Archive-name: graphics/resources-list/part1 Last-modified: 1993/04/17   Computer Graphics Resource Listing : WEEKLY POSTING [ PART 1/3 ] =================================================== Last Change : 17 April 1993  Many FAQs, including this Listing, are available on the archive site pit-manager.mit.edu (alias rtfm.mit.edu) [18.172.1.27] in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers.  The name under which a FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-name line at the top of the article. This FAQ is archived as graphics/resources-list/part[1-3]  There's a mail server on that machine. You send a e-mail message to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu  containing the keyword "help" (without quotes!) in the message body.  You can see in many other places for this Listing. See the item:  0. Places to find the Resource Listing  for more information.  Items Changed: --------------  RE-ARRANGED the subjects, in order to fir better in the 63K/article limit. I PLAN ON CHANGING HEADERS SOON, SO BE CAREFUL! ONLY THE "Resource Listing" keys are sure to remain in the Subject: line!  0. Places to find the Resource Listing 6.  3D graphics editors    a. Public domain, free and shareware systems 9. Plotting packages 18. Molecular visualization stuff  [ I'm thinking of making this post bi-weekly. What do you think??? ]  --------------  Lines which got changed, have the `#' character in front of them. Added lines are prepended with a `+' Removed lines are just removed. Use 'diff' to locate these changes.  ========================================================================  This text is (C)Copyright 1992, 1993 of Nikolaos C. Fotis. You can copy freely this file, provided you keep this copyright notice intact.  Compiled by Nikolaos (Nick) C. Fotis, e-mail: nfotis@theseas.ntua.gr  Please contact me for updates,corrections, etc.  Disclaimer: I do not guarantee the accuracy of this document. Use it at your own risk.  ========================================================================  This is mainly a guide for computer graphics software. I would suggest reading the Comp. Graphics FAQ for image analysis stuff.  It's entitled:   (date) comp.graphics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)   John T. Grieggs <grieggs@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov> is the poster of the  official comp.graphics FAQ  I have included my comments within braces '[' and ']'.  Nikolaos Fotis  ========================================================================  Contents of the Resource Listing ================================  PART1: ------ 0. Places to find the Resource Listing 1. ARCHIE 2. Notes 3. Computer graphics FTP site list, by Eric Haines 4. Mail servers and graphics-oriented BBSes 5. Ray-tracing/graphics-related mailing lists. 6.  3D graphics editors    a. Public domain, free and shareware systems    b. Commercial systems 7. Scene description languages 8. Solids description formats  PART2: ------  9. Plotting packages 10. Image analysis software - Image processing and display  PART3: ------ 11. Scene generators/geographical data/Maps/Data files 12. 3D scanners - Digitized 3D Data. 13. Background imagery/textures/datafiles 14. Introduction to rendering algorithms    a. Ray tracing    b. Z-buffer (depth-buffer)    c. Others 15. Where can I find the geometric data for the:    a. Teapot ?    b. Space Shuttle ? 16. Image annotation software 17. Scientific visualization stuff 18. Molecular visualization stuff 19. GIS (Geographical Information Systems software)  Future additions: [Please send me updates/info!]  ========================================================================  0. Places to find the Resource Listing ======================================  #This file is crossposted to comp.graphics, comp.answers and news.answers, so if you can't locate it in comp.graphics, you're advised to search in #comp.answers or news.answers (The latter groups usually are archived in your site. Contact your sysadmin for more info).  These 3 articles are posted to comp.graphics 3-4 times a month and are kept in many places (see below)  --  Many FAQs, including this one, are available on the archive site pit-manager.mit.edu (alias rtfm.mit.edu) [18.172.1.27] in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers.  The name under which a FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-name line at the top of the article. This FAQ is archived as graphics/resources-list/part[1-3]  There's a mail server on that machine. You send a e-mail message to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu  containing: help in the Subject: field  --  The inria-graphlib mail server mirrors this posting (see under the Subject 4: Mail servers )  --  The Resource Listing is accesible through WAIS in the machine enuxva.eas.asu.edu (port 8000) under the name graphics-resources-list. It's got a digest-type line before every numbered item for purposes of indexing.  --  Another place that monitors the Listing is the MaasInfo files. For more info contact Robert E. Maas <rem@btr.com>  --  Yet another place to search for FAQs in general is the SWITCH (Swiss Academic and Research Network) system in Switzerland:  interactive:   telnet nic.switch.ch [130.59.1.40], login as "info". Move to the   info_service/Usenet/periodic-postings directory. Search in the   00index file by typing "/" and the word to look for.   You may then just read the FAQ in the "faqs" directory, or decide   to fetch it by one of the following methods.  ftp:   login to nic.switch.ch [130.59.1.40] as user anonymous and   enter your internet-style address after being prompted for a   password.  	cd info_service/Usenet/periodic-postings  mail:   send e-mail to  RFC-822:    archive-server@nic.switch.ch X.400:   /S=archive-server/OU=nic/O=switch/PRMD=switch/ADMD=arcom/C=ch/  Enter 'help' in the bodypart to receive instructions. No information is required in the subject header line.   1. ARCHIE =========  The Archie is a service system to locate FTP places for requested files. It's appreciated that you will use Archie before asking help in the newsgroups.  Archie servers:   archie.au or 139.130.4.6             (Aussie/NZ)   archie.funet.fi or 128.214.6.100  (Finland/Eur.)   archie.th-darmstadt.de or 130.83.128.111  (GER.)   cs.huji.ac.il or 132.65.6.5             (Israel)   archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp or 130.54.20.1 (JAPAN)   archie.sogang.ac.kr or 163.239.1.11      (Korea)   archie.ncu.edu.tw or telnet 140.115.19.24  (TWN)   archie.doc.ic.ac.uk or 146.169.3.7  (UK/Ireland)   archie.sura.net or 128.167.254.179    (USA [MD])   archie.unl.edu (password: archie1)    (USA [NE])   archie.ans.net or 147.225.1.2         (USA [NY])   archie.rutgers.edu or 128.6.18.15     (USA [NJ])   archie.nz or 130.195.9.4           (New Zealand)  Connect to Archie server with telnet and type "archie" as username. To get help type 'help'. You can get 'xarchie' or 'archie', which are clients that call Archie without the burden of a telnet session. 'Xarchie' is on the X11.R5 contrib tape, and 'archie' on comp.sources.misc, vol. 27.  To get information on how to use Archie via e-mail, send mail with subject "help" to "archie" account at any of above sites.  (Note to Janet/PSS users -- the United Kingdom archie site is accessible on the Janet host doc.ic.ac.uk [000005102000]. Connect to it and specify "archie" as the host name and "archie" as the username.)  ==========================================================================  2. Notes ======== (Excerpted from the FAQ article)  Please do *not* post or mail messages saying "I can't FTP, could someone mail this to me?"  There are a number of automated mail servers that will send you things like this in response to a message.  There are a number of sites that archive the Usenet sources newsgroups and make them available via an email query system.  You send a message to an automated server saying something like "send comp.sources.unix/fbm", and a few hours or days later you get the file in the mail.  ==========================================================================  3. Computer graphics FTP site list, by Eric Haines ==================================================  Computer graphics related FTP sites (and maintainers), 26/03/93 	compiled by Eric Haines, erich@eye.com 	and Nick Fotis, nfotis@theseas.ntua.gr  Ray-tracers: ------------  RayShade - a great ray tracer for workstations on up, also for PC, Mac & Amiga. PoV - son and successor to DKB trace, written by Compuservers. 	(For more questions call Drew Wells -- 	73767.1244@compuserve.com or Dave Buck -- david_buck@carleton.ca) ART - ray tracer with a good range of surface types, part of VORT package. DKBtrace - another good ray tracer, from all reports; PCs, Mac II, 	Amiga, UNIX, VMS (last two with X11 previewer), etc. RTrace - Portugese ray tracer, does bicubic patches, CSG, 3D text, etc. etc. 	An MS-DOS version for use with DJGPP DOS extender (GO32) exists also, 	as a Mac port. VIVID2 - A shareware raytracer for PCs - binary only (286/287).  Author: 	Stephen Coy (coy@ssc-vax.boeing.com).  The 386/387 (no source) version 	is available to registered users (US$50) direct from the author. RAY4 - Steve Hollasch's 4-dimensional ray tracer - renders hyperspheres, 	hypertetrahedra, hyperplanes, and hyperparallelepipeds (there's 	a separate real-time wireframe viewer written in GL called WIRE4 ) . MTV,QRT,DBW - yet more ray tracers, some with interesting features.  Distributed/Parallel Raytracers: --------------------------------  XDART - A distributed ray-tracer that runs under X11. There are server binaries 	which work only on DECstations, SPARCs, HP Snakes (7x0 series) and NeXT. 	The clients are distributed as binaries and C source. Inetray - A network version of Rayshade 4.0.  Needs Sun RPC 4.0 or newer. 	Contact Andreas Thurnherr (ant@ips.id.ethz.ch) prt, VM_pRAY - parallel ray tracers.  Volume renderers: -----------------  VREND - Cornell's Volume Renderer, from Kartch/Devine/Caffey/Warren (FORTRAN).  Radiosity (and diffuse lighting) renderers: -------------------------------------------  Radiance - a ray tracer w/radiosity effects, by Greg Ward.  Excellent shading 	models and physically based lighting simulation.  