Piranesi support available in AccuRender 4

- 13 June 2006 - The latest version of AccuRender® contains a built-in interface to Piranesi® , the award-winning "3D Painting" technology from Informatix Software International. AccuRender provides raytrace and radiosity rendering for AutoCAD and Revit.

As a result of a collaborative development project, AccuRender 4 allows you to render to the Piranesi EPix image format in which every pixel has a depth and material value as well as a colour. Piranesi can then rapidly paint in textures and details that are difficult to model such as people, furniture, or plants. Piranesi users can also create a wide range of impressionistic styles. Perspective is handled automatically.

Brian Woodward, managing director of Informatix Software says "We have had many requests from AutoCAD and Revit users who wanted a better way to create renderings which they could further develop using Piranesi. AccuRender 4 provides exactly this possibility".

Bob McNeel of Robert McNeel & Associates, the developers of AccuRender, adds "AccuRender and Piranesi together cover the entire 3D rendering spectrum from high-end photometric accuracy to hand-drawn effects The Piranesi interface and many other new features in AccuRender 4 further establish it as the renderer of choice for AutoCAD and Revit users in the architectural and construction industries".

For more information on Piranesi visit the Informatix web site at http://www.informatix.co.uk/piranesi/ or email 3ddesign@unlimited.com . For more information on AccuRender visit http://www.accurender.com/. Demo versions of both products are available.

About Informatix Software International Ltd
Informatix Software International Ltd specialise in software for the architectural, engineering, construction, and facility management industries. Based in Cambridge, England, they sell their products through an international network of distributors.

About Robert McNeel & Associates
Founded in 1980, McNeel is a privately-held, employee-owned company with sales and support offices and affiliates in Seattle, Miami, Barcelona, Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Beijing with more than 700 resellers, distributors, OEMs, and training centers around the world. Its products include AccuRender®, a raytrace and radiosity renderer for AutoCAD and Revit; and Rhinoceros, offering accurate freeform modeling for Windows. For more information visit their website at http://www.mcneel.com/, or telephone (US) 206-545-7000.

About CU's 3D Group:
Computers Unlimited's 3D Design Group focuses on specialist products from a number of vendors including Nemetschek N.A., Abvent, autodessys, NewTek, @Last Software, AEC Software, Informatix and Ashlar Vellum.