Cyber Studio CAD-3D (or just CAD-3D) is a 3D modeling and animation package developed by Tom Hudson for the

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computer and published by

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. The package is a precursor to 3D Studio Max. CAD-3D is a basic polygonal 3D modeling and rendering program. An operator can assemble a scene out of geometric primitives or custom extruded or lathed objects. Various view ports are available to adjust lighting and camera positioning. The limited rendering functionality allows for

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in 16 shades. Rendered images can be exported in Degas Elite or

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format. By making changes between rendering separate cels, CAD-3D can be used for simple animations. Without its scripting extension Cyber Control changes have to be made by hand.

History

The first version was published in 1986 titled CAD-3D. It still lacked advanced modeling features (boolean subtraction) and any animation. In early 1987 Tom Hudson extended the application and it was renamed Cyber Studio CAD-3D v.2.02'' '. The name Cyber Studio was proposed by Antic Software publisher Gary Yost due to his interest in

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's seminal 1984 book "

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" which had introduced the term

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to describe a virtual 3D environment. As of 1987 the software was packaged together with Cybermate, a

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-based authoring language written by Tektronix engineer Mark Kimball, the creator of the StereoTek liquid crystal shutter 3D glasses that Antic Software sold as an add-on to Cyber Studio."Now, in 3-D!" - The Antic Cyber Graphics Software and the Pre-history of Autodesk 3D Studio and Discreet 3ds max"
2009-06-14 Cybermate was used to edit, sequence and present the animation files along with sound. The scripts allowed an operator to control when and how fast a video or audio segment played and whether it should loop. In combination with the other scripting language, CyberControl, users were capable to create video animations up to five minutes long.

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wrote Cyber Paint, a 2D animation program that brought together a wide variety of animation and paint functionality and the delta-compressed animation format developed for CAD-3D.

Extensions

published a variety of related Cyber-products to extend the software's functionality: * Cyberpaint - A Cell-based 2D-painting and animation software * CyberControl - Scripting language for CyberStudio CAD-3D * CyberSculpt - An extended modeling software * CyberTexture - A texturing extension

References

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