There are so many apps to choose from today. How can you choose which one to use? In the past it would take hours, even days, to get the colors, textures, and lighting to work. Today, results are almost instant. The picture below is a screen shot from Autodesk Alias Design 2010. The model came from Solidworks directly into Autodesk Inventor. From Inventor it was translated to Alias Design in a STEP format. Translation, materials, texture maps, lighting, were all done in one day on February 10, 2010. Click on image to see a larger version.
