graphics modeling products

maya and 3ds max are the most popular in this category. maya is mostly used in production studios to create visual effects for movies. 3ds is mostly used in game development studios. maya is developed in toronto, canada by Alias. 3ds max is developed in san francisco and montreal by Autodesk.

Maya which was owned by SGI till last month was bought over by some investment firms for 57 million US dollars.

Some other products in this area are lightwave3d, cinema4D, electric image, etc. Rhino is another well known product (pure nurbs based modeler) used by people in a variety of professions.

Next blog will report about some reverse engineering software...