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- From: fmhv@minerva.inesc.pt (Fernando Manuel Vasconcelos)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Free 3D Packages - Summary - (Long)
- Keywords: 3D Packages
- Message-ID: <1991May15.102120.2@minerva.inesc.pt>
- Date: 15 May 91 10:24:43 GMT
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- As promised here it is the summary of the answers I got. I've tried to give
- correct information about each of the packages. However if you find any
- error ( as I'm sure you will !!! ) please inform me and I'll be glad
- to correct it. Also if you have information about other packages, or just
- more useful information on the ones allready in this list please email me.
-
- Of course if you have some ideas has to organise this list differently, or ...
- any constructive suggestion is welcomed .
-
- Please note that some of the software description were not made by me . Some of
- them ( specially the lenghty ones ) are extracts from README files or
- equivalent.
-
- Thanks to all of you who answered my request :
-
- Michael S Sacks - mssacks@cse.uta.edu
- John Morris - jmorris@hot.caltech.edu
- Bernie Kirby - bernie@ecr.mu.oz.au
- Jeff Hanson - tohanson@gonzo.lerc.nasa.gov
- Hermann Riecke - hermann@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
- Jonas Yngvesson - jonas-y@isy.liu.se
- Igor Metz - metz@iam.unibe.ch
- Paul D Bourke - pdbourke@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz
- Ron Peterson - ron@vicorp.com or uunet!vicorp!ron
- Thomas W. Rauber - tr@fct.unl.pt
-
- If I have forgotten someone I didn't make it on purpose :-) :-) .
-
- Of course the usual standart disclaimers apply...
-
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- Name of the package : MOVIE.BYU
- Operating System : UNIX(?), MAC
- Form of Distribution: Fortran Source Code
- Product Description : Try MOVIE.BYU, a very complete and wonderful 3d graphics
- package which will do just about everything and then
- some. Its primarily designed as a Finite Element pre-
- and post processor, but is versitile enough to handle a
- wide variety of 3d problems.
- Price : "Fairly Low"
- Where to get it : Brigha Young University, Department of Engineering
- Graphics.
- Information send by : mssacks@cse.uta.edu (Michael S Sacks)
-
- Notes : Michael Sacks in his posting mentioned explicitly the
- MAC OS. As he said "also" I infered that the
- other enviroment was Unix, if this is wrong please excuse
- me.
-
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-
- Name of the package : XGL
- Operating System : ???
- Form of Distribution: ???
- Product Description : ???
- Price : ???
- Where to get it : ???
- Information send by : Vikas.Deolaliker@Eng.Sun.COM
-
- Notes : This was forwarded to me by jmorris@hot.caltech.edu
- ( John Morris )
-
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-
- Name of the package : DIGS & VOGLE
- Operating System : UNIX, PC, Mac .
- Form of Distribution: C Source Code (?)
- Product Description : Device portable 3D graphics library.
- Price : Free.
- Where to get it : ftp munnari.oz.au directory /pub/graphics in file
- vogle.tar.Z.
- Information send by : lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com ( Lance Norskog ). Forwarded to
- me by jmorris@hot.caltech.edu
- : bernie@ecr.mu.oz.au ( Bernie Kirby )
- : tohanson@gonzo.lerc.nasa.gov ( Jeff Hanson )
- : hermann@casbah.acns.nwu.edu ( Hermann Riecke )
-
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-
- Name of the package : "ACM fighter-pilot - Small Xlib 3D library"
- Operating System : UNIX.
- Form of Distribution: C Source Code (?)
- Product Description : ???
- Price : Free.
- Where to get it : comp.sources.x
- Information send by : lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com ( Lance Norskog )
-
- Notes : This was forwarded to me by jmorris@hot.caltech.edu
- ( John Morris )
-
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-
- Name of the package : SunPHIGS
- Operating System : UNIX
- Form of Distribution: ???
- Product Description : This must be a PHIGS implementation :-)
- Price : ???
- Where to get it : Contact your Sun's representant I suppose :-)
- Information send by : jch@stardent.com ( Jan "YON" Hardenbergh )
-
- Notes : This was forwarded to me by jmorris@hot.caltech.edu
- ( John Morris )
-
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-
- Name of the package : SIPP
- Operating System : UNIX (?)
- Form of Distribution: C Source Code (?)
- Product Description : SIPP is a library for creating 3-dimensional scenes and
- rendering them using a scan-line z-buffer algorithm.
- A scene is built up of objects which can be transformed
- with rotation, translation and scaling. The objects form
- hierarchies where each object can have arbitrarily many
- subobjects and subsurfaces. A surface is a number of
- connected polygons which are rendered with Phong
- interpolation of the surface normals.
-
- The library has an internal database for the objects
- that is to be rendered. Objects can be installed in,
- and removed from, this database at any time.
