scripting