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3DVIA Studio

3DVIA Studio is a social development environment that brings the power of an AAA engine to an easy-to-use framework connected to 3DVIA.com's 3D content warehouse and community over 190,000 3D professionals and enthusiasts. It empowers everyone from individual 3D artists and programmers to large studios to raipdily prototype, develop and publish online games and other interactive 3D applications.

This next-generation toolset comes from the developers of 3DVIA Virtools, a 15-year industry veteran with a proven track record in interactive 3D applications, rapid prototyping and development, visual scripting languages and cutting edge visualization.


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Get Started

If you’re new to 3DVIA Studio, start here.

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Downloads

Get 3DVIA Studio, the 3DVIA Player and more free.

Basics

Learn 3DVIA Studio basic features and user interface.

Tutorials

Follow step-by-step instructions on various topics.

Example Projects

Learn by doing with real-world examples.


3DVIA Studio Gallery

See what others have been making with 3DVIA Studio.

Billions Billions, Save Them All

Save the Mogaloos in 3DVIA Studio’s first Facebook game.

Project Dustbowl Project Dustbowl

Fly through the desert firing missiles from your hovercraft.

Skeeball Skeeball

Test your luck on this remake of a classic arcade game.

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3DVIA Studio Resources

Materials to help you learn faster and be productive.

3DVIA Studio Resources
Tutorials

Follow step-by-step instructions on various topics.

Example Projects

Learn by doing with real-world examples.

Articles

Read along to explore key engine features, tips and tricks.


3DVIA Studio Offers

The latest promotions and other 3DVIA Studio-related offers.

Download Billions Code Download the Billions source code

Download source code from our 1st Facebook game free.


3DVIA Studio Support

Get the type of help you need when you need it.

3DVIA Studio Support
Resources

Tutorials, example projects and articles

Documentation

User manual, scripting reference and building blocks

FAQs

Have a question? See if it’s already been answered.

Forum

Talk one-on-one with other 3DVIA Studio users.


Key Features

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3DVIA.com Integration 3DVIA.com Integration

Ease the prototyping, development, publishing and testing process by taking advantage of the tight integration 3DVIA Studio shares with 3DVIA.com tools and resources.

Web Publishing 3DVIA Studio Web Publishing

With one click, deploy any 3DVIA Studio project to your browser in no time. 3DVIA Studio supports major browsers including: Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome.

Rendering & Advanced Engines 3DVIA Studio Rendering

Create compelling and realistic interactive 3D projects using advanced rendering, physics, sound, animation, video, Web and asset manipulation engines.


Scripting/Debugging 3DVIA Studio Scripting/Debugging

Use Virtools Scripting Language (VSL), a powerful C++-based language that complements the 3DVIA Studio schematic editor and SDK, to process scripts at run-time/author mode, as well as debug projects.

Build Process Control 3DVIA Studio Build Process Control

Let 3DVIA Studio handle your project optimization at build time with asset processors such as simplifying polygons, resizing textures, model format conversions and more.

Collaborative Structure 3DVIA Studio Collaborative Structure

Work simultaneously on different parts of the same projects with teammates by simply reloading to view others’ progress without interrupting workflow.


Art Pipeline 3DVIA Studio Art Pipeline

Import art assets from major digital content creation tools (Maya, 3ds Max) into 3DVIA Studio with custom importers that get the job done for you.

Documentation 3DVIA Studio Documentation

Learn 3DVIA Studio as a beginner or hone your skills as a master with pages of detailed online documentation, tutorials, demos, downloadable project files and more.

Behavior Library 3DVIA Studio Behavior Library

Spend less time programming by utilizing 3DVIA Studio’s library of 450 building blocks: pre-packaged code snippets for giving function to objects (e.g., rotate).


System Requirements

Windows-based Components Hardware
  • Dual core processor
  • 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
  • 400MB of disk space on the OS drive
  • Recent 3D graphics card capable of handling Shader Model 2.0
Software
  • Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista or Windows 7); 32 and 64 bits
  • Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox 3, Chrome
  • Microsoft DirectX 9 (August 2008) for DirectX compatible 3D graphics accelerator cards
  • An Internet connection is required to use www.3DVIA.com models
Mac-based Components Mac support is coming soon!