Carrara Studio (RayDream and InfiniD)

Carrara studio is a complete 3D solution for modeling, shading, scene building, animation, rendering, and special effects. It is built for the creative professional who is advancing into the world of 3D. In addition to all the normal tasks a 3D modeler can accomplish, this software package can create 3D static images and generate VRML for use in the website development, etc.
Because the best features of the InfiniD and RayDream products were incorporated into Carrara, those two products have been discontinued and will no longer be supported.

Wolfgang’s 3D gallery on Carrara and related tools: http://www.wolfdd.org/3dgallery01.html

Objects: spline, vertex, text, terrain, formula,
Transformation: translation, rotation, scaling, cloning, align, array, mirror, and spacing
Editing and manipulations (spline): Center, fill, break apart, ghost, group, ungroup
Editing and manipulations (vertex): weld, link, unlink, deform, subdivide, ghost, magnet (append to various objects)
Editing and manipulations (text): depth, alignment, scaling, spacing
Editing and manipulations (terrain): erode, raise, invert, smooth

Cameras: adjustable, movable
Lights: directional, spot, ambient, animatable, angular cutoff, shadow, soft shadow, pulsating
Materials: shading, highlight, layer list, shininess, texture mapping, color, transparency, glow
More materials: preprogrammed maps, procedural mapping
Extra control: antialiasing frames and lines, motion blur, fog

Particle system: bound, free, lifetime, velocity, emit duration, freeze, bounce, gravity, angle, friction
Atomize, Bend, explode, dissolve, shatter, shear
Animation options: formula and physics based, procedural based, align, slide, oscillate

Importing file formats: RDS, DXF, OBJ, 3DMF, 3DS
Exporting file formats: DXF, OBJ, 3DMF, VRML 2, MTS (MetaStream, a MetaCreations format), 3DS
2D file format import: GIF, JPEG, PICT (MAC), BMP, PCX
2D file format export: GIF, JPEG, PICT (MAC), BMP, PCX