What is Imagine (3D modeling software)?
'''Imagine''' could do more than all other [[3D modeling]] and [[ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]] programs. It came out for the [[Amiga]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Conconi|first=Patrick|date=April 1991|title=Imagine|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=0989-5450|issue=34|pages=18–21}}</ref> and later [[MS-DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Llombart|first=Philippe|date=March 1997|title=Imagine 5 Amiga (Cybgfx) et Windows ´95|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=99|pages=68–69}}</ref> It was created by [[Impulse (Software company)|Impulse, Inc]]. It uses the .iob extension for its objects. Imagine is based on [[TurboSilver]], which was also for the Amiga and made by Impulse.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jeanjean|first=Marc|date=May 1993|title=Imagine Le pas à pas...|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=57|pages=42|quote=Vous avez sans doute tous entendu parlé de ce merveilleux logiciel qu'est Imagine 2.0. Digne successeur de Turbo Silver.}}</ref> CAD-Technologies continued distributing the Amiga version.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imaginefa.com|title=CAD Technologies - Imagine 3D|website=imaginefa.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801135016/http://imaginefa.com/ |archive-date=2015-08-01 |access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref> Starting with version 5.1, current customers could get new updates for free in the Amiga Constant Upgrade Program (ACUP) until Imagine 6.0, which never came out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cadtech.demon.co.uk/Acup_feat.htm|title=CAD Technologies - Products/ACUP|website=cadtech.demon.co.uk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103085214/http://www.cadtech.demon.co.uk/Acup_feat.htm |archive-date=1999-11-03 |access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref> ==Versions== * Imagine (1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amigafuture.de/asd.php?mode=view&asd_id=1911|title=Imagine 1.0|website=amigafuture.de|access-date=2016-08-05}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchi