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Lean and elegant user interface
Most 3D modellers on the market offer their own unique way of working. Switching between them can be like learning a new language, since their interfaces are often rather complex.

Cheetah3D provides the most useful features you need to get the job done, and organises them within a beautifully elegant user interface that's powerful, intuitive and quick to work with. Performing truly advanced operations in Cheetah3D will seem like second nature very rapidly. Cheetah3D packs a terrific punch for it's tiny price. In fact, the program provides a level of productivity that you will be hard-pressed to equal in software ten times the cost!

Seamless Mac OS X integration
Accept no substitute. Cheetah3D has been written FROM THE GROUND UP for Mac OS X using Cocoa. Its not just a simple port of some Windows or Linux modeller which ends up looking, feeling and behaving like a disappointingly un-Mac-like piece of software. With Cheetah3D, you will feel right at home using it without having to learn a completely new user interface.

Cheetah3D also supports the latest hardware innovations on the Mac platform, like the new Intel Macs or the trend toward multiple-processor machines. With Cheetah3D, from the moment you start the program, you are ready to leverage the full potential of up to 16 CPU cores.

Polygon Modelling
Cheetah3D provides a comprehensive set of polygon modelling tools, including advanced features like boolean operations and surface subdivision.
Models are arranged in a scene graph (with a complete transformation stack), allowing you to configure your mesh modifiers and objects using simple drag and drop. Models further down the scene graph remain editable with all their parameters intact.

Spline Modelling
Cheetah3D also offers powerful spline modelling tools, including spline extrude, lathe and sweep. These tools are needed if you want to create a 3D logo from a Bezier path, for example. Due to the native support of the PDF and SVG vector file format, you can easily move your 2D vector paintings from almost any Mac OS X drawing application into Cheetah3D, and then transform them into nicely animated 3D logos. All its takes is a few mouse clicks.

Powerful Render Manager
The render manager in Cheetah3D allows you to monitor all running rendering jobs. It also allows you to compare the last rendering result with your previous renders,so you can easily determine whether the changes you've made to a scene or light setup have worked properly.