Valence 3D is a powerful and user-friendly 3D polygon modeling tool designed specifically for iPad and iPhone. Whether you are just starting with 3D modeling or you are a professional in fields like design, construction, gaming, web development, digital fabrication, or architecture, Valence 3D provides everything you need to create amazing models.

With Valence 3D, you can create, import, edit, and export various 3D models. The app comes with 25 built-in primitive shapes to help you begin your modeling journey, including planes, boxes, spheres, and more. You can easily import existing models or reference images, as well as room plans and lidar scans. The app supports multiple file types for both import and export, including OBJ, STL, USD, and GLTF formats, ensuring flexibility for your projects.

One of the standout features of Valence 3D is the knife tool, which allows you to achieve complex and detailed geometry. The app also includes robust modeling gizmos, making it simple to move, rotate, and scale nodes, faces, edges, and vertices. You can perform a variety of operations such as extruding, insetting, beveling, and poking. Automatic loop selection and multiple selection options help streamline the modeling process. For precise transformations and mesh operations, you can tap on the gizmo handles to bring up input fields.

Navigating your model in Valence 3D is effortless thanks to its optimized user interface. The app is designed to reduce cognitive overload, showing only the tools and commands relevant to your current task. You can easily zoom, rotate, and navigate through your model using simple gestures. The app also allows you to quickly switch to standard orthographic views. Your work is automatically saved every two minutes and when you return to the gallery, ensuring you don't lose your progress. The Outliner gives you an overview of your scene’s structure, and you can long-press to rename, duplicate, or delete any object in your model.

Valence 3D also excels in organization. With built-in iCloud syncing, you can manage your models across all of your devices. You can easily preview, share, duplicate, or delete your models from the gallery.

When it comes to rendering, Valence 3D offers six available rendering modes, including Matcap and Physically Based. You can export renders in any aspect ratio and preview your model in AR with just two taps. The app ensures your scene looks consistent across all Apple devices when exported as a USDZ file. You can adjust your model's material properties and see changes in real-time, along with tweaking scene settings such as camera field of view and background types. Plus, you can add persistent dimensions between any two surfaces to get accurate scene measurements with just one click.

Valence 3D is available for a one-time purchase, which unlocks both iPhone and iPad versions. It supports Apple Pencil on select iPads and takes advantage of ProMotion display support on devices equipped with it. For enhanced performance, path tracing is supported on iPads with M series chips and iPhones with A15 Bionic chips or later. Additionally, the app allows for room plan import, making it suitable for a wide range of projects.

Whether you’re a beginner in 3D modeling or a professional looking for advanced design tools, Valence 3D has everything you need. Its combination of digital fabrication tools and spatial computing applications makes it a versatile and effective choice for anyone in the field.