3D-Coat is everything you need in a cutting edge 3D package at a fraction of the price. Used by professionals at the top of their field everyday to create stunning 3D graphics. Included in this robust package is sculpting, 3D & 2D painting, UV layout tool and much more. Clean up your models with the retopology tools and generate meshes with the brand new auto-retopology tool that was the standout at SIGGRAPH 2010.

Voxel Sculpting allows you sculpt without any topological constraints and create complex details with existing volume, like clay. You can dynamically change your sculpture, fundamentally, without worrying about topology. This approach gives you an absolute feeling of freedom in sculpting. Feel like a true artist here, don’t think about polygons and structure, just express yourself as an Artist.
Layered Painting like Adobe Photoshop. Create, organize and link paint layers together directly inside 3D-Coat. Link layers, use blending effects and control opacity. Plus much more.
Sync with Adobe Photoshop®™ for painting directly inside of Adobe Photoshop (or almost any other .PSD compliant application). Project your mesh for painting, or paint directly on the UVs in an external application and when finished, sync the changes to the paint layers in 3D-Coat. See the results directly on your mesh.
Per Pixel Painting saves you valuable time when painting low poly game assets. It allows you to create normal maps in real-time directly on your mesh. No need to create a high poly version at all!
PTEX technology is a new “no-UVs” required painting method. You can paint extremely high level details in areas you specify with local resolution. UVs are generated on a per poly basis (dependent on local resolution), and, when your texture work is done will export a single file for use in a PTEX compliant render engine. You can also bake your PTEX created textures to objects with existing UV maps for use in render engines that do not support PTEX.
MicroVertex Paint sculpt details with high poly meshes. This method is similar to what you find in other polygonal sculpting applications, however, the painting tools are the same as Per Pixel mode in that it allows you to paint directly on the mesh but not needing to have a high resolution mesh for those painted details to show up. The color and specular channels are passed on to the texture map directly.
Retopology. With these tools you place polygons, edges and vertices to quickly and easily specify edge flow where you need it. You can sub-divide polygons en masse, create retopology groups (layers) for more advanced techniques or simply to hide part of the retopology mesh to get it out of your way.
Auto-Retopology (AUTOPO) with user defined guides for accurate edge loops and density painting. Create new topology from scratch or adjust existing retopology meshes with the most powerful set of manual retopology tools in the industry. By combining the Auto and Manual retopology tools you can create the mesh you need. The Auto Retopology is fantastic for organic creations.
UV-Mapping has never been so easy! You can create or edit existing UV sets with an intuitive and flexible set of tools. Using various unwrapping methods (LSCM, ABF++ & planar), you can create the UV sets for your specific needs very quickly. Simple select your seams and unwrap your mesh with the click of a button.
Customizable Interface. 3D-Coat has a professional customizable interface. Layout is broken on several separate rooms. Each room has own hotkeys set and dockable panels. You can easily create and store your own layouts.
Render your scenes with antialiasing, depth of field, ambient occlusion, alpha channel, and soft shadows. Make the turntables and share it with the community with easy-to-use “Upload turntable” wizard.
Cross Platform Support. 3D-Coat supports Windows (XP, Vista & Windows 7), Linux (various distros) and Mac OSX.
Nvidia CUDA Acceleration increases the speed of the voxel sculpting experience by 4-7 times, depending on your CUDA supported video card.
3D Connexion 3D Mouse support allows you to navigate a scene with the greatest of ease.
8 Languages are supported (English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Korean, and Russian).
Community Support is top shelf. Even the developer of 3D-Coat interacts directly with the users. Need help? Head to the 3D-Coat support forum.
And More!!
As all sales are final and no refunds shall be given for this product, you are strongly suggested to download the demo version first to see if it will meet your requirements. You can download the demo from this page:
Trial version is fully functional for 30 days!
After this period you can use it in demo mode:
- All export functions are disabled
- Limitation on quantity of layers per object, maximum 7 layers allowed
- Maximum texture size is 2048×2048
The recommended program activation procedure:
- Download and install the demo version of 3D-Coat
- Choose the version to purchase and render the payment accordingly. Be certain to select your OS from the drop down list and to correctly type in your email address (if your email address is incorrect you will not receive your Serial Number!)
- The Serial Number will be sent to your e-mail once order processing is complete. This process usually takes less than 24 hours, but can take up to 72 hours maximum
A Serial Number is bound to a single user. Nobody else can use the Software on your computers. If you are a private individual, you may install and use the Software maximum on three computers — on one office computer and on two your personal home computers, provided that you do not use the Software simultaneously on more than one computer.
Sometimes the Software will connect to the Pilgway’s web-based server to check simultaneous use of the software on a computer. No private information will be transferred, only the serial number for authentication. Pilgway’s web-based server will prohibit the work of the Software in case several computers simultaneously use the Software with one serial number. In case of repeated simultaneous use of the same serial number on several computers the serial number and the normal work of the Software will be permanently blocked.
The same serial number authentication will be made between the computers connected into a local area network.
OS: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 10.4.5 (Intel) or later
CPU: 1.2 GHz or better
RAM: 512Mb (4096 recommended)
Video Card: Radeon 9600/Nvidia 5600 128Mb (256 recommended) or better (CUDA features require at least a GeForce 8 or higher)
DirectX/OpenGL: DirectX 9.0c or better for Windows, OpenGL 2.0 for MacOS
Get started running with our one of a kind textures and tutorial videos, available at a discounted price with your 3D-Coat purchase.
Educational License Restrictions:
- Non-Commercial Usage
- Textures size export is limited to 2048×2048
- Paint Layers are limited to 7 total
Educational Licenses are for students, hobbyists, amateurs, senior citizens and unemployed pursuing non-commercial uses
If you are not in a rush, or have a slow or no internet connection, this is provided as an option.