| | Houseplan | SU | Max 2023 | RVT |
USE Stage
| | Pro | Studio | | |
| Conceptual Plan or Preliminary Design | √ | √ | √ | √ | x |
| Construction Plans and Specifications （BIM） | x | x | x | x | √ |
| Functionality | | | | | |
| Modeling | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Simulation | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Animation | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Real-time Rendering | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Publish .exe file | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Video & Image | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| USE Scenarios | | | | | |
| General Planning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| External Modeling | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Interior Design | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Geography | √ | √ | √ | x | √ |
| 3D Animation | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Entertainment | √ | x | x | √ | x |
| Industrial Design | √ | x | x | √ | √ |
| Landscape Design | √ | √ | √ | x | √ |
| Education | √ | √ | √ | x | √ |
| Metaverse | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Target User | | | | | |
| Professionals | √ | x | x | √ | √ |
| Non-professionals | √ | √ | √ | x | x |
| Businesses | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Interface | | | | | |
| Intuitive Interface | √ | √ | √ | x | x |
| Theme Changing | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Modelling Method | | | | | |
| Quick Modeling | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Push-pull Modeling | √ | √ | √ | √ | x |
| Spline Modeling | √ | Need Extensions | Need Extensions | √ | limited |
| NURBS Modeling | √ | Need Extensions | Need Extensions | √ | limited |
| Polygon Modeling | √ | √ | √ | √ | limited |
| Parametric Modeling | √ | Need Extensions | Need Extensions | x | √ |
| Professional Entities | | | | | |
| Smart Road | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Doors, Windows, Balconies, Stairs,Roof | √ | x | x | √ | √ |
| Interior Elements | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Compatibility | | | | | |
| Import of .osgb tiles | √ | x | x | √ | √ |
| osgb tile Editing and Saving | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Compile the Model to osgb tiles | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Orthophoto | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Point Cloud | √ | x | √ | √ | √ |
| dwg/jpg/bmp/png/fbx/obj/3ds/rvt/skp/tif/dem | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Extensions | | | | | |
| No need for additional Extensions | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Material | | | | | |
| Material Replacement (full scene) | √ | x | x | x | x |
| UV Edit | √ | x | x | √ | x |
| Rendering | | | | | |
| Real-time Rendering | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Switch Weather by one click | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Library | | | | | |
| Basic Building Outlines | √ | x | x | x | √ |
| Custom Material | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Builiding Components | √ | x | x | x | √ |
| Output | | | | | |
| Interactive Publishing file | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Video | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Image | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| System requirements | | | | | |
| CPU | Intel I5-9 and above | 2+ GHz processor/ Apple M1 processor | 2+ GHz processor/ Apple M1 processor | 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor | Intel® Xeon® or AMD® multi-core processor |
| Video Card | Nvidia GTX1660Ti or higher | Current generation AMD or NVIDIA graphic card | Current generation AMD or NVIDIA graphic card | 3ds Max Certified Graphic Hardware | NVIDIA® GRID（K260Q or higher）or AMD MxGPU（Radeon Pro V340 or higher） |
| RAM | 16GB or higher | 16GB or higher | 16GB or higher | 8GB or higher | 16GB or higher |
| Hard Drive | 4GB free hard-disk space | 2GB free hard-disk space | 2GB free hard-disk space | 9GB+ free hard-disk space | 30GB free hard-disk space |
| License | | | | | |
| Perpetual Licenseing | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Annual Licenseing | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Others | | | | | |
| Import and Export | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Offline Using | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Trial Period | 90days | 30days | 30days | 30days | 30days |
| AutoCad Tools | √ | x | x | x | x |
| Custom Camera Viewpoints | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Lighting & Sun Orientation | √ | Need Extensions | Need Extensions | √ | √ |
