CyberMotion 3D-Designer

15.04.2008 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 13.0

With version 13.0 the relative size of a world unit is replaced by the basic unit centimeter. Inputs in other supported units of measurements will be converted automatically. In previous versions the triangle was the basic element for all modeling work. In the current version the quadrangle will take over this role wherever possible. With quads it will be a lot of easier to model angular shaped models and subdivision surface routines will provide better results. When importing older files of previous versions the software will automatically convert the triangle based object to an optimized quadrangular object definition. New primitives with optionally rounded edges were added to the create object menu and the beveling functions for the Extrude- and 3D-Text editors expanded. Version 13.0 will introduce new displacement materials which can deform the surface of an object. The revised landscape editor will use this functionality in combination with the Subdivision Surface property to generate terrains of variable resolutions. There are new functions that generate automatic sun colors and corresponding sky gradients in dependence of the sun inclination. Fuzzy volumetric clouds are rendered now with help of a new volumetric cloud model. The camera movement in the viewport window has been expanded by an auto-movement. With a gentle push of the mouse you can initiate the movement that automatically continuous.
You can find a complete list of all new functions here:
What's new in version 13.0? ->
Take a look at some of the little demo films made with the new version in our gallery:
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01.03.2007 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 12.25 (free Upgrade for all registered users of v.12.x)

The new version 12.25 now fully supports Windows Vista. Furthermore a couple of new features were implemented to perfect the integration of 3d-models into photographic backgrounds. With help of skymapping (panoramic environment textures), image based lighting (evaluation of the skymap for the ambient light incidence) and HDRI (high dynamic range image - a special picture format used for image based lighting) the light atmosphere of an image can be transferred to the models of your virtual 3d-scene. Read more about this topic and other improvements in our complete list of new features:
What's new in version 12.25? ->
Because of the many adjustments in regards to Windows Vista no update patch is available - a complete reinstallation of the full setup is required. Therefore, you should uninstall your previous version 12.x first.
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10.11.2006 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 12.0

Increase the photo-realistic impression of your renderings with the newly implemented Ambient Occlusion Renderer. The Ambient Occlusion shader enhances contours and provides soft shadows by simulating mutual shadow casting of adjacent objects and corners caused by the diffuse area brightness. CyberMotion now also supports multi-core CPUs and multi-processor systems. In addition to the line-by-line rendering of a picture you can now choose also a progressive picture construction which gives a good impression of the final result within seconds. With Subdivision Surface modeling you can change all polygonal objects into organic curved objects of higher resolution. CyberMotion now exports alpha- and depth- channels in pictures and separate alpha-videos.
More features: support of video-codecs, a new billboard primitive, auto-aligning functions, import and export of the Wavefront- "obj" file format, 2D pixel particles for smoke trails and spraying water and much more. You can find a complete list of all new functions here:
What's new in version 12.0? ->

May 05, 2006 - mr-clipart.com offers a new 3D-Service including a 3D-Designer licence

mr-clipart.com offers a new 3D-Service with access to a comprehensive 3D library of existing and upcoming vehicles, signs, awards and more - including a licence of the 3D-Designer software. The service is especially directed to all designers of promotional products and includes templates and tutorials for creating and placing designs and logos within minutes onto the models. You can view a demo animation in flash format at mr-clipart.com (Click onto 3D-Service -> Free Downloads).

February 27, 2006 - Update to version 11.0.60.2.
Some bugs were fixed. The photon mapping algorithm has been improved to produce smoother results. As of now you can download the bug fix from our download page.
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January 06, 2006 - Premium Anatomy Set from Cacheforce Computers Ltd. bundled with CyberMotion 3D-Designer

Due to the improved 3ds-import functions and the unique price-performance ratio Cacheforce Computing Ltd. decided to convert their high resolution anatomy set to the CyberMotion file format and to offer special priced software bundles including the anatomy set and CyberMotion 3D-Designer.

January 06, 2006 - New German discussion forum
Enthusiastic CyberMotion user Tony Klüver created the CM-Arena, the first German discussion forum dedicated to all CyberMotion users.

November 03, 2005 - Update to version 11.05.
In version 11.05 the rendering speed of the raytracing algorithm has been considerably improved, especially in regard to high resolution scenes comprising of 100.000 to several millions of facets. While rendering time of low resolution scenes remains mainly constant the rendering of high resolution projects like landscape scenes has been improved up to 10 times faster rendering then in previous versions. At the same time the scanline algorithm was removed. Since the raytracing algorithm is now comparatively fast and produces a much higher quality the scanline algorithm became obsolete and was removed. The option to render autostereograms was also discarded.

October 10, 2005 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 11.0

New features of version 11.0: New viewport and object selection managment, display of uv-mapped textures in viewports, frozen facet selections with own material lists, revised material managment - up to 16 materials can be assigned to each of the 31 possible facet selections of an object summing up to 512 possible materials on a single object, uv-Mapping (generation of uv-coordinates as well as rendering of uv-Maps), new masking features for bitmaps to cut out textured surface areas, more detailed landscape textures, improved file format export (e.g., support of uv-mapped textures for 3DS and other formats), extended particle systems for distributing particles on uneven grounds (see the wonderful world video in the gallery for an example of plant particles populating a whole landscape), data recovery for interrupted work sessions and so on. You can find a complete list of all new functions here:
What's new in version 11.0? ->
Take a look at some of the little demo films made with the new version in our gallery:
To the gallery ->
Download and test the new version:
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July 22, 2005 - Update v.10.02. All bugs reported since release of v.10.0 have been corrected in v.10.02.

January 18, 2005 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 10.0

For version 10.0 the animation system has been completely re-programmed. To name only some of the main features, CyberMotion supports now hierarchy-independent animation, relative movements and character animation with skeletal deformation (Skins and Bones). For clarity, work on a project is now divided into Modeling Mode and Animation Mode. The background model provides new atmospheric effects, for instance, a fast post-processing effect for rain and snow particles, condensation trails and rainbows. The different tool menus have been revised and extended with many useful new functions. The work space now expands to a dimension of 2^24 = 16,772,216 units, the viewport and raytracing render engines had been optimized and so on. You can find a complete list of all new functions here:
What's new in version 10.0? ->
Take a look at some of the little demo films made with the new version in our gallery:
To the gallery ->
Download and test the new version:
Download section ->

March 12, 2004 - Update v.9.01. About 11 bugs have been discovered since release of v.9.0 which have been corrected in v.9.01.

December 04, 2003 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 9.0

Global Illumination, Photon Mapping, Caustics, Volumetric Fire, Area-Lights and Volumetric Fog are the main catchwords regarding version 9.0. Complete list of all new functions and expansions ->

February 26, 2003 - Release of CyberMotion 3D-Designer 8.0

Among other things, the new version features a complete landscape designer, new atmospheric background models, additional procedural texture patterns, multi-layered terrain textures, big preview windows in the main dialogs, visual libraries for materials, landscapes and atmospheres and much more.
Complete list of all new functions and expansions ->