Unix/X based, though 	has been ported to the Amiga and the PC (386). INDIA - An Indian radiosity package based on Radiance. SGI_RAD - An interactive radiosity package that runs on SGI machines with a 	Spaceball. It includes a house database. 	Author: Guy Moreillon <moreillo@ligsg1.epfl.ch> RAD - a simple public-domain radiosity package in C. The solution can be run 	stand-alone on any Unix box, but the walk-through requires a SGI 4D. 	Author: Bernard Kwok <g-kwok@cs.yorku.ca>  Renderers which are not raytracers, and graphics libraries: -----------------------------------------------------------  SIPP - Scan line z-buffer and Phong shading renderer. 	Now uses the shadow buffer algorithm. Tcl-SIPP - a Tcl command interface to the SIPP rendering 	program. Tcl-SIPP is a set of Tcl commands used to programmed 	SIPP without having to write and compile C code. 	Commands are used to specify surfaces, objects, 	scenes and rendering options. 	It renders either in PPM format or in Utah Raster Toolkit RLE format 	or to the photo widget in the Tk-based X11 applications.  VOGLE - graphics learning environment (device portable). VOGL - an SGI GL-like library based on VOGLE. REND386 - A *fast* polygon renderer for Intel 386s and up. Version 2 on up. 	[ It's not photorealistic, but rather a real-time renderer] XSHARP21 - Dr. Dobb's Journal PC renderer source code, with budget texture 	mapping.  Modellers, wireframe viewers: -----------------------------  VISION-3D - Mac modeler, can output Radiance & Rayshade files. IRIT - A CSG solid modeler, with support for freeform surfaces. X3D - A wireframe viewer for X11. 3DV - 3-D wireframe graphics toolkit, with C source, 3dv objects, other stuff 	Look at major PC archives like wuarchive. One such file is 3DKIT1.ZIP PV3D - a shareware front end modeler for POVRAY, still in beta test.   French docs for now, price for registering 250 French Francs. Save disabled.   Some extra utilities, DXF files for the registered version.  Geometric viewers: ------------------  SALEM - A GL-based package from Dobkin et al. for exploring mathematical 	structures. GEOMVIEW - A GL-based package for looking and interactively manipulating 3D objects, from Geometry Center at Minnesota. XYZ GeoBench -(eXperimental geometrY Zurich) is a workbench for geometric 	computation for Macintosh computers. WIRE4 - GL wireframe previewer for Steve Hollasch's RAY4 (see above)  Data Formats and Data Sets for Ray Tracing: -------------------------------------------  SPD - a set of procedural databases for testing ray tracers. NFF - simplistic file format used by SPD. OFF - another file format. P3D - a lispy file format. TDDD - Imagine (3D modeler) format, has converters for RayShade, NFF, OFF, etc. 	Also includes a nice postscript object displayer.  Some GREAT models. TTDDDLIB - converts to/from TDDD/TTDDD, OFF, NFF, Rayshade 4.0, Imagine, 	and vort 3d objects. Also outputs Framemaker MIF files and isometric 	views in Postscript. Registered users get a TeX PK font converter and 	a superquadric surfaces generator. 	Glenn Lewis <glewis@pcocd2.intel.com> 	[Note : TTDDDLIB is also known as T3DLIB] CHVRTD - Chapel Hill Volume Rendering Test Datasets, includes volume sets for 	two heads, a brain, a knee, electron density maps for RNA and others.  Written Material on Rendering: ------------------------------  RT News - collections of articles on ray tracing. RT bib - references to articles on ray tracing in "refer" format. Rad bib - references to articles on radiosity (global illumination). Speer RT bib - Rick Speer's cross-referenced RT bib, in postscript. RT abstracts - collection by Tom Wilson of abstracts of many RT articles. Paper bank project - various technical papers in electronic form.  Contact 	Juhana Kouhia <jk87377@cs.tut.fi> Online Bibliography Project :         The ACM SIGGRAPH Online Bibliography Project is a database of          over 15,000 unique computer graphics and computational geometry         references in BibTeX format, available to the computer graphics         community as a research and educational resource.          The database is located at "siggraph.org".  Users may download          the BibTeX files via FTP and peruse them offline, or telnet to         "siggraph.org" and log in as "biblio" and interactively search         the database for entries of interest, by keyword.         For the people without Internet access, there's also an e-mail         server. Send mail to          archive-server@siggraph.org          and in the subject or the body of the message include the message  send         followed by the topic and subtopic you wish. A good place to start is         with the command              send index         which will give you an up-to-date list of available information.          Additions/corrections/suggestions may be directed to the admin,         "bibadmin@siggraph.org".  Image Manipulation Libraries: -----------------------------  Utah Raster Toolkit - nice image manipulation tools. PBMPLUS - a great package for image conversion and manipulation. LIBTIFF - library for reading/writing TIFF images. ImageMagick - X11 package for display and interactive manipulation 	of images.  