RailClone 6 review: makes CG scenes easy

Create 3D scenes and art easier with RailClone 6.

RailClone 6 review; a designer home next to a scenic river
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Our Verdict

RailClone 6 is one of the best apps around for making it easy to create dressed CG scenes. This app has already supplanted itself into the workflow of many artists, so is it time you tried it?

For

  • Great support and development
  • Ever-growing and improved asset library

Against

  • Only works with 3ds Max
  • Rivals chomping at its heels

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RailClone 6: details

What is it? RailClone is an 'artist-friendly parametric modelling and spline-cloning plugin for 3ds Max'
What's new? 100s of new objects added to the library, always 'open' Style Editor, a new RailClone Slice modifier
Price
$275 / £195
Company iToo Software 
Website itoosoft

RailClone first hit the 3D marketplace in 2010, making it possible to create procedurally driven models. Artists were already in full flow with duplicating and instancing tools, but the concept of using set parameters in order to generate models wasn’t in many people’s minds.

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

RailClone 6 review: makes CG scenes easy

RailClone 6 is one of the best apps around for making it easy to create dressed CG scenes. This app has already supplanted itself into the workflow of many artists, so is it time you tried it?

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Paul Hatton
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Paul is a digital expert. In the 20 years since he graduated with a first-class honours degree in Computer Science, Paul has been actively involved in a variety of different tech and creative industries that make him the go-to guy for reviews, opinion pieces, and featured articles. With a particular love of all things visual, including photography, videography, and 3D visualisation Paul is never far from a camera or other piece of tech that gets his creative juices going. You'll also find his writing in other places, including Creative Bloq, Digital Camera World, and 3D World Magazine. 

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