

Since it supports multiple stages of product development from conceptualization, design and engineering to manufacturing, it is considered a CAx-software and is sometimes referred to as a 3D Product Lifecycle Management software suite. But I got to work with it first to make a good judgement.CATIA ( / k ə ˈ t iː ə/, an acronym of computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application) is a multi-platform software suite for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), PLM and 3D, developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes. What I've seen so far of RTR is very promising. I know now (I didn't in the beginning of the topic) that Photostudio gets merged into RTR (real time rendering) more and more in future releases of CATIA.

This topic was about CATIA rendering in Photostudio not a decision making comparison between Photostudio and Hypershot.

I appreciate your saying in this however. If only it was that easy, there are a lot of other factors involved, which I'm definitely not going to bore this topic with. In terms of ROI we use no better software.and no I don't sell it Hypershot paid for itself in one job in terms of time saved. I'm a SolidWorks user and I bought Hypershot against using PhotoWorks. The Pro version (unlimited resolution) is about £1400 I think.Īt that level and given Hypershot has nearly zero interface, gives more or less instant fantastic results with minimal input, and is especially designed for automotive rendering then your downtime learning Catia's rendering vs being immediately productive in Hypershot is a significant cost (not to mention Hypershot is a very fast renderer). Maybe so but I see you are a professional from your profile, and assuming you actually bought CATIA v5 you are spending what - 3000+ Euros a year to stay on the subscription plan, not to mention the capital costs of CATIA itself (which are at least 10,000 Euros in the UK for the starter package - more for anything that includes Photorendering)? Hypershot is about £550 to £600 for the HD version (which is more than adequate for design use).
