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The Juggler (The demo turned into Sculpt 3D)
Silver 1.0 (Becomes Turbo Silver. Later Replaced with Imagine)
Turbo Silver 2.0
Cyber Sculpt 1.0
Modeler 1.0 (Accompanied with VideoScape turns into LightWave)
Creative Environment 1.0 (Later Softimage|3D)
Sculpt 4D (Sculpt 3D with animation capabilities)
Cyber Sculpt 2.0 (End of Life- Author moved to 3D Studio DOS)
Real3D 1.0 (Later RealSoft 3D)
Real3D 1.2
Creative Environment 2.0
Alias PowerAnimator (First public entertainment oriented release)
3D Studio DOS
3D Studio DOS R4 (Later 3D Studio MAX)
SOFTIMAGE Creative Environment 2.6 (Later Softimage|3D)
Softimage|3D 3.0 (Previously Creative Environment)
Cinema 4D 3.0
Imagine 4.0
Softimage|3D 3.5
3D Studio MAX 1.0 (Previously 3D Studio DOS)
Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator 7.0
(Replaces Alias PowerAnimator, TDI Explore and Wavefront Advanced Visualizer and partly Alias Sketch!)
3D Studio MAX R3 (Changes name to Discreet 3dsmax)
Alias|Wavefront Maya 2.0
Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator 9.0 (End of Life. Replaced by Maya)
Alias|Wavefront Maya 3.0
Realsoft 3D 4.0 (Previously Real3D)
Softimage|XSI 1.5
Realsoft 3D 4.1
Softimage|XSI 2.0
Softimage|3D 4.0 (End of Life. Replaced by Softimage|XSI)
Softimage|XSI 3.0
Realsoft 3D 4.5
Cinema 4D R9.0
Discreet 3dsmax 7 (Changes name to Autodesk 3ds Max)
Realsoft 3D 5.0
LightWave 3D 8.2
Realsoft 3D 5.1
Cinema 4D R9.5
Alias Maya 7.0 (Changes name to Autodesk Maya)
Autodesk 3ds Max 8
Realsoft 3D 5.2
LightWave 3D 8.5
Realsoft 3D 5.3
Modo 202
Autodesk Maya 8.0
Autodesk 3ds Max 9
LightWave 3D 9.2
Realsoft 3D 5.4
Modo 301
Autodesk Maya 2008
Autodesk 3ds Max 2008
Autodesk Softimage 7.5 (Previously Softimage|XSI)
Realsoft 3D 7.0
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