E-on Vue

Vue
Vue landscape example
Developer	Bentley Systems
Initial release	November 8, 1997;28 years ago (1997-11-08)
Final release	2023 / January 11, 2023;2 years ago (2023-01-11)
Operating system	Windows, macOS
Type	3D computer graphics
License	Proprietary
Website	bentley.com/software/e-on-software-free-downloads

Vue is a software tool for world generation by Bentley Systems, with support for many visual effects, animations, and various other features. The tool has been used in several feature-length films.

In 2024, Bentley Systems announced that Vue would be discontinued, and be freely available to those that still wish to use it. ^[1]

Versions

VUE	PlantFactory
VUE 2016 / VUE 2015 / VUE 2014 / VUE 11	PlantFactory 2016 / PlantFactory 2015 / PlantFactory 2014
CloudFactory - Ozone	Carbon Scatter
CloudFactory 2017 / CloudFactory 2015 / Ozone 6 / Ozone 5	Carbon Scatter 2017 / Carbon Scatter 2015 / Carbon Scatter 2 / Carbon Scatter

Features

This is a list of features as of the 2023 release of Vue:

Terrains

• Heightfield terrains
• Procedural terrains
• Infinite terrains
• Planetary terrains
• Real-world terrains
• 3D terrain sculpting
• Terrain export

EcoSystem Instancing Technology

• Material-based EcoSystems
• Global EcoSystems
• Dynamic EcoSystems
• 360° EcoSystem Population
• Paint EcoSystem instances
• EcoParticles
• Export EcoSystem populations

Vegetation

• Built-in Plant editor
• Compatible with PlantFactory
• Vegetation assets

Atmosphere, Skies and Clouds

• Standard atmospheric model
• Spectral atmospheric model
• Photometric atmospheric model
• Atmosphere presets
• Procedural Volumetric 3D cloud layers
• Standalone 3D Metaclouds
• Convert meshes to Clouds
• Cloud morphing
• Import OpenVDB
• Export standalone and cloud layer zones to OpenVDB
• Export skies as HDRI

Modeling

• Primitive and Feature modeling
• 3D Text edition tool
• Metablobbing
• Hyperblobs
• Export baked hyperblobs
• Splines
• Built in Road Construction toolkit
• Random rock generator
• Export rocks

Texturing and UVs

• Material presets
• PBR
• Substance support
• Node-based procedural materials
• Volumetric materials and Hypertextures
• Stacked UVs
• Unwrapped UVs
• Ptex

Interoperability, Integration And Export

• Export single assets to generic 3D formats
• Full scene export
• Integration plugins
• Import and Export Camera data as FBX and Nuke.chan
• Python API
• ZBrush GoZ bridge

Animation

• Animate objects, materials, atmospheres, clouds, waves...
• Automatic wind and breeze
• Localized wind effects per plant / per EcoSystem population
• Omni and directional ventilators for local modifications of plants
• Time spline editor
• Automatic keyframe creation
• Automatic synchronization of cameras and lights
• Animation export as AfterEffects
• Import motion tracking information

Lighting

• Global illumination, Global Radiosity, Ambient occlusion
• Subsurface Scattering
• HDRI image based lighting
• Point light, Quadratic point light, Spotlight, Quadratic spotlight, Directional light
• Use IES distribution profiles on photometric lights
• Area lights, light panels, light portals
• Physically accurate caustics computation

Rendering

• Render with Ray Tracer
• Render with Path Tracer
• Stereoscopic rendering
• 360/180 VR Panorama Render Option
• Spherical panoramic rendering
• Tone mapping options
• Multipass & G-Buffer
• Network rendering with HyperVue / RenderCows
• Network rendering with RenderNodes

Users

• Blue Sky Studios
• Digital Domain
• DreamWorks Animation: Kung Fu Panda ^[2]
• Industrial Light & Magic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, ^[2] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ^[3]
• Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Weta Digital

See also

• Blender
• Cinema 4D
• 3dsmax
• Maya
• Unity 3D
• Unreal
• Daz
• Photoshop
• Lightwave 3D
• Modo
• Substance
• Bryce

References

1. "e-on Software". bentley.com. Bentley Systems. April 10, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
2. "Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup" (Press release). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
3. "Vue Helps Industrial Light & Magic Create Environments for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" VFX" (Press release). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

External links

• E-on Software