SimLab Composer is a 3D scene building and sharing program. It allows the creator of 3D models to share them with technical and none technical users.  It is a standalone application that will be a good compliment to any 3D CAD product.

SimLab Composer users are:

• Industrial designers
• Architects
• 3D Artists and modelers

SimLab Composer is distributed in 3 editions:

• SimLab Composer (3D PDF edition)
• SimLab Composer (Rendering edition)
• SimLab Composer (Animation edition)

Operating System Compatibility:

• Windows 7 - 32/64bit
• Windows Vista - 32/64bit
• Windows XP - 32/64bit
• Mac OS X 10.5 and later on Intel based machines

Downloadable CAD Integration option (free):

• Sketchup
• Rhinoceros
• Solid Edge
• Maya
• Modo
• 3DS Max

Some of the major features of Simlab Composer 3D PDF edition

Importing 3D models.  SimLab composer supports importing 3D models from many of the standard file formats, including: SketchUp, Rhino, STEP, IGES, ACIS, Collada, 3D PDF, 3D XML, FBX, Obj, 3DS,  U3D, STL, SolidEdge, Inventor, and SolidWorks.

Building 3D Scenes.  SimLab Composer provides the user with all the needed tools to build 3D senses from existing models. In addition to the draggers found in modern 3D applications to place models in the scene, SimLab Composer offers unique tools like snap to object and snap to ground to make building 3D scenes intuitive and fast.

SimLab Composer maintains the assembly structure of imported 3D models, this enable the user to select the level to work on (face, body, part, subassembly or assembly).

For models with no texture coordinates, SimLab Composer gives the user the needed tools to generate texture coordinates. Simlab Composer also provides the user with the ability to add 3D text to any scene.

Exporting 3D Scenes.  3D models and scenes can be exported to the following files formats, OBJ, FBX, Collada, STL, U3D, BIP, DirectX and OSG.

Creating 3D PDF files.  3D scenes created in SimLab Composer, can be exported as 3D PDF files, a 3D PDF file is a PDF file (that can be opened using a free version of Acrobat reader), which includes 3D Data.

The recipient of the file will be able to view, rotate, and interact with the 3D scene.

3D PDF was designed to be very easy to use for none technical users.

SimLab Composer enables the user to customize the generated 3D PDF file, customizations supported include:

• Selecting the page size and margins
• Selecting optional page background (image and music)
• Adding Header/Footer text
• Adding optional automatic camera animation
• Selecting rendering styles from solid, Illustration, transparent, and other styles
• Selecting the light system from CAD Optimized, night, highlight and other light systems

Exporting to iPhone / iPad.  3D scenes created in SimLab Composer, can be exported to iphone/iPad as SimLab archive files (*.zim). SimLab Archive files can be opened using SimLab CAD Viewer available as a free app.

Some of the major features of SimLab Composer Rendering edition

Simlab Composer 3D PDF.  All the features of the 3D PDF edition.

Rendering Photorealistic Images.  SimLab Composer Rendering edition includes a licensed version of Luxion renderer, a high quality, accurate and extremely fast global illumination renderer, which enables the user to create high quality photorealistic images quickly.

Material Library.  Assigning materials can be done by dragging materials from the material library supplied with SimLab Composer and dropping them on the 3D objects.

Creating Lights.  SimLab Composer rendering edition allows the user to create different types of lights to achieve high quality rendered images.

Some the features of Simlab Composer Animation edition

Simlab Composer 3D PDF.  All the features of the 3D PDF edition.

Simlab Composer Rendering.  All the features of the Rendering edition.

Creating Animations.  SimLab Composer animation edition allows the user to easily create animations showing the motion of a designed machine, or a walkthrough of a house.

Creating Animated Movies.  Animations created in SimLab Composer Animation Edition can be rendered and used to create movies that can be posted on the web and shared with others.

Exporting Animated 3D PDF files.  Animations created in SimLab Composer Animation Edition can be used to create animated 3D PDF files which include the motion of objects and cameras.