Realize your ideas with Autodesk® VIZ 2006, software for 3D modeling, rendering, and animation. Whether you’re exploring concepts, validating strategy, or communicating design intent to clients, the state-of-the-art technologies and new features of Autodesk VIZ 2006 bring power, versatility, and stunning realism to your vision. Benefits include: Streamlined image creation with straightforward modeling features and new tools for creating and managing content, such as tool palettes and a new content browser for cameras, lights, and materials Efficient use of existing data with unique interoperability with other Autodesk® design applications such as AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, and Autodesk Inventor Clearly and accurately share your design ideas using advanced global illumination processes (including mental ray® rendering technology) that capture even the most subtle effects for compellingly realistic 3D visualizations

System requirements:

Software: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 2) or Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 DirectX 9.0c (DirectX 9 Recommended), OpenGL® Hardware: Intel® PIII or later or AMD® based - processor running at 500Mhz minimum (Dual Intel Xeon®, dual AMD Athlon®, or Opetron™ (32-bit) system recommended) 512MB RAM and 500MB swap space minimum (1GB RAM and 2GB Swap Space card supporting 1024x768x16-bit color with 64MB RAM. (OpenGL® and Direct3D® hardware acceleration supported; 3D graphics accelerator 1280 X 1024 32-bit color with 256MB RAM preferred) Microsoft Windows-compliant pointing device. (Specific optimization for Microsoft Intellimouse®.) Wacom Intuos or similar pressure sensitive tablet recommended for vertex paint CD-ROM drive Optional: sound card and speakers, cabling for TCP/IP-compliant network, 3D hardware graphics acceleration, video input and output devices, joystick, midi-instruments, 3- button mouse