21 August 2008

Bentley Systems has licensed Luxology’s photorealistic rendering engine for inclusion in its forthcoming release of MicroStation, its Windows-based CAD product.

The Luxology technology is the preferred renderer for a broad community of users, including major film studios, and Bentley Systems said it is ideally suited to the demanding requirements of architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) applications to quickly produce extremely high-quality images and animations from huge datasets that typically include vast numbers of parametrically replicated geometry elements.

Bentley Systems added that the super-fast Luxology rendering engine, combined with breakthrough ‘compression’ techniques for replicated geometry in MicroStation, will allow users to generate images and animations with life-like detail, and uniquely enable designers to make real-time decisions from near-real-time rendering within interactive AEC workflows.

Bentley Systems Executive Vice President Ray Bentley said: “The Luxology engine is so fast that our users will be able to create animations in the time it takes most renderers to create a single image. The new renderer will be available as a simple menu option within our interface, and will not require separate training or specialised hardware.”

Subscribers to Bentley’s SELECT program for MicroStation and related AEC applications will get the Luxology rendering engine at no additional charge as part of the new release this autumn.

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