Software Update: K-3D 0.8.0.0

K-3D has arrived at version 0.8.0.0. With this program, 3d objects and animations can be designed and it is also capable of rendering them. The software is offered as open source and is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Although the name suggests otherwise, it is not a specific KDE application. More information about this program can be found in this wiki are being found. The changelog for this release looks like this:

K-3D 0.8 Release Notes

• Completely rewritten data storage for geometric meshes – good for rendering one million polygons at interactive rates.
• Introductory support for the LuxRender render engine.
• Experimental support for CSG operations.
• Introductory support for NURBS.
• Experimental material editor.
• New / rewritten support for 3DS, Collada, OBJ, MD2, Ogre, PLY, STL, and SVG files.
• Interactive Python Shell
• New CMake based cross platform build system.
• Over 300 regression tests run every night.
• Nightly coverage testing.
• New Mercurial based version control.
• New website.
• New time-based release schedule – the next K-3D release will be October, 2010.

K-3D screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.