V-Ray AlternativesOnly apps categorised as 3D Modelers

The best 3D Modeler alternative to V-Ray is Adobe Dimension. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try YafaRay. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to V-Ray and five of them are 3D Modelers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting 3D Modeler alternatives to V-Ray are Corona Renderer, Patchwork 3D Enterprise and RenderZone.

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V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max is a complete rendering solution, which combines the power of the well-known V-Ray award-winning...

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V-Ray alternatives page was last updated Dec 8, 2021
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  1. Adobe Dimension icon

    Adobe Dimension

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    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

    64 Adobe Dimension alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
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    Adobe Dimension Features

    1.  Grid layout
    2.  HD-Rendering
    3.  3D design

    Adobe Dimension VS V-Ray

     

    • Adobe Dimension is the most popular Mac alternative to V-Ray.

    • Adobe Dimension is the most popular commercial alternative to V-Ray.

    • Adobe Dimension is Paid and ProprietaryV-Ray is also Paid and Proprietary
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    YafaRay

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    YafaRay is a free open-source montecarlo raytracing engine released under the LGPL 2.1 license. Raytracing is a rendering technique for generating realistic images by tracing the path of light through a 3D scene.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blender
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    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository was archived in July 2020.

    YafaRay Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering

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    Corona Renderer

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    Corona Renderer is a new high-performance (un)biased photorealistic renderer, available for 3ds Max and as a standalone CLI application. There are also other plugins currently in development: Cinema 4D and Maya plugins are available in public and semi-public alpha stages.

    6 Corona Renderer alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Autodesk 3ds Max

    Corona Renderer Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  Pixel Art
    3.  Rendering

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    Adobe Dimension

    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

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    Patchwork 3D Enterprise

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    Patchwork 3D Enterprise makes it easy to use real-time photorealistic rendering to shorten design cycles, base your communication, marketing and sales through: VR, CAVE, Powerwall, AR, web configurator, collaborative tools, mobile, online/offline.

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    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Patchwork 3D Enterprise Features

    1.  Keyframe Animation
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  Real time rendering
    4.  NURBS tesselation
    5.  Texturing
    6.  Ray Tracing
    7.  Material library
    8.  UV Unfolding

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    RenderZone

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    RenderZone allows you to create photorealistic renderings based on the LightWorks® rendering engine. It offers three levels of rendering: simple, z-buffer, and raytrace. A user can start developing the image of a 3D model at the simple level and gradually turn on features...

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    RenderZone Features

    1.  Rendering

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