Autodesk Showcase 2012

Autodesk® Showcase® real-time 3D presentation and rendering software offers architects, designers, engineers, and managers the ability to quickly and easily transform digital prototypes or architectural designs into compelling imagery, movies, and real-time presentations. With Showcase, creating high-value, interactive design reviews, stunning marketing materials, and convincing sales pitches is as simple as a few clicks.

Bring your designs to life—Quickly and easily transform your CAD data* into breathtaking, real-time 3D presentations and renderings.
Validate your designs in real time—Explore your design variations dynamically with peers, managers, and constituents in an immersive 3D environment. Accelerate your feedback loop by reducing physical prototypes and long rendering times.
Win more business—Make a positive impression with your customers, regardless of whether they are in the same room or on the other side of the world**. Stand apart from your competition by communicating your designs with high-quality images and storytelling features.

Showcase for Autodesk® Inventor® Users
See how you can automatically create a Showcase scene from an Inventor file, complete with Materials, Shots, Alternatives, Storyboard, and animated Constraints.

VOX Amplification
VOX Amplification reduces costs and cuts development time in half.

Hyphen Design
Autodesk Showcase helps Hyphen Design improve efficiency and productivity and aids the day-to-day 3D design visualization process.

Real-time 3D presentation and rendering software for architects, designers, engineers, and managers
Transform 3D CAD data into compelling imagery, movies, and immersive presentations
Optimized support for Autodesk Inventor 2012 software--including Autodesk Materials and animated Inventor constraints
Accelerated raytracing; real-time geometry-on-geometry shadows; non-photorealistic effects
Smart walk-throughs; task wizards that help simplify common workflows

System Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating system
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business operating system (SP2 or higher)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system (SP3 or higher)
- Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon processor (or higher) with SSE3 instruction set support
- 2 GB RAM (4GB recommended)
- 20 GB free hard drive space
- Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with a minimum of 512MB graphics memory (1GB recommended) and DirectX 9 technology support.
- Three-button mouse
- DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD
- USB port for supported USB peripherals and installation from USB storage media
- Internet connection for network and internet-enabled Showcase features