About solidThinking
From your sketches to the final surfaces, solidThinking is a comprehensive NURBS-based 3D modeling and rendering environment that delivers all the necessary tools for the creation of high-quality, manufacturable models and the power to render them with unsurpassed photo-realism.

Based on the industry-leading ConstructionTree technology, the modeling process in solidThinking grants you the greatest freedom to experiment with shapes and innovate.

solidThinking offers:
- comprehensive curve creation
- surfaces and solids
- intuitive organization and management of the scene
- access to industry-leading rendering techniques
- associative dimensioning and plotting
- animation
- support of third-party renderers
- efficient data exchange and CAD collaboration

What’s New in this Version
- Updated Rendering Engine. Main areas of improvements are:
- Global Illumination
- Final Gather
- Diffuse and specular new shaders
- Improved speed and ease-of-use Shadow Map
- Performance improvements and lower memory usage - Lit Appearance reflectance shaders
- Tone Mapping improvements
- New front-end plug-in for Maxwell Render 1.7
- User Interface streamlining
- Many more enhancements.