About mental ray
mental ray® is a high performance, photorealistic rendering software which produces images of unsurpassed realism from computer-aided design and digital content creation data, by relying on patented and proprietary ray tracing algorithms. mental ray combines full programmability for the creation of any imaginable visual phenomenon, with setup-free interactive photorealistic rendering (iray®) in one single solution.
If you are familiar with previous editions of mental ray, you may want to see what's new in the newly released mental ray 3.9.
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Availability of mental ray
Our products are integrated by the world’s leading manufacturers of computer-aided design and digital content creation software companies.
In addition, our strategic partners re-sell standalone versions of mental ray to professional end users.
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Using mental ray
Training and consulting services, publications, user communities, tutorials and more. The path to becoming a mental ray expert starts here.
mental ray for Integration
A developer version of mental ray is available, and offered to software application developers for integration into a wide range of applications that require sophisticated and interactive rendering capabilities such as CAD, styling design, architectural design, visualization, and visual effects.