2023
New to Inspire Render? Learn the basics here.
Change the view in the modeling window using the mouse or view controls.
Discover new features and enhancements.
Learn about Inspire Render, the workspace, and system requirements.
Inspire Render software is a 3D conceptual rendering environment which empowers designers to swiftly create and evolve photorealistic visualizations of forms. Inspire Render software is one of the very few 3D design products which supports both Windows and Mac OS X systems.
Learn how to import geometry and export results.
Review techniques for selecting and editing objects.
The software saves versions of your objects as you create them, enabling you to return to an earlier stage of an object, and modify or reuse the object from that stage.
The view controls are in the bottom left of each modeling view.
Configure a single view, configure the multiview layout, and change the view detail.
Pan, zoom, and orbit in the 2D orthographic views and the 3D perspective view.
Show, hide, and isolate objects in the modeling window.
By adding cameras to your scene and customizing their position, angle, rendering image resolution, and rendering image quality, you can view and render your models from multiple perspectives and create a more distinctive scene.
When displaying 3D objects on a 2D plane, you can use perspective projection or orthographic projection.
Select a display mode for the scene.
Adjust the view detail for the Shaded and Real-time display modes and final rendering. You can also adjust the ambient occlusion for the Shaded display mode, as well as ambient occlusion and global illumination for the Real-time display mode.
The application has four different grids, each with successively larger spacing. Grids are drawing aids used to place and align points and objects with precision. They do not appear in rendered images.
Fit selected objects or points in the modeling window.
Create and view 2D section planes of your model. This function is particularly useful when you want to see inside a model.
Edit object animations with the animation timeline.
Capture an image of a model. The background is white by default, but you can make it colored or transparent. Arrows on curves are automatically turned off.
Translate, rotate, and scale objects using the Move tool. These tasks can be accomplished with greater precision by using grids and snaps.
Browse and organize the objects, layers, lights, materials, and drawings in your scene using the Model Browser.
Learn about the forms of help and user assistance available from the product.
Change the default units and measure geometry features.
Inspire Render has three different tool belts to help you quickly access the tools you need to create highly realistic renderings. You can use the tool belts with the default configuration of tools or you can customize the tool belts by adding and removing tools as required.
Modify the workspace display, default keyboard shortcuts, and other settings.
Start using Inspire Render with our interactive tutorials.
Use geometry tools to modify your objects for rendering.
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
In Inspire Render you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.