Last week, Luxion released KeyShot 8, a new version of its ray-traced rendering program.
The new version marks the debut of cutaway tools, scattering media, and liquid interface, among other features.
Design8 is excited to announce the newest release of KeyShot, KeyShot version 8! KeyShot 8 Features KeyShot 8 includes the following new features and enhancements: Cutaway The Cutaway feature in KeyShot 8 allows you to use geometry to cutaway other geometry. The Cutaway material allows you to define the material for the Cutaway Caps. Features included with KeyShot Pro, Pro Floating, and Enterprise. Set up your own personal studios with any combination of cameras, environments, model sets and materials. Set up different variations of the models in your scene to show different model configurations. In this video Phil Cook from Simply Rhino takes a look at the latest version of KeyShot, KeyShot 8, and highlights some of the new features that will appeal to Rhino users. Luxion continue to provide enhancements and new features based on user feedback and KeyShot 8 features Displacement, Cutaways and a new Liquid type material that no longer requires special geometry – all three of which. While KeyShot 8 had an impressive materials and textures library, the new and updated features in KeyShot 9 take the abilities to the next level. Contour Procedural Texture is similar to the familiar Toon material in KeyShot 8, giving users more flexibility and control over custom materials.
“KeyShot 8 is a milestone release that expands the capabilities for KeyShot users and increases stability to both streamline the 3D rendering process and the 3D rendered results,” says Claus Wann Jensen, cofounder and CEO of Luxion.
Running primarily on the CPU, KeyShot is known for its CAD-friendly workflow. With rendering plug-ins to Onshape, NX (from Siemens PLM), SolidWorks (from Dassault Systemes, Fusion 360 (from Autodesk), and more, KeyShot enables direct import and LiveLinking back to the original CAD models.
The primary focus areas of KeyShot 8 are “materials and volume, lighting and optics, advanced geometry, image and output, and collaboration,” the company says.
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Cutaway and Cross Sections
Most CAD modeling programs allow you to create cutaway and cross sectional views of the part or assembly to reveal its internal structure. In KeyShot 8, you can compose the cutaway or cross-sectioned view inside the rendering environment, allowing you to adjust the cutaway angle, apply materials, and adjust the scene without going back to the CAD program.
“The Cutaway material also allows users to add and define the Cutaway Caps as a shaded color, the same material as the object to be cut or as a custom material. Additionally, all cutaways may be animated,” writes Luxion in its press release.
Smokes and Particles
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With scattering media, KeyShot lets you add effects to your scene with smokes, particles, and other un-structured objects that are nearly impossible to model inside traditional parametric CAD programs.
“Users may extend the control of the scattering media with full support for OpenVDB files applied to the Density Texture as a Volume Map,” according to the press release.
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Rendering Liquid
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One of the new material types available in KeyShot 8 is liquid, with adjustable color, transparency, and refractive index (how much light bends within it). The simple setup is expected to make rendering liquid-contained scenes—such as a glass bowl with transparant liquid—much easier.
Price for KeyShot is between $995 (basic HD license) to $3,995 (Enterprise license). Luxion offers a trial version of KeyShot for testing before purchase.