How does Abvent Artºlantis Work? Artºlantis is a 3D-model rendering, ray tracing, and shading application that works well with Windows PCs. French made Artºlantis software is aimed at international graphic artists, architects, and multimedia designers. Abvent Artºlantis software is written for English, French and German speaking designers.

Artºlantis has been around for nearly ten years and is now available on both PC and Mac platforms. The stunning realism of the images rendered by Artºlantis has made Abvent's Artºlantis a leader in the world of 3D software. 

Artºlantis is one of the best solutions for those wishing to transform their 3D CAD data into a more visually appealing medium. Rendering includes ray tracing at high resolution, and an intuitive graphic interface. Artºlantis offers the fastest speed on the market, plus Animation and Virtual reality. 

Artºlantis offers Shadow Casting, Real-time preview and Drag and Drop. In addition, Artºlantis offers designers the use of Shaders, Reflectivity and Transparency, and multiple Lights and Cameras simulations. 

Why Trade Up to Artºlantis 4? 
Four key words to sum up the performance of Artºlantis:

1. Modeling software integration
2. Ease of use 
3. Quality
4. Performance 

The new Abvent Artºlantis 4.0 features include:

• Self Memory Management
• One document format
• New Productivity Tools 
• New Lighting Model and Improvements 
• Depth of Field 
• New Lighting Model and Improvements 
• Soft Shadows 
• VR Object
• Sliders have a brand new look; and
• Speed rendering has been improved up to 7 times.

Abvent awards
Abvent products have earned international recognition and a wide range of awards, from the 1985 Prize for Technical Innovation for the Simul program to the SVM Mac Mouse Award, and the Macworld Editor's Choice Award. The Architectural Record "Best Rendering Software" award in 1998 was awarded to Artºlantis for Art Rendering on both Mac and PC platforms. Abvent has become one of the leading developers and distributors of professional computer generated imagery and design software. 

Pro reaction
Artºlantis is the fastest way to create photo real presentations. The textures can be applied by simply dragging and dropping images from the shader library onto the object. 

The Animation tools include 360-degree perspectives, full editing feature for animation sequences, camera type and behavior.

The 375 page Artºlantis Tutorial and User Manuals is well illustrated. Written in plain English are the helpful six tutorial projects. The tutorial manual takes new and experienced users by the hand for learning how to make and use Art model rendering.

The Artºlantis Tutorial and User Manuals are available in Acrobat's pdf format with color graphics. 

Con reaction
Artºlantis is not aimed at the casual home user nor is it a particularly simple package to pick up and learn. Missing from the Artºlantis Tutorial and User Manuals is book printed color graphics. 

Final remarks
Artºlantis lets you create impressive effects. Available for both Mac and Windows platforms, Artºlantis Renders unique interface, speed and ease of use have made it one of the most popular rendering programs for ArchiCAD users. 

Artºlantis rendering engine incorporates atmosphere functions, ray tracing, anti-aliasing, bump mapping and other image enhancing features. Files can be saved in common file formats such as PICT, TGA, BMP, QuickTime VR, AVI, and RealSpace.

Artºlantis lets you create impressive effects. Available for both Mac and Windows platforms, Artºlantis Renders unique interface, speed and ease of use have made it one of the most popular rendering programs for most popular modeler such as: ArchiCAD, VectorWorks, AutoCAD, Form Z.

Free Artºlantis demos are available from the Abvent Website.

Windows configuration
PC Pentium with Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME or NT, 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended), 50 MB free disk space for a full program installation, QuickTime 4.0, 24- bit Video Card recommended, CD- ROM drive.

Artºlantis is priced at $495 with a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. MC/VISA Accepted. Free Fax and E-mail Support.
 

ABVENT, Inc. 
Phone: 514-842-1050, The toll free number is: 800-452-9241, 
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Graphic samples of Art Rendering can be seen on the Web site