The Software Suite documentation is intended to explain what is the purpose of the Lumiscaphe Ecosystem, what it contains, and how software interacts with each other.
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The user manuals below provide detailed guidance and best practices, ensuring you can fully leverage the tool's capabilities in your workflow.
Patchwork 3D is a comprehensive 3D prototyping software that delivers crucial information about the photorealistic appearance of a product from a raw CAD model. It includes materials, lighting, animations, a realistic environment, and configurable options. Discover Patchwork 3D
All editions
The product user manuals below consolidate all Patchwork 3D editions by version into one comprehensive resource.
Patchwork Explorer offers an interactive presentation of 3D Digital Aspect Mockups created with the Patchwork 3D authoring software, as well as the exploration of product configurations. This program is designed to be simple and requires no knowledge of 3D rendering.
All editions
The product user manuals below consolidate all Patchwork Explorer editions by version into one comprehensive resource.
Accel VR is a virtual reality software solution designed for the visualization of Digital Aspect Mockups on a 1:1 scale on multi-screen immersive systems. Visualization on a 1:1 scale makes it possible to assess objects with regard to their actual size and complements the photorealistic rendering quality of the Lumiscaphe rendering engine with an extra dimension of realism.
All editions
The product user manuals below consolidate all Accel VR editions by version into one comprehensive resource.
Lumis 3D is a collaborative, networked content management tool that is designed to help you get the most out of your digital aspect mockups. In addition to the interface that makes sharing and storing files easy, Lumis 3D provides the tools to explore digital aspect mockups and to go one step further. Use Lumis 3D to set up and view product line reviews and image snapshots based on your digital aspect mockups.
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The product user manuals below consolidate by version all Lumis 3D editions into one comprehensive resource.
All tools in this section are for the Enterprise Edition only.
Blender add-ons
The 3D Digital Backbone Driver add-on for Blender allows teams to save and version 3D scenes in a shared database, collaborate online/offline with automatic merges, and reuse native data across tools without exports or workflow changes.
This shared database is called the "3D Digital Backbone", an infrastructure that links different 3D software together to orchestrate data in your 3D pipeline. More info...
The P3DToBlender add-on for Blender converts data from a Patchwork 3D file (.p3d) to be used in Blender. When converting the .p3d file, its materials can be replaced with materials located in the external .blend file, automatically. More info about this add-on.
Python SDK
It is a Python API allowing access to a Patchwork 3D database and some algorithms.
Workshop SDK
Workshop SDK is a framework for developers creating desktop applications to explore and visualize digital mockups.
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Web Render
Web Render is a back-end tool designed as a service provider for mobile applications. Relying on dedicated HTTP servers, it generates content for 3D visualization on the web. A request for high quality 3D rendering of a configured product is issued by the application and transmitted to the server, which returns the calculated image in real time. An API allows the customer to develop the front-end that suits him.
Alias to P3D Bridge:
Alias to P3D Bridge is a plugin that establishes a direct connection with Patchwork using a local network connection.
Data is sent from Alias to Patchwork 3D without the need to save a .wire file on the disk and import it in Patchwork 3D.
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