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Path Tracing

A rendering method that simulates many possible light paths to create realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections.

Path tracing follows simulated rays of light through a scene and estimates how they bounce, reflect, refract, and scatter. It is a common approach for realistic rendering and is closely tied to Global Illumination, Light Bounces, and Volumetrics.

Plasticity

Plasticity is a CAD-style 3D modeling application aimed at fast hard-surface and product design workflows.

Plasticity is often used for precision hard-surface modeling, product forms, and concept design. It sits closer to CAD workflows than Blender mesh modeling and is frequently discussed alongside NURBS, bevels, chamfers, and hard-surface work.