Electric Rain has released Swift 3D MAX, a plugin version of its Swift 3D standalone product that offers 3ds max users the power to render 3D scenes directly from the 3ds max interface to a variety of vector-based file formats, including Flash (SWF) AI, EPS, and the latest XML-based vector format SVG.

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   The Swift 3D MAX plug-in accurately exports 3D scenes, while staying true to colors, lighting
   schemes, camera views and animations. According to Electric Rain, its proprietary rendering
   technology, RAViX II, renders up to 10x faster than other 3D-to-vector rendering products. It supports
   an extensive array of rendering options including three levels of outlines, five levels of cartoon
   shading, two levels of gradient shading, plus shadows, specular highlights, and a new preview
   window that allows users to see the results of each rendered frame.

   Swift 3D MAX is able to handle models and objects containing well over 200,000 polygons, including
   complex intersecting and self-intersecting objects. The resulting files are fully optimized so users do
   not have to rely on outside applications (i.e., Macromedia Flash) to perform the optimization.

   Swift 3D MAX is built around Electric Rain's proprietary rendering technology, RAViX II, which converts
   3D models into vector-based 2D files. The most recent version that powers Swift 3D MAX touts
   significant improvements in both rendering speed and file size optimization over the first generation
   RAViX.

   Electric Rain is making the technology available for licensing by other 3D and technology companies.

   Swift 3D MAX is available immediately on the Windows platform and is compatible with 3ds max
   versions 3, 3.1 and 4. The SRP for Swift 3D MAX is US $295, and is currently available from the
   Electric Rain website.