Shade is the powerful modeling, rendering and animation platform for 3D designers, 3D animators and 3D game developers. Use Shade as a complete, standalone tool set, or as a key design tool in your existing workflow.

First released in 1986, Shade has received continuous development and improvements in features and workflow to meet or exceed the needs of professionals.

With Shade 3D ver. 14 you get more tools for precision modeling – for digital designs as well as creation tools for 3D printing.

Shade 3D is also a proven tool for content creation for 3D games and a favorite among developers that choose Unity 3D.

Integration
Shade supports a long list of file formats for importing, exporting and referencing objects and materials created in or shared with other applications.

Workflow
Time saving customizable Workspaces, Explorer and Browser make it easy to locate, organize and manage your scenes.

Rendering
Shade renderer supports breathtakingly realistic radiosity even in Shade Basic, with higher levels supporting multipass and toon rendering.

Modeling
Shade includes a comprehensive tools for modeling with resolution independent surfaces and polygon mesh objects.

Materials
Build your own materials with volumetric, sub-surface scattering, built in parameterized effects and solid textures.

3D Printing
Shade includes an enhanced tool set to help you create 3d models that you can transform into 3D objects through 3D printing.

Animation
Powerful bones, skin, motion effects and particle physics animation system makes Shade ideal for your next animation project.