All objects, by default, are polygon meshes. LightWave is a polygon and surface modeler. LightWave’s Layout application is where you render and animate your creations. I’ve actually come to prefer it over the everything-all-the-time approach of similar applications editing individual objects within the context of a complex scene can become quite cumbersome. LightWave Hub, a mini-application, sits in your task bar and facilitates the interaction. Likewise, changes made in Modeler are automatically reflected in Layout. You can select an object in Layout, press a key, and open that object up in Modeler. It’s functionally similar to the way most CAD programs let you pop in and out of different environments for models, drawings, and assemblies. It’s not nearly as bad as it sounds, though the two applications are tied together. LightWave is really two separate applications: Modeler for modeling, and Layout for rendering and animation. An engineer will probably find LightWave most useful for creating beautiful renders and animations of designs created in other applications, or as a less structured environment for “sketching” out initial designs. There is no real 2D component, no BOM and no construction history. Unlike those programs, LightWave is one of the few remaining major players in non-CAD 3D space not owned by the Autodesk juggernaut.Ī prototype MP3 player rendered with LightWave’s new Car Paint shader, and Sigma fisheye lens. Like those programs, it is used heavily in the production of games, motion pictures, television, and print ads.
LightWave is in the class of “art and media” applications that includes 3ds Max and Maya.
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