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Hi Galen, thanks for asking. Simply 3D is a full-featured 3D rendering/animation product designed to offer a smooth transition from 2D to 3D. Renderize Live EZ, the backbone of Simply 3D, allows you to load and extrude 2D vector drawings from the AI file format to turn them into 3D objects. These objects can be positioned in 3D space along with a camera and light sources, and rendered with a wide variety of color, textures, lighting, shadowinf, lens, etc characteristics. Simply 3D alos includes Visual Font, which extrudes and bevels Windows TrueType fonts to create 3D objects. Simply 3D also includes a library of seamless textures and 3D objects, ready to load and render. Finally, Simply 3D is compatible with Simply Scenes, a new library of datasets that are organized as completed "load-and-render" scenes. The objects, materials, iamges, etc that make up a scene can be used together or individually to create your own scenes. Simply 3D lists for $59. You can call us at 800 669-7318 to learn more about it and to find out which software chains carry it. Hope this info helps. Nick Josephs Visual Software