

iClone is a companion tool that allows Expert-level modelers to bring in their creations to animate on the fly. Naturally, this does not make iClone a competitor. iClone is not designed to model anything from scratch as there are existing tools that already do a wonderful job at that. The same can be said for Expert users, who already have high-end software like ZBrush, that do a much better job at creating characters and models from scratch. Many of these novice users have no need for full import-export capabilities, but they do want to take advantage of iClone’s lighting speed animation capabilities. iClone is designed for Expert, Pro-level, intermediate, beginners and no-experience users in mind.

The difference between iClone and other industry standard applications is the wide spectrum of users that iClone encompasses. IClone6 will continue to require its import-export tool 3DXchange5 but at the moment it will only be for import as the export function would still have to wait until the next iteration of 3DXchange.