Uses its own format (MIFF), and includes some converters. xv - X-based image display, manipulation, and format converter. xloadimage, xli - displays various formats on an X11 screen. Khoros - a huge, excellent system for image processing, with a visual 	programming interface and much much more.  Uses X windows. FBM - another set of image manipulation tools, somewhat old now. Img - image manipulation, displays on X11 screen, a bit old now. xflick - Plays .FLI animation under X11 XAnim - plays any resolution FLI along with GIF's(including GIF89a animation 	extensions), DL's and Amiga IFF animations(3,5,J,l) and IFF 	pictures(including HAM,EHB and color cycling) SDSC - SDSC Image Tools package (San Diego Supercomputing Center) 	for image manipulation and conversion CLRpaint - A 24-bit paint program for SGI 24bit workstations and 8bit Indigos.  Libraries with code for graphics: ---------------------------------  Graphics Gems I,II,III - code from the ever so useful books. spline-patch.tar.Z - spline patch ray intersection routines by Sean Graves kaleido - Computation and 3D Display of Uniform Polyhedra. Mirrored in 	wuarchive. This package computes (and displays) the metrical 	properties of 75 polyhedra. Author: Dr. Zvi Har'El, 	e-mail: rl@gauss.technion.ac.il  (*) means site is an "official" distributor, so is most up to date.   NORTH AMERICA (please look for things on your own continent first...): -------------  wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4]:  /graphics/graphics - get CONTENTS file 	for a roadmap.  /graphics/graphics/objects/TDDD - *the TTDDD objects 	and converters*, /mirrors/unix-c/graphics - Rayshade ray tracer, MTV 	ray tracer, Vort ray tracer, FBM, PBMPLUS, popi, Utah raster toolkit. 	/mirrors/msdos/graphics - DKB ray tracer, FLI RayTracker demos. 	/pub/rad.tar.Z - *SGI_RAD*, /graphics/graphics/radiosity - Radiance 	and Indian radiosity package.  /msdos/ddjmag/ddj9209.zip - version 21 	of Xsharp, with fast texture mapping.  There's lots more, including 	bibs, Graphics Gems I & II code, OFF, RTN, Radiance, NFF, SIPP, spline 	patch intersection routines, textbook errata, source code from Roy 	Hall's book "Illumination and Color in Computer Generated Imagery", etc 	graphics/graphics/packages/kaleido - *kaleido* 	George Kyriazis <kyriazis@turing.cs.rpi.edu>  princeton.edu [128.112.128.1]:  /pub/Graphics (note capital "G") - *Rayshade 	4.0 ray tracer (and separate 387 executable)*, *color quantization 	code*, *SPD*, *RT News*, *Wilson's RT abstracts*, "RT bib*, *Utah 	Raster Toolkit*, newer FBM, *Graphics Gems I, II & III code*. 	/pub/graphics directory - *SALEM* and other stuff. 	Craig Kolb <cek@princeton.edu> 	[replaces weedeater.math.yale.edu - note the capital "G" in 	pub/Graphics] Because there's a trouble with princeton's incoming 	area, you can upload Rayshade-specific stuff to 	weedeater.math.yale.edu [128.36.23.17]  alfred.ccs.carleton.ca [134.117.1.1]:  /pub/dkbtrace - *DKB ray tracer*, 	/pub/pov-ray/POV-Ray1.0 - *PVRay Compuserve group ray tracer (or PoV)*. 	David Buck <david_buck@carleton.ca>  avalon.chinalake.navy.mil [129.131.31.11]:  3D objects (multiple formats), 	utilities, file format documents. 	This site was created to be a 3D object "repository" for the net. 	Francisco X DeJesus <dejesus@archimedes.chinalake.navy.mil>  omicron.cs.unc.edu [152.2.128.159]:  pub/softlab/CHVRTD - Chapel Hill 	Volume Rendering Test Datasets.  ftp.mv.com [192.80.84.1]: - Official DDJ FTP repository. 	*XSHARP*  peipa.essex.ac.uk [155.245.115.161]: the Pilot European Image Processing 	Archive; in a directory ipa/synth or something like that, there are 	image synthesis packages. 	Adrian Clarke <alien@essex.ac.uk>  barkley.berkeley.edu [128.32.142.237] : tcl/extensions/tsipp3.0b.tar.Z - 	*Tcl-SIPP* 	Mark Diekhans <markd@grizzly.com or markd@NeoSoft.com>  acs.cps.msu.edu [35.8.56.90]: pub/sass - *X window fonts converter into 	Rayshade 3.0 polygons*, Rayshade animation tool(s). 	Ron Sass <sass@cps.msu.edu>  hobbes.lbl.gov [128.3.12.38]: *Radiance* ray trace/radiosity package. 	Greg Ward <gjward@lbl.gov>  geom.umn.edu [128.101.25.31] : pub/geomview - *GEOMVIEW* 	Contact (for GEOMVIEW): software@geom.umn.edu  ftp.arc.umn.edu [137.66.130.11] : pub/gvl.tar.Z - the latest version of Bob, 	Icol and Raz.  Source, a manual, man pages, and binaries for 	IRIX 4.0.5 are included (Bob is a real time volume renderer) 	pub/  contains also many volume datasets. 	Ken Chin-Purcell <ken@ahpcrc.umn.edu>  ftp.kpc.com [144.52.120.9] : /pub/graphics/holl91 - Steve Hollasch's 	Thesis, /pub/graphics/ray4 - *RAY4*, /pub/graphics/wire4 - *WIRE4*. 	/pub/mirror/avalon - mirror of avalon's 3D objects repository. 	Steve Hollasch <hollasch@kpc.com>  swedishchef.lerc.nasa.gov [139.88.54.33] : programs/hollasch-4d - RAY4, 	SGI Explorer modules and Postscript manual, etc.  zamenhof.cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.75] : pub/graphics.formats - Various electronic 	documents about many object and image formats. 	