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Kerkythea

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Kerkythea is a freeware 3D rendering application that uses physically accurate materials and lights to produce high quality renders. It provides a full staging environment including a GL real-time viewer, material editor, and render settings editors under a common interface. It accepts .3ds or .obj models and includes a free exporter plugin for SketchUp. It is available for Windows, Linux, and MacOSX.

What it's for

Rendering 3D modelsSetting up and staging scenes for renderingCreating photo-realistic materialsExporting SketchUp models for rendering

Features 10

Accepts .3ds and .obj model formats
Automated scene setup tools
Common unified interface
Cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, MacOSX)
Free SketchUp exporter plugin
General/render settings editors
GL real-time viewer for scene staging
Kerkythea SDK available
Material editor system
Physically accurate materials and lights

At a glance

free tierAPI

TypeDesktop app

DeploymentInstalled (local)

PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux

CompanyAltair Engineering, Inc.

Integrations

SketchUp

Resources

Docs

Pricing

Kerkythea is described as freeware with no licensing cost; related products (Thea Render, Inspire Render) are separately licensed but are different products.

FreewareFree

Described as freeware software that can produce high quality renders without spending on software licensing.