RenderMan is produced by Pixar and is used to render all of their in-house 3D animated movie productions. It is also available as a commercial product licensed to third parties. RenderMan has been used in creating digital visual effects for Hollywood blockbuster movies such as Titanic, the Star Wars prequels, and The Lord of the Rings.
On May 30, 2014, it was announced that Pixar would be offering a free non-commercial version of RenderMan that became available to download as of March 23, 2015.
AutoCAD is a commercial software application for 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting — available since 1982 as a desktop application and since 2010 as a mobile web- and cloud-based app marketed as AutoCAD 360.
AutoCAD is used across a wide range of industries, by architects, project managers, engineers, designers, and other professionals. It is supported by 750 training centers worldwide as of 1994.
The native file format of AutoCAD is .dwg. This and, to a lesser extent, its interchange file format DXF, have become de facto, if proprietary, standards for CAD data interoperability.[citation needed] AutoCAD has included support for .dwf, a format developed and promoted by Autodesk, for publishing CAD data.
Solidworks is a professional quality solid CAD software suite that is available for Windows. Solidworks is most famous for usage in engineering for design of physical objects, mechanics, and product design. It includes an elaborate simulation suite for stress testing, load testing, physics simulation, and structural integrity testing. Over 2 million engineers use Solidworks worldwide. It is also heavily used in 3D printing and fabrication.