Mark Hall <foo@cs.rice.edu> 	will apparently no longer be maintaining it, see ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.  rascal.ics.utexas.edu [128.83.144.1]:  /misc/mac/inqueue - VISION-3D facet 	based modeller, can output RayShade and Radiance files.  ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu [141.142.20.50] :  misc/file.formats/graphics.formats - 	contains various image- and object-format descriptions.  Many SciVi 	tools in various directories, e.g.  SGI/Alpha-shape/Alvis-1.0.tar.Z - 	3D alpha-shape visualizer (SGI machines only), 	SGI/Polyview3.0/polyview.Z - interactive visualization and analysis of 	3D geometrical structures. 	Quincey Koziol <koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu>  tucana.noao.edu [140.252.1.1] : /iraf - the IRAF astronomy package  ftp.ipl.rpi.edu [128.113.14.50]:  sigma/erich - SPD images and Haines thesis 	images.  pub/images - various 24 and 8 bit image stills and sequences. 	Kevin Martin <sigma@ipl.rpi.edu>  ftp.psc.edu [128.182.66.148]:  pub/p3d - p3d_2_0.tar P3D lispy scene 	language & renderers.  Joel Welling <welling@seurat.psc.edu>  ftp.ee.lbl.gov [128.3.254.68]: *pbmplus.tar.Z*, RayShade data files. 	Jef Poskanzer <jef@ace.ee.lbl.gov>  george.lbl.gov [128.3.196.93]: pub/ccs-lib/ccs.tar.Z - *CCS (Complex 	Conversion System), a standard software interface for image processing*  hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16]: /pub/graphics/Comp.graphics - best of 	comp.graphics (very extensive), ray-tracers - DBW, MTV, QRT, and more. 	Joe Dellinger <joe@hanauma.stanford.edu>  ftp.uu.net [192.48.96.2]:  /graphics - *IRIT*, RT News back issues (not 	complete), NURBS models, other graphics related material. 	/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v?.tar.Z - Independent JPEG Group package for 	reading and writing JPEG files.  freebie.engin.umich.edu [141.212.68.23]:  *Utah Raster Toolkit*, 	Spencer Thomas <thomas@eecs.umich.edu>  export.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.0.12] : /contrib - pbmplus, Image Magick, xloadimage, 	xli, xv, Img, lots more.  /pub/R5untarred/mit/demos/gpc - NCGA Graphics 	Performance Characterization (GPC) Suite.  life.pawl.rpi.edu [128.113.10.2]: /pub/ray - *Kyriazis stochastic Ray Tracer*. 	George Kyriazis <kyriazis@turing.cs.rpi.edu>  cs.utah.edu [128.110.4.21]: /pub - Utah raster toolkit, *NURBS databases*. 	Jamie Painter <jamie@cs.utah.edu>  gatekeeper.dec.com [16.1.0.2]:  /pub/DEC/off.tar.Z - *OFF models*, 	Also GPC Benchmark files (planned, but not checked). 	Randi Rost <rost@kpc.com>  hubcap.clemson.edu [130.127.8.1]:  /pub/amiga/incoming/imagine - stuff for the 	Amiga Imagine & Turbo Silver ray tracers.  /pub/amiga/TTDDDLIB - 	*TTDDDLIB* /pub/amiga/incoming/imagine/objects - MANY objects. 	Glenn Lewis <glewis@pcocd2.intel.com>  pprg.eece.unm.edu [129.24.24.10]:  /pub/khoros - *Khoros image processing 	package (huge, but great)*. 	Danielle Argiro <danielle@bullwinkle.unm.edu>  expo.lcs.mit.edu [18.30.0.212]:  contrib - *PBMPLUS portable bitmap package*, 	*poskbitmaptars bitmap collection*, *Raveling Img*, xloadimage.  Jef 	Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>  venera.isi.edu [128.9.0.32]:  */pub/Img.tar.z and img.tar.z - some image 	manipulation*, /pub/images - RGB separation photos. 	Paul Raveling <raveling@venera.isi.edu>  ucsd.edu [128.54.16.1]:  /graphics - utah rle toolkit, pbmplus, fbm, 	databases, MTV, DBW and other ray tracers, world map, other stuff. 	Not updated much recently.  castlab.engr.wisc.edu [128.104.52.10]:  /pub/x3d.2.2.tar.Z - *X3D* 	/pub/xdart.1.1.* - *XDART* 	Mark Spychalla <spy@castlab.engr.wisc.edu>  sgi.com [192.48.153.1]:  /graphics/tiff - TIFF 6.0 spec & *LIBTIFF* software 	and pics.  Also much SGI- and GL-related stuff (e.g. OpenGL manuals) 	Sam Leffler <sam@sgi.com> 	[supercedes okeeffe.berkeley.edu for the LIBTIFF stuff]  surya.waterloo.edu [129.97.129.72]: /graphics - FBM, ray tracers  ftp.sdsc.edu [132.249.20.22]: /sdscpub - *SDSC*  ftp.brl.mil [128.63.16.158]: /brl-cad - information on how to get the 	BRL CAD package & ray tracer.  /images - various test images. 	A texture library has also begun here. 	Lee A. Butler <butler@BRL.MIL>  cicero.cs.umass.edu [128.119.40.189]:  /texture_temp - 512x512 grayscale 	Brodatz textures, 	from Julien Flack <julien@scs.leeds.ac.uk>.  karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.7.6]:  pub/Graphics/rtabs.shar.12.90.Z - *Wilson's 	RT abstracts*, VM_pRAY. 	J. Eric Townsend <jet@karazm.math.uh.edu or jet@nas.nasa.gov>  ftp.pitt.edu [130.49.253.1]:  /users/qralston/images - 24 bit image archive 	(small).  James Ralston Crawford <qralston@gl.pitt.edu>  ftp.tc.cornell.edu [128.84.201.1]: /pub/vis - *VREND*  sunee.waterloo.edu [129.97.50.50]: /pub/raytracers - vivid, *REND386* 	[or sunee.uwaterloo.ca]  archive.umich.edu [141.211.164.153]: /msdos/graphics - PC graphics stuff. 	/msdos/graphics/raytrace - VIVID2.  apple.apple.com [130.43.2.2?]:  /pub/ArchiveVol2/prt.  research.att.com [192.20.225.2]: /netlib/graphics - *SPD package*, ~/polyhedra - 	*polyhedra databases*.  (If you don't have FTP, use the netlib 	automatic mail replier:  UUCP - research!netlib, Internet - 	netlib@ornl.gov.  