Category:	Graphics & Design
Price:	Free
Popularity:	Low
Version String:	2.5.2.137
Release Date:	2018-06-12
Architecture:	i386
Minimum OS:	macOS 10.4
Vendor Name:	Daz Productions, Inc.
Homepage:	www.daz3d.com

Description:

Hexagon delivers all the tools a graphic artist needs to create detailed 3D models ready for final render. Packed with features such as; DAZ Studio Bridge, sculpted primitives, freehand modeling brushes, micro-displacement modeling tools, comprehensive UV-mapping modules, advanced 3D paint, and instant ambient occlusion. Hexagon provides you with all the options of expensive competitor software, but at an affordable price.


What's Included and Features

Features

New in version 2.5!
• DAZ Studio Bridge - Import models from DAZ Studio, modify them and export right back to DAZ Studio - Windows Only. Mac Users will be notified when this feature is tested, optimized, and available.
• Sculpted Primitives - Save special primitive models in TGA format to load into Second Life Sculpted Prims Video on YouTube

Free Tessellation tool
• Tessellate directly on the surface of a polygon, or from edge to edge

Enhanced Tree view
• Now includes multi-select
• Easy drag 'n drop ordering
• Quickly search elements by name

User defined tablet settings can be saved and reused in later sessions

Improved control over texture image maps when importing and exporting from and to OBJ's

Updated Documentation

Enhanced Menu, Docking, Collapsing, & Text Tool User Interfaces

Bump maps are now stored as 16 bit grayscale TIFF images

Brush Modeling
• Freehand modeling tools
• Displacement Modeling
• Bump Map Painting

UV Mapping
• UV-Unfold
• UV-Mapping module

Texturing
• Paint and Reveal textures
• Transparency
• Combine effects for advanced materials

Display
• Instant Ambient Occlusion
• Real-time shadows

Smoothing
• Multi-resolution smoothing
• Smooth creasing

Performance
• Major polygon count improvement
• Ultra-fast high polygon count models edition

Modeling
• Autosnap on surfaces
• Deformers on selection and FreeForm Deformation Cage (NFFD)
• Tesselate from a Line

Interface & Workflow
• Support for pen tablets:
• Resizeable 3D Views
• Contextual menus
• Dockable Palettes
• Additional floating 3D View

Additional New Features in Hexagon 2.0
• Improved SceneTree
• Full support of dual-screen
• Memory usage optimized
• Improved documentation (audio dubbing, hyper links, and more)
• Hexagon User's Guide
• Normal Maps / Bump Maps support
• Adjust soft selection radius using the mouse
• Faster launch
• Simplified layout of tooltab
• Focal set by value
• Extended numerical fields
• Dialog scrolling with mouse wheel
• Intuitive edge-modeling
• Organic modeling with instant surface-subdivision Advanced Surface construction
• Hi-level 3D modeling tools
• Fully editable construction history (Dynamic GeometryTM)
• Export to Carrara, OBJ, 3DS, DXF, STL
• Illustrator Import
• Fast and functional polygonal manipulators for flexible and intuitive edge-modeling
• Comprehensive and clever selection system for very fast surfaces manipulation
• Instant dynamic surface subdivision engine for smooth and organic modeling
• Advanced surfaces construction for complex shapes
• Advanced modeling tools (Boolean operators, Filleting
• Editable construction history
• Clear and enjoyable user interface

Localized for the following languages:
• English
• French
• Japanese