Cortona3D Viewers for Windows

Cortona3D Viewer for Windows, previously known as Cortona VRML Client, works as a VRML plug-in for Internet Explorer and office applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word. The component is also used for viewing 3D illustrations within the plugin-based RapidAuthor publications.

Key features

• Complete VRML97 support
• Support for modern 3D accelerators via DirectX
• Advanced rendering: mipmapping, phong lighting, reflection mapping, and enhanced anti-aliasing
• Additional nodes and capabilities extending the VRML specification
• Powerful API based on the ActiveX Automation technology
• Interface languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Russian

Licensing

Cortona3D Viewer is free for personal, non-commercial, and academic use.

The RapidAuthor license allows you to copy and distribute Cortona3D Viewer and Cortona2D Viewer to third parties alongside content generated from RapidAuthor.

In other cases use you need to purchase a license.

For more information on the Cortona3D Viewer, please contact us at sales@cortona3d.com.

Download Cortona3D Viewer

Cortona3D Viewer 32-bit version Download (7.96 MB)

Cortona3D Viewer 64-bit version Download (13.9 MB)

Cortona2D & Cortona3D Viewer* (32-bit and 64-bit versions) Download (31.7 MB)

*This setup installs 32-bit versions of the viewers on the 32-bit system and installs both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the viewers on the 64-bit system.

System requirements

• Operating system: Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
• Web browser: Internet Explorer 11.0 or a later version
• Hardware: 1 GHz or faster processor, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c graphics device, 20 MB available hard disk space

Useful links

VRML extensions supported by Cortona3D Viewer (documentation and samples)

A pluggable component for viewing a wide range of 2D graphics including CGM, BMP, GIF, and JPEG. The component is also used for viewing 2D images within the plugin-based RapidAuthor publications.

Key features

• Navigate hotspots and embedded hyperlinks in your technical drawings just like any web page.
• Support for WebCGM v2.0
• Support for CGM, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WMF, and EMF
• 32-bit and 64-bit support
• Shell extension for 2D image preview in Windows Explorer

Benefits and features of the Cortona2D viewer in conjunction with RapidAuthor

• 2D images generated in procedures are linked to the procedure action and timeline allowing automated updates (including raster images generated from 3D)
• 2D images generated in catalogs are linked to the sheet view allowing automated updates (including raster images from 3D)
• Ability to show one or multiple callouts for similar parts
• Ability to show one or multiple leader lines per callout
• Optional SVG output
• Clipping of the scene to the back of the camera for orthogonal projections

Licensing

Cortona2D Viewer is free for personal, non-commercial, and academic use.

The RapidAuthor license allows you to copy and distribute Cortona3D Viewer and Cortona2D Viewer to third parties alongside content generated from RapidAuthor.

In other cases use you need to purchase a license.

For more information on the Cortona2D Viewer, please contact us at sales@cortona3d.com.

Download Cortona2D Viewer

Cortona2D Viewer 32-bit version Download (2.4 MB)

Cortona2D Viewer 64-bit version Download (3.2 MB)

Cortona2D & Cortona3D Viewer (32-bit and 64-bit versions) Download (31.7 MB)

This united setup will install 32-bit versions of the viewers on the 32-bit system and will install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the viewers on the 64-bit system.

System requirements

• Operating system: Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
• Web browser: Internet Explorer 11.0 or a later version
• Hardware: 1 GHz or faster processor, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c graphics device, 20 MB available hard disk space