VizUp Reducer Professional

VizUp Reducer Professional enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model while retaining the quality and appearance of the original. Supports Wavefront .OBJ, VRML 2.0/97 and StereoLitho (.STL) file formats.

Pros: CAD systems usually produce quite heavy files of models of real life components and assemblies. However, one needs to exchange these models for viewing by others, publication purposes and several other reasons. Exchanging these heavy/large files is a difficult proposition when systems are not totally integrated. They are a problem even when these other systems are networked together. What is really needed is being able to see the realistic model without a lot of embedded design information that are not required for 3D viewing.

One of the ways this lightening of the models can be done is by reducing the number of faces created by the original rendering system. This application does that while maintaining the look & feel of the model. Reduced model is a balance of details retained and the model file size. The reduced file then can be used in virtual reality or real time systems without any loss of sense of reality. One could view the original vertices, planes used to model it, smoothened view etc. One could rotate the model around all three axes to get a complete visualization feel of the object. Formats supported for interchange are the Wavefront, OBJ, VRML 2.0 and STL file formats. The reduction process is a simple one click process, does not need any technical knowledge. The application picks up the necessary parameters from the data available in the input model.

The user interface is really simple and easy to use- a completely uncluttered tool bar.

Cons: Viewing based on complete rotation driven by the mouse or a movie base approach would have been nicer. But then they are not problems really but are nice to have features.

Overall: Well designed application with very simple and easy to use interface and little learning time, this is a 5 star candidate.

Models that you create with the help of 3D modeling tools, as well as models converted from CAD software can be extremely complex. These models may consist of many hundreds of thousands of polygons and be practically impossible to process in real-time visualization.
VizUp Reducer Professional has the basic set of functionalities. It enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model while retaining the quality and appearance of the original. The end result of the reduction is a 3D model with a well-balanced level of details and size, which is perfect for the use in virtual reality and real-time visualization systems. The process of reduction is extremely simple and doesn`t require any advanced knowledge. VizUp automatically picks all necessary parameters without any manual interference on your side. Supports Wavefront .OBJ, VRML 2.0/97 and StereoLitho (.STL) file formats.
VizUp Professional is an ad hoc polygon reduction and optimization system that enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model and optimize its geometry. The end result of such compression is a model with a well-balanced level of details and size, which can be used in virtual reality and real-time visualization systems.
With VizUp Professional in place, the process of polygon reduction is downright simple and does not require any advanced knowledge of CAD or CAE. You may completely rely on its artificial intelligence, which is able to pick the best compression parameters for a particular model and perform the reduction automatically.