Send one line message "send index" for more info, 	"send haines from graphics" to get the SPD)  siggraph.org [128.248.245.250]: SIGGRAPH archive site. 	publications - *Online Bibliography Project*, Conference proceedings 	in various electronic formats (papers, panels), SIGGRAPH Video Review 	information and order forms. 	Other stuff in various directories. 	Automatic mailer is archive-server@siggraph.org ("send index").  ftp.cs.unc.edu [128.109.136.159]: pub/reaction_diffusion - Greg Turk's work on 	reaction-diffusion textures, X windows code (SIGGRAPH '91)  avs.ncsc.org [128.109.178.23]:  ~ftp/VolVis92 - Volume datasets from the 	Boston Workshop on Volume Visualization '92.  This site is also the 	International AVS Center. 	Terry Myerson <tvv@ncsc.org>  uvacs.cs.virginia.edu [128.143.8.100]:  pub/suit/demo/{sparc,dec,etc} - SUIT 	(Simple User Interface Toolkit).  "finger suit@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu" 	to get detailed instructions.  nexus.yorku.ca [130.63.9.66]: /pub/reports/Radiosity_code.tar.Z - *RAD* 	/pub/reports/Radiosity_thesis.ps.Z - *RAD MSc. Thesis* 	[This site will be changed to ftp.yorku.ca in the near future]  milton.u.washington.edu [128.95.136.1] - ~ftp/public/veos - VEOS Virtual 	Reality and distributed applications prototyping environment 	for Unix. Veos Software Support : veos-support@hitl.washington.edu         oldpublic/fly - FLY! 3D Visualization Software demo.         That package is built for "fly-throughs" from various datasets in         near real-time. There are binaries for many platforms. 	Also, much other Virtual Reality stuff.  zug.csmil.umich.edu [141.211.184.2]: X-Xpecs 3D files (an LCD glass shutter 	for Amiga computers - great for VR stuff!)  sugrfx.acs.syr.edu [128.230.24.1]: Various stereo-pair images. [ Has closed down :-( ]  sunsite.unc.edu [152.2.22.81]: /pub/academic/computer-science/virtual-reality - 	Final copy of the sugrfx.acs.syr.edu archive that ceased to exist. 	It contains Powerglove code, VR papers, 3D images and IRC research 	material. 	Jonathan Magid <jem@sunSITE.unc.edu>  archive.cis.ohio-state.edu [128.146.8.52]: pub/siggraph92 - Code for 	Siggraph '92 Course 23 (Procedural Modeling and Rendering Techniques) 	Dr. David S. Ebert <ebert@cis.ohio-state.edu>  lyapunov.ucsd.edu [132.239.86.10]: This machine is considered the 	repository for preprints and programs for nonlinear dynamics, 	signal processing, and related subjects  (and fractals, of course!) 	Matt Kennel <mbk@inls1.ucsd.edu>  cod.nosc.mil [128.49.16.5]: /pub/grid.{ps,tex,ascii} - a short survey of 	methods to interpolate and contour bivariate data  ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1]: /honig --- Various stereo-pair images, 	movie.c - animates a movie on an X display (8-bit and mono) with 	digital subtraction.  taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil [131.120.1.13]: pub/dabro/cyberware_demo.tar.Z - Human 	head data  pioneer.unm.edu [129.24.9.217]:  pub/texture_maps - Hans du Buf's grayscale 	test textures (aerial swatches, Brodatz textures, synthetic swatches). 	Space & planetary image repository.  Provides access to >150 CD-ROMS 	with data/images (3 on-line at a time).         pub/info/beginner-info - here you should start browsing.         Colby Kraybill <opus@pioneer.unm.edu>.  cs.brown.edu [128.148.33.66] : *SRGP/SPHIGS* . For more info on SRGP/SPHIGS:          mail -s 'software-distribution' graphtext@cs.brown.edu  pdb.pdb.bnl.gov [130.199.144.1] has data about various organic molecules,        bonds between the different atoms, etc.        Atomic coordinates (and a load of other stuff) are contained in the        "*.ent" files, but the actual atomic dimemsions seem to be missing.        You could convert these data to PoV, rayshade, etc.  biome.bio.ns.ca [142.2.20.2] : /pub/art - some Renoir paintings,         Escher's pictures, etc.  ic16.ee.umanitoba.ca [] : /specmark - sample set of images from the         `Images from the Edge' CD-ROM (images of atomic landscapes, advanced         semiconductors, superconductors and experimental surface         chemistry among others). Contact ruskin@ee.umanitoba.ca  explorer.dgp.toronto.edu [128.100.1.129] : pub/sgi/clrpaint - *CLRpaint*         pub/sgi/clrview.* - CLRview, a tool that aids in visualization         of GIS datasets in may formats like DXF, DEM, Arc/Info, etc.  ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3]: pub/SPACE/CDROM - images from Magellan         and Viking missions etc. Get pub/SPACE/Index first.         pub/SPACELINK has most of the SpaceLink service data (see below)         e-mail server available: send mail to archive-server@ames.arc.nasa.gov         (or ames!archive-server) with subject:"help"         or "send SPACE Index" (without the quotes!)         Peter Yee <yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov>  pubinfo.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.6.2]: images, other data, etc. from JPL         missions. Modem access at (818)-354-1333 (no parity, 8 data bits, 1         stop bit).         