-
- The library also provides 3-dimensional texture mapping
- with automatic interpolation of texture coordinates.
- Simple anti-aliasing is performed through double
- oversampling. A scene can be illuminated by an arbitrary
- number of light sources. A basic shading algorithm is
- provided with the library, but the user can also use his
- own shading algorithms for each surface to produce
- special effects. Images are produced in the Portable
- Pixmap format (ppm) for which many utilities exist.
-
- Price : Free
- Where to get it : Any ftp-site that archives comp.sources.misc (volume 16)
- Information send by : jonas-y@isy.liu.se ( Jonas Yngvesson )
-
- Notes :
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Name of the package : SRGP/SPHIGS
- Operating System : UNIX, PC, MAC
- Form of Distribution: C or Pascal ( for the MAC ) Source Code.
- Product Description : This a softaware PHIGS implemetation.
- Price : - UNIX: Free.
- : - MAC : Free.
- : - PC : ?.
- Where to get it : - Unix: Just do the following:
- ftp 128.148.31.66
- Enter name: anonymous
- Enter Password: type in your email address
- cd pub
- binary
- get srgp.tar.Z
- get sphigs.tar.Z
- quit
- : - MAC : Depends on language suppport. For Pascal only
- floppy disk. For C just ftp. If you are interested in the
- Mac version you should email (Dave Sklar dfs@cs.brown.edu)
- which is handling all Mac sites. Your email should contain
- the following information:
-
- 1) Which language do you wish to support? (Check one
- or both)
- [] C
- [] Pascal
-
- 2) What types of Macs will you support?(Check one or more)
- [] Plus/SE without 68020/68881 chips
- [] SE turbocharged with 68020/68881 chips
- [] MacII with 68020/68881 chips
-
- 3) Do you want a floppy shipment?
- [] Yes (mandatory if Pascal)
- [] No
- : - PC: Talk with your A/W rep, if you're in academia.
-
- Information send by : metz@iam.unibe.ch ( Igor Metz )
-
- Notes : The installation for Unix requires X11r4 and an
- ANSI C compiler.
-
- If you are serious about using this package you should
- get the Foley and VanDam book.
-
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-
- Name of the package : BRLCAD
- Operating System : UNIX ( From Sun Workstations to Cray 2 )
- Form of Distribution: C Source Code.
- Product Description : The BRL-CAD Package includes a powerful solid
- modeling capability and a network-distributed
- image-processing capability. This software is now running
- at over 400 sites.
-
- BRL-CAD started in 1979 as a task to provide an
- interactive graphics editor for the BRL
- vehicle-description data base. Today the package totals
- more than 150,00 lines of "C" source code.
-
- The package includes:
-
- * A Solid geometric editor
- * The Ray tracing library
- * Two Lighting models
- * Many image-handling, data-comparison, and other
- supporting utilities.
-
- In terms of geometrical representation of data,
- BRL-CAD supports:
-
- * The original Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) BRL
- database.
- * Extensions to include solids made from collections of
- * Uniform B-Spline Surfaces as well as
- * Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline [NURB] Surfaces.
- * A facetted data representation.
-
- It supports association of material (and other attribute
- properties) with geometry which is critical to subsequent
- applications codes. It supports a set of extensible
- interfaces by means of which geometry (and attribute data)
- are passed to applications.
-
- Applications linked to BRL-CAD:
-
- o Weights and Moments-of-Inertia
- o Optical Image Generation (including specular/diffuse
- reflection, refraction, and multiple light sources,
- animation, interference)
- o Bistatic laser analysis
- o A number of Synthetic Aperture Radar Codes (including
- codes due to ERIM).
- o Acoustic model predictions
- o High-Energy Laser Damage
- o High-Power Microwave Damage
- o An array of V/L Codes
- o Neutron Transport Code
- o Link to PATRAN [TM] and hence to ADINA, EPIC-2,
- NASTRAN, etc. for structural/stress analysis
- o X-Ray calculation
-
- Price : Free
- How to Get It : To obtain a copy of the BRL CAD Package distribution,
- you must send enough magnetic tape for 20 Mbytes of data.
- Standard nine-track half-inch magtape is the strongly
- preferred format, and can be written at either 1600 or
- 6250 bpi, in TAR format with 10k byte records. For sites
- with no half-inch tape drives, Silicon Graphics and SUN
- tape cartridges can also be accommodated. With your tape,
- you must also enclose a letter indicating:
-
- (a) who you are,
- (b) what the BRL CAD package is to be used for,
- (c) the equipment and operating system(s) you plan on
- using,
- (d) that you agree to the conditions listed below.
