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TerrainView for Windows

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TerrainView is a powerful 3D viewer for interactive visualization of high-resolution terrain and object data. It supports numerous 3D formats and offers extensive features for scene creation and playback, including advanced environmental effects.

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  • Pros

    • High-resolution 3D terrain and object data visualization.
    • Supports a wide array of common 3D formats.
    • Multiple fly modes and 2D moving map display.
    • Scenario creation, playback, and points of interest.
    • Extensive lighting and weather condition options.

  • Cons

    • Unlimited GIS and elevation data requires Globe extension.
    • Real-time remote control API requires Remote Control extension.
    • Multi-channel visualization requires CMAX extension.
    • High-resolution video output requires Video extension.
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
4.2.0.5
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows XP
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
2,396
Downloads Last Week
13
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Developer’s Description

By ViewTec
View interactive visualizations of 3D terrain and object data.
TerrainView is the free (for non-profit use) 3D viewer of ViewTec for interactive visualization of high-resolution 3D terrain and 3D object data. TerrainView supports the most common 3D formats and provides features e.g. 2D moving map display, easy navigation through multiple fly modes, 3D screenshot functions, dynamic objects, 3D measure functions, scenario creation and playback, creation of points of interest, and the ability to create videos from either saved scenarios or interactive fly-through. For the generation of realistic scenes, TerrainView offers a wide palette of lighting and weather conditions: Time of day, skybox, distant haze, volumetric clouds, rain, snow and wind effects.Supported 3D formats: Autodesk 3D Studio Max 6 - MAX 2011 (max) Plugin, Collada (dae), CityGML (citygml), Autodesk 3D Studio Max (3ds), Multigen OpenFlight (flt), Terrex TerraPage (txp), ViewTec (ivc), Openscenegraph (ive), CyberCity (flt/ivc), VRML 2 (wrl), Alias/Wavefront (obj), NewTek LightWave 3D (lwo).

TerrainView can be upgraded to the different professional extensions:TerrainView-Globe extends TerrainView with unlimited GIS, multilayered elevation and image data import based on Earth and offers ultra-fast and high resolution rendering for GIS and simulation users.The extension TerrainView-Remote Control offers an API to remotely manipulate points of interest and 3D objects of a 3D scene in real-time.The extension TerrainView-CMAX consists in a high-end system for seamless multi-channel, multi-projections and visualizations on multiple screens and walls.TerrainView-Video is the extension to produce videos in a resolution higher than 640x480 e.g. PAL, NTSC and HDTV.

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