{"id":457,"date":"2019-09-22T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vrforcad.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2019-09-22T14:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:50:16","slug":"can-your-free-renderer-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/can-your-free-renderer-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Can your free renderer do this?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When considering renderers free and commercial, users have many options. In this article I will make my case why <strong>SimLab Composer Lite <\/strong>is the <strong>best free renderer for CAD and 3D<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>What is SimLab Composer Lite?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/vrforcad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/progressive-rendering-SimLab-Composer.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simlab-soft.com\/3d-products\/simlab-composer-trial.aspx\"> installing SimLab Composer<\/a>, start it, and you will be faced with licensing options, <strong>ignore everything<\/strong> and <strong>click start Lite edition<\/strong>. SimLab Composer Lite will start, <strong>no trial<\/strong>, <strong>no email info <\/strong>or <strong>registration<\/strong>, simply install and start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>What does SimLab Composer Lite provide me with?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SimLab Composer Lite includes the full renderer used in all editions of SimLab Composer. The renderer is CPU based, multi threaded, based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embree.org\/\">embree from Intel.<\/a>  It utilizes new AVX2 instructions to render really fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can start your progressive free renderer by hitting <strong>F4<\/strong>, when you are ready, save the image and you are good to go, SimLab Composer Lite allows you to use rendered images <strong>commercially<\/strong>. Rendered images come without a water mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With SimLab Composer Lite you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simlab-soft.com\/3d-products\/simlab-composer-supported-3d-formats.aspx\">import 3D CAD data<\/a> like <strong>SolidWorks<\/strong>, <strong>STEP<\/strong>, <strong>FBX<\/strong>, <strong>GLTF<\/strong>, <strong>SketchUp<\/strong>, <strong>Inventor<\/strong>, <strong>Rhino<\/strong>, and <strong>OBJ<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vrforcad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/materials-1024x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" width=\"595\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/materials-1024x151.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/materials-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/materials-768x113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/materials-950x140.jpg 950w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/materials.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SimLab Composer Lite also comes with a free to downlod professional material library including 1000+ ready to render <strong>high quality materials<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/vrforcad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/26-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/26-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/26-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/26-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/26-950x591.jpg 950w, https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/26.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Renderer comes with support for <a href=\"https:\/\/vrforcad.com\/selecting-hdri-for-cgi-scenes\">HDR<\/a>,  sun and sky system , and different light types including IES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Do I need to upgrade my free renderer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SimLab Composer Lite limits rendering size to <strong>Full HD (1920*1080)<\/strong> pixels, for most cases this should be enough. You may still want to upgrade your SimLab Composer if you wanted to render <strong>Animations<\/strong>, or <strong>360 images<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SimLab Composer Lite is the best free renderer for CAD and 3D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[29,30,28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can your free renderer do this? &bull; SimLab Soft Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SimLab Composer Lite is the best free renderer for CAD and 3D.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/simlab-soft.com\/blog\/can-your-free-renderer-do-this\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can your free renderer do this? 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