-
- This software is an unpublished work that is not generally
- available to the public, except through the terms of this
- limited distribution. The United States Department of the
- Army grants a royalty-free, nonexclusive, nontransferable
- license and right to use, free of charge, with the
- following terms and conditions:
-
- 1. The BRL CAD package source files will not be disclosed
- to third parties. BRL needs to know who has what, and what
- it is being used for.
-
- 2. BRL will be credited should the software be used in a
- product or written about in any publication. BRL will be
- referenced as the original source in any advertisements.
-
- 3. The software is provided "as is", without warranty by
- BRL. In no event shall BRL be liable for any loss or for
- any indirect, special, punitive, exemplary, incidental,
- or consequential damages arising from use, possession,
- or performance of the software.
-
- 4. When bugs or problems are found, you will make a
- reasonable effort to report them to BRL.
-
- 5. Before using the software at additional sites, or for
- permission to use this work as part of a commercial
- package, you agree to first obtain authorization from BRL.
-
- 6. You will own full rights to any databases or images
- you create with this package.
-
- All requests from US citizens, or from US government
- agencies should be sent to:
-
- Mike Muuss
- Ballistic Research Lab
- Attn: SLCBR-SECAD
- APG, MD 21005-5066
-
- If you are not a US citizen (regardless of any affiliation
- with a US industry), or if you represent a foreign-owned
- or foreign-controlled industry, you must send your letter
- and tape through your Ambassador to the United States in
- Washington DC. Have your Ambassador submit the request to:
-
- Army Headquarters
- Attn: DAMI-FL
- Washington, DC 20310
-
- Information send by: tr@fct.unl.pt ( Thomas Rauber )
-
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- MODELERS
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-
- Name of the package : Vision-3D
- Operating System : MAC
- Form of Distribution: Source Code (???)
- Product Description : General facet based modeller for the Mac II family of
- computers. It follows the Macintosh user interface
- guidelines, is full featured, exports in many formats,
- includes surface generation from random samples, large
- library of standard geometries, and much more.
- Price : Free.
- Where to get it : ftp ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (130.216.1.5) in the directory
- /mac/architec.
- Information send by : pdbourke@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz ( Paul D Bourke )
-
- Notes : Paul D Bourke is the author of the program.
-
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-
- Name of the package : C-Light
- Operating System : Amiga
- Form of Distribution: Binary
- Product Description : C-LightI Modeler - This is a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get
- RealTime wireframe scene builder. With your mouse you
- move spheres, cylinders, cones and cubes on the screen to
- create scenes. These basic shapes can be stretched,
- rotated and squeezed to give you an infinite variety of
- shapes with which to build objects. C-LightI is also
- used to position light sources, set colors and define
- mirrored surfaces.
-
- C-LightII Ray Tracer - Creates smoothly shaded images
- from the scene files created with C-LightI. Has settings
- for global light source intensity, ambient light, color
- blending, shadows and anti-aliasing. Produces standard
- IFF pictures in 320x200 and 320x400 modes, with or
- without overscan.
-
- MakeANIM - A utility for creating ANIM format movies.
- Completely automated.
-
- PlayANIM - A utility for playing ANIM movies. Allows you
- to set global speed and control looping.
-
- See3D - A stereoscopic viewer for use with Haitex X-Specs.
- Simple instructions on how to create stereo images are
- included.
-
- View - An IFF picture viewer.
-
- Price : - The software without examples or tutorials can be
- obtained for free.
- - $24.95 as shareware software including two disks
- containing online documentation, example scene files,
- pictures, animations and source code showing how to
- create scene files from a program, and a 100 page,
- spiral bound manual with pictures, a tutorial and
- a reference section.( Includes shipping and handling ).
-
- Where to get it : - The package has beeen posted ( without examples or
- tutorials ) to the comp.amiga.binaries group. So it
- should be available where this is archived. Alternatively
- it has been posted to PeopleLink as C-LIGHT.LZH.
- - If you choose the shareware solution contact:
- Peterson Enterprises
- 7 Grove St.
- Haydenville, MA 01039
-
- Information send by : ron@vicorp.com or uunet!vicorp!ron ( Ron Peterson )
-
- Notes : - Ron Peterson is the author of the program.
- - The package runs in a 512K amiga with Workbench V1.2 or
- higher. External floppy drive recommended but not
- required.
- - Ron Peterson also sugests that " as long as traffic
- doesn't get too high" he can email the package.
-
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-
- Name of the package : IRIT
- Operating System : UNIX, PC
- Form of Distribution: C Source Code.
- Product Description : A "toy" 3-D solid modeller with some shading capability.
- Price : Free
- Where to get it : Contact tr@fct.unl.pt ( Thomas Rauber )
- Information send by : tr@fct.unl.pt ( Thomas Rauber )
-
- Notes : Not bug-free
-
-
-
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- END OF THE "FREE" 3D PACKAGE SUMMARY
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