The Conceptual Selector tool works exclusively with the RedSDK^® plug-in in the following display modes: Hidden Line, Draft Render, Quality Render, and Advanced Render. It utilizes the full 3D model, materials, lighting, adjustable scale, and editing capabilities. Users can edit selector geometry, materials, handles, and response to mouse movements. All data is stored in TCW Profiles, accessible for editing.

RedSDK^® offers a comprehensive set of features designed to enhance rendering quality and performance. Multiple-importance sampling calculations provide significantly better rendering quality. The probabilistic distribution of lighting samples reduces the burden of rendering scenes with many lights, resulting in faster rendering and better quality with less noise. Adaptive Sampling for ray-tracing reduces the amount of calculation for a pixel based on a quality threshold, achieving performance savings of up to 75% of the rendering time with minimal loss in quality.

The post-processing capabilities of RedSDK^® include a variety of effects such as sharpen, glow, blur, and depth of field. Additionally, color manipulation tools are available, including brightness/contrast controls, hue saturation lightness controls, and input/output levels controls. These effects are accessible in all RedSDK^® modes: hardware, hybrid, or software.

Real-time rendering includes the visibility and rendering of portals by the GPU, which are considered physical lights and converted to the GPU as any other physical light. IES profiles are also visible and rendered with no associated performance cost.

The RedSDK^® Plug-in for TurboCAD integrates directly with TurboCAD’s Material Editor, offering an extensive range of shaders for material creation and finishing, complete with real-time previews. These previews are available not just on simple shapes like cubes or spheres, but also on selections from your model, streamlining the material editing process. Detailed descriptions of each shader within the dialog window guide you through each step, making the creation and alteration of materials more intuitive. With a library of over 500 materials and the capability to create hundreds of custom colors, materials, and effects, your rendering possibilities are nearly limitless. The RedSDK^® material library, a comprehensive collection of pre-defined materials, is designed for high-resolution, photo-realistic rendering. Additionally, many materials are configured for advanced interactive renderings, providing a 'real-time' configuration option. The most advanced realistic materials are optimized for an excellent balance between quality and rendering speed, meeting the expectations of an all-purpose material.