cheetah-3dCheetah3D has just hit V5.1 with dozens of bugfixes and improvements, and a few very useful new features:

Version 5.1 finally also adds copy and paste of polygon, edge and point selections. A often requested feature which is a true time saver in daily work.

Also the memory usage of Cheetah3D has been optimized considerably. Especially large scene with many small objects load much faster (up to 10x) and consume up to 33% less memory.

The new node based material system also got some helpful enhancements. It is now possible to get a preview of all node types and not just the shading nodes. So intermediate results of the shading tree can be checked now.

Existing users can upgrade for $69, or buy new for $149.

via Mac 3D Software for Modelling, Rendering and Animation – Cheetah3D, Latest News.