Cortona3D Viewer – version 6.0 now available

Cortona3D (formerly ParallelGraphics) has just released an upgrade to the market leading Cortona3D Viewer – version 6.0 is now available and offers a range of new powerful features.

What’s New in v. 6.0

* Unicode support: full support for UTF-8 in VRML
* Support for Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and Google Chrome
* Improved installation procedure: use of Microsoft installer
* Localization of the user interface
* Phong lighting model support
* Improved performance: new DirectX renderer
* New VRML extensions: additional operations with layers, support for composite textures and gradient background
* Changes in VRML Automation interface: changes in the Pick method and the bounding box calculation method


Cortona3D provides 3D visual communication and publishing software to equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. Cortona3D open standards tools give authors the power to create interactive, animated 3D Product Documentation such as maintenance manuals, parts catalogs and interactive training from existing CAD assets rapidly. Proven benefits are three times faster production, 80%+ cost savings, and improved quality. Customers include Boeing, Ford, GE, Bosch, ESA and Airbus. Cortona3D has an unmatched track record of sector leadership and continuous product improvement with representation in industry standardization bodies including AECMA, ATA and ADL-SCORM and S1000D.