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- From: brendan@mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant)
- Subject: Re: Journeyman (Real 3D correction)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.121313.6754@mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au>
- Organization: University Computer Club --- Perth, Western Australia
- References: <1992Jun29.193557.20414@dgbt.doc.ca> <1992Jul1.043540.15131@chinet.chi.il.us> <pat_meloy.0c1u@outb.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:13:13 GMT
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- pat_meloy@outb.wimsey.bc.ca (Pat Meloy) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul1.043540.15131@chinet.chi.il.us> katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago) writes:
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- >[stuff deleted]
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- >>polygon based. Real 3D is a CSG-based modeler, but as far as I can tell from
- >>the brochure it must create polygons for rendering. Caligari is based on
-
- >[stuff deleted]
-
- >>
- >> Chris Williams
- >> katefans@chinet.chi.il.us
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- > I think thats wrong actually. Real3D's CSG objects are rendered FAR faster
- >than the polygonal one (yes, it has/uses both). No square sides spheres
- >from PHONG shading at all. This leads me to believe they are not converted
- >prior to rendering.
-
- > BTW:
- > I've used the following packages and none come even close to the power of
- >Real3D!
-
- >Caligari II, Sculpt 3D/4D, Turbo-Silver/Imagine, Lightwave, Forms in Flight
- >(blecch!), and some others that were so long ago I forget the names :)
-
- Me too, and I must say the Real3D is far far better.
-
- >Real3D is presently at version 1.42 and is quite a bit better than the last
- >magazine reviews say 1.33 was (even though they say its great!). They have
- >a new Demo package out for 1.4 and this time there is a 40 page user manual
- >on disk. I'll check wuarchive and see if its up, if not, I'll grab it from
- >the support BBS and upload it there.
-
- Real3D also does true-raytracing (ie eye to screen to world type stuff)
- unlike a lot of the other "ray-tracers". Try generating stereoscopic images
- on your "ray-tracer".
-
- brendan@mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au
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