newsdesk@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov or phone (818)-354-7170  spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov [128.158.13.250] (passwd:guest) : space graphics         and GIF images from NASA's planetary probes and the Hubble Telescope.         Main function is support for teachers (you can telnet also to this         site). Dial up access: (205)-895-0028 (300/1200/2400/9600(V.32) baud,         8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).  stsci.edu [130.167.1.2] : Hubble Space Telescope stuff (images and other         data). Read the README first!         Pete Reppert <reppert@stsci.edu> or Chris O'Dea <odea@stsci.edu>  pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27]:  /pub/usenet/news.answers - the land of 	FAQs.  graphics and pictures directories of particular interest. 	[Also available from mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu by sending a mail 	message containing: help]  UUCP archive: avatar - RT News back issues.  For details, write Kory Hamzeh 	<kory@avatar.avatar.com>   EUROPE: -------  nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100]:  *pub/sci/papers - *Paper bank project, 	including Pete Shirley's entire thesis (with pics)*, *Wilson's RT 	abstracts*, pub/misc/CIA_WorldMap - CIA world data bank, 	comp.graphics.research archive, *India*, and much, much more. 	Juhana Kouhia <jk87377@cs.tut.fi>  dasun2.epfl.ch [128.178.62.2]:  Radiance. Good for European sites, but 	doesn't carry the add-ons that are available for Radiance.  isy.liu.se [130.236.1.3]:  pub/sipp/sipp-3.0.tar.Z - *SIPP* scan line z-buffer 	and Phong shading renderer.  Jonas Yngvesson <jonas-y@isy.liu.se>  irisa.fr [131.254.2.3]:  */iPSC2/VM_pRAY ray tracer*, SPD, /NFF - many non-SPD 	NFF format scenes, RayShade data files.  Didier Badouel 	<badouel@irisa.irisa.fr> [may have disappeared]  phoenix.oulu.fi [130.231.240.17]:  *FLI RayTracker animation files (PC VGA) - 	also big .FLIs (640*480)* *RayScene demos* [Americans:  check wuarchive 	first].  More animations to come.  Jari Kahkonen 	<hole@phoenix.oulu.fi>  jyu.fi [128.214.7.5]: /pub/graphics/ray-traces - many ray tracers, including 	VM_pRAY, DBW, DKB, MTV, QRT, RayShade, some RT News, NFF files.  Jari 	Toivanen <toivanen@jyu.fi>  garbo.uwasa.fi [128.214.87.1]:  Much PC stuff, etc., /pc/source/contour.f - 	FORTRAN program to contour scattered data using linear triangle-based 	interpolation  asterix.inescn.pt [192.35.246.17]:  pub/RTrace - *RTrace* nffutils.tar.Z (NFF 	utilities for RTrace), medical data (CAT, etc.)  converters to NFF, 	Autocad to NFF Autolisp code, AUTOCAD 11 to SCN (RTrace's language) 	converter and other goodies.  Antonio Costa (acc@asterix.inescn.pt)  vega.hut.fi [128.214.3.82]: /graphics - RTN archive, ray tracers (MTV, QRT, 	others), NFF, some models. [ It was shut down months ago , check under nic.funet.fi -- nfotis ]  sun4nl.nluug.nl [192.16.202.2]: /pub/graphics/raytrace - DBW.microray, MTV, etc  unix.hensa.ac.uk [] : misc/unix/ralcgm/ralcgm.tar.Z - CGM viewer and         converter.         There's an e-mail server also - mail to archive@unix.hensa.ac.uk         with the message body "send misc/unix/ralcgm/ralcgm.tar.Z"  maeglin.mt.luth.se [130.240.0.25]:  graphics/raytracing - prt, others, ~/Doc - 	*Wilson's RT abstracts*, Vivid.  ftp.fu-berlin.de [130.20.225.2]:  /pub/unix/graphics/rayshade4.0/inputs - 	aq.tar.Z is RayShade aquarium [Americans:  check princeton.edu first). 	Heiko Schlichting <heiko@math.fu-berlin.de>  maggia.ethz.ch [129.132.17.1]: pub/inetray - *Inetray* and Sun RPC 4.0 code 	Andreas Thurnherr <ant@ips.id.ethz.ch>  osgiliath.id.dth.dk [129.142.65.24]:  /pub/amiga/graphics/Radiance - *Amiga 	port of Radiance 2.0*.  Per Bojsen <bojsen@ithil.id.dth.dk>  ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de [134.106.1.9] : *PoV raytracer*         Mirrored in wuarchive, has many goods for PoV. 	pub/dkbtrace/incoming/polyray - Polyray raytracer         pub/dkbtrace/incoming/pv3d* - *PV3D*  ftp.uni-kl.de [131.246.9.95]: /pub/amiga/raytracing/imagine - mirror of 	the hubcap Imagine files.  neptune.inf.ethz.ch [129.132.101.33]: XYZ - *XYZ GeoBench* 	Peter Schorn <schorn@inf.ethz.ch>  iamsun.unibe.ch [130.92.64.10]: /Graphics/graphtal* - a L-system interpreter. 	Christoph Streit <streit@iam.unibe.ch>  amiga.physik.unizh.ch [130.60.80.80]: /amiga/gfx - Graphics stuff 	for the Amiga computer.  stesis.hq.eso.org [134.171.8.100]: on-line access to a huge astronomical         database. (login:starcat;no passwd)         DECnet:STESIS (It's the Space Telescope European Coordination Facility)         Benoit Pirenne <bpirenne@eso.org>, phone +49 89 320 06 433   MIDDLE EAST -----------  gauss.technion.ac.il [132.68.112.60]: *kaleida*   AUSTRALIA: ----------  gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au [128.250.70.62]: pub - *VORT(ART) ray tracer*, *VOGLE*, 	Wilson's ray tracing abstracts, /pub/contrib/artscenes (ART scenes from 	Italy), pub/images/haines - Haines thesis images, Graphics Gems code, 	SPD, NFF & OFF databases, NFF and OFF previewers, plus some 8- and 	24bit images and lots of other stuff.  