Subject:  CTDS: V3.0 Connect The Dots
Author:  Truman Brown
Uploaded By:  PCC Fli
Date:  3/13/1994

File:  CTDS.ZIP (62684 bytes) 
Estimated Download Time (33696 baud):  < 1 minute
Download Count:  861

Equipment:  An UnZIPing Program and POV-Ray/Vivid/Polyray

Keywords:  Brown, Smooth, CSG, POV, Vivid, Polyray


Type:      Shareware

New features in Version 3.0 include support for POV-Ray 2.0 syntax; stronger Vivid and Polyray support; grouped primitive output; enhanced output statistics; and much  more.

CTDS does what it's name implies.  Given a series of 3d dot coordinates, depending upon the particular output requested, CTDS will compute the appropriate clippings/intersections, scalings, rotations, and translations of cylinders, truncated elliptic cones, or simple cones required to "connect the dots".

The author's original intent for this program was to aid in the creation of spiral objects that could not easily be rendered using manual Constructive Solid Geometry, however CTDS provides extensive potential for whatever your imagination can dream up.

Connect The Dots Smoother (CTDS) is a data file generator for the following raytracers:
  Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray) - various contributors
  Vivid Raytracer - Stephen Coy
  PolyRay Raytracer - Alexander Enzmann

Documentation : CTDS230.DOC

Downloads for previous versions: 268