E-on Vue
3D landscape generation software from e-on software
Vue is a software tool for world generation by Bentley Systems, with support for many visual effects, animations, and various other features. The tool has been used in several feature-length films.
In 2024, Bentley Systems announced that Vue would be discontinued, and be freely available to those that still wish to use it.
Versions
Features
This is a list of features as of the 2023 release of Vue:
Terrains
Heightfield terrains
Procedural terrains
Infinite terrains
Planetary terrains
Real-world terrains
3D terrain sculpting
Terrain export
EcoSystem Instancing Technology
Material-based EcoSystems
Global EcoSystems
Dynamic EcoSystems
360° EcoSystem Population
Paint EcoSystem instances
EcoParticles
Export EcoSystem populations
Vegetation
Built-in Plant editor
Compatible with PlantFactory
Vegetation assets
Atmosphere, Skies and Clouds
Standard atmospheric model
Spectral atmospheric model
Photometric atmospheric model
Atmosphere presets
Procedural Volumetric 3D cloud layers
Standalone 3D Metaclouds
Convert meshes to Clouds
Cloud morphing
Import OpenVDB
Export standalone and cloud layer zones to OpenVDB
Export skies as HDRI
Modeling
Primitive and Feature modeling
3D Text edition tool
Metablobbing
Hyperblobs
Export baked hyperblobs
Splines
Built in Road Construction toolkit
Random rock generator
Export rocks
Texturing and UVs
Material presets
PBR
Substance support
Node-based procedural materials
Volumetric materials and Hypertextures
Stacked UVs
Unwrapped UVs
Ptex
Interoperability, Integration And Export
Export single assets to generic 3D formats
Full scene export
Integration plugins
Import and Export Camera data as FBX and Nuke.chan
Python API
ZBrush GoZ bridge
Animation
Animate objects, materials, atmospheres, clouds, waves...
Automatic wind and breeze
Localized wind effects per plant / per EcoSystem population
Omni and directional ventilators for local modifications of plants
Time spline editor
Automatic keyframe creation
Automatic synchronization of cameras and lights
Animation export as AfterEffects
Import motion tracking information
Lighting
Global illumination, Global Radiosity, Ambient occlusion
Subsurface Scattering
HDRI image based lighting
Point light, Quadratic point light, Spotlight, Quadratic spotlight, Directional light
Use IES distribution profiles on photometric lights
Area lights, light panels, light portals
Physically accurate caustics computation
Rendering
Render with Ray Tracer
Render with Path Tracer
Stereoscopic rendering
360/180 VR Panorama Render Option
Spherical panoramic rendering
Tone mapping options
Multipass & G-Buffer
Network rendering with HyperVue / RenderCows
Network rendering with RenderNodes
Users
Blue Sky Studios
Digital Domain
DreamWorks Animation: Kung Fu Panda
Industrial Light & Magic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Warner Bros.
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