pub/rad.tar.Z - *SGI_RAD* 	Bernie Kirby <bernie@ecr.mu.oz.au>  munnari.oz.au [128.250.1.21]:  pub/graphics/vort.tar.Z - *VORT (ART) 2.1 CSG and 	algebraic surface ray tracer*, *VOGLE*, /pub - DBW, pbmplus.  /graphics 	- room.tar.Z (ART scenes from Italy). 	David Hook <dgh@munnari.oz.au>  marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au [134.7.1.1]: pub/graphics/bibliography/Facial_Animation, 	pub/graphics/bibliography/Morph, pub/graphics/bibliography/UI - 	stuff about Facial animation, Morphing and User Interfaces. 	pub/fascia - Fred Parke's fascia program. 	Valerie Hall <val@lillee.cs.curtin.edu.au>   OCEANIA - ASIA: ---------------  ccu1.aukland.ac.nz [130.216.1.5]:  ftp/mac/architec - *VISION-3D facet 	based modeller, can output RayShade files*.  Many other neat things 	for Macs.  Paul Bourke <pdbourke@ccu1.aukland.ac.nz>  scslwide.sony.co.jp [133.138.199.1]:  ftp2/SGI/Facial-Animation - Steve Franks 	site for facial animation.  	Steve Franks <stevef@csl.sony.co.jp OR stevef@cs.umr.edu>   4. Mail servers and graphics-oriented BBSes ===========================================  Please check first with the FTP places above, with archie's help. Don't overuse mail servers.  There are some troubles with wrong return addresses. Many of these mail servers have a command like    path a_valid_return_e-mail_address to get a hint for sending back to you stuff.  DEC's FTPMAIL -------------   Send a one-line message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com WITHOUT a Subject: field,   and having a line containing the word 'help'.   You should get back a message detailing the relevant procedures you   must follow in order to get the files you want.    Note that the "reply" or "answer" command in your mailer will not work   for this message or any other mail you receive from FTPMAIL.  To send   requests to FTPMAIL, send an original mail message, not a reply.   Complaints should be sent to the ftpmail-request@uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com   address rather than to postmaster, since DECWRL's postmaster is not   responsible for fixing ftpmail problems.  BITFTP ------   For BITNET sites ONLY, there's BITFTP@PUCC.   Send a one-line 'help' message to this address for more info.  Lightwave 3D mail based file-server -----------------------------------   A mail based file server for 3D objects, 24bit JPEG images, GIF images   and image maps is now online for all those with Internet mail access.   The server is the official archive site for the Lightwave 3D mail-list   and contains many PD and Shareware graphics utilities for   several computer platforms including Amiga, Atari, IBM and Macintosh.    The server resides on a BBS called "The Graphics BBS".  The BBS is   operational 24 hours a day 7 days a week at the phone number of +1   908/469-0049.  It has upgraded its modem to a Hayes Ultra 144   V.32bis/V.42bis, which has speeds from 300bps up to 38,400bps.    If you would like to submit objects, scenes or images to the server,   please pack, uuencode and then mail the files to the address:   server@bobsbox.rent.com.    For information on obtaining files from the server send a mail message   to the address file-server@graphics.rent.com with the following in   the body of the message:     HELP     /DIR   And a help file describing how to use the server and a complete   directory listing will be sent to you via mail.  [ Now it includes the Cyberware head and shouders in TTDDD format! Check it  out, only if you can't use FTP! -- nfotis ]  INRIA-GRAPHLIB --------------   Pierre Jancene and Sabine Coquillart launched the inria-graphlib mail   server a few months ago.      echo help | mail inria-graphlib@inria.fr    will give you a quick summary of what inria-graphlib contains and    how to browse among its files.      echo send contents | mail inria-graphlib@inria.fr    will return the extended summary.    As an other example :      echo send cgrl from Misc | mail inria-graphlib@inria.fr    will return the Computer Graphics Resource Listing mirrored from   comp.graphics.  BBSes -----   There are many BBSes that store datafiles, etc.etc., but a guide to these   is beyond the scope of this Listing (and the resources of the author!)   If you can point to me Internet- or mail- accessible BBSes that carry   interesting stuff, send me info!     Studio Amiga is a 3D modelling and ray tracing specific BBS, (817) 467-3658.   24 hours, 105 Meg online. -- From Jeff Walkup <pwappy@well.sf.ca.us>:   "The Castle" 415/355-2396 (14.4K/v.32bis/v.42/v.42bis/MNP)   (In Pacifica, dang close to San Francisco, California, USA)   The new-user password is: "TAO".      [J]oin base #2; The Castle G/FX, Anim, Video, 3D S.I.G., of which   I am the SIG-Op, "Lazerus". --   Bob Lindabury operates a BBS (see above the entry for "The Graphics BBS") -- 'You Can Call Me Ray' ray tracing related BBS in Chicago suburbs (708-358-5611)  or (708-358-8721) --   Digital Pixel (Sysop: Mark Ng <mcng@descartes.waterloo.edu>) is based at   Toronto, Ontario, Canada.     Phone : (416) 298 1487   Storage space: 330 megs   Modem type:  14.4k baud,16.8k (Zyxel) , v32bis ,v32, mnp 5    Access Fee: none.. (free)   System supported : DOS, OS/2, