Needs: An UnZIPing Program, ply18dat.zip, ply18doc.zip and ply18exe.zip
Keywords: Enzmann, Ray Trace, Modeling, Render, CB
Type: Shareware
Utility archive. Contains a few useful utility programs for use with the Polyray raytracer. Includes a program to extract TrueType outlines into a form that can be used by Polyray, a Targa to JPEG converter, and a program to convert CMAPPER output into Polyray color map
Polyray is a combination of an extensive set of modelling primitives together with a comprehensive renderer (including both raytracing and polygon scan conversion). Models are specified in an ASCII file, which are then parsed, and subsequently rendered. An IBM-AT or compatible is the only platform currently supported. An 80386/80387 combination, or 80486 CPU plus at least 2Mb of RAM is required. (Other CPU/FPU combinations are available, however the RAM requirement is a minimum.)
Polyray provides a number of distinct features, the most important of which are the freedom of use of expressions in the modelling file and the ability to render very complex mathematical surfaces.
There are three archives necessary: plydoc.exe, plydat.exe, and ply-exe.exe or ply386.exe. These contain the documents for Polyray, a set of data files, and the executable.
Downloads for previous version: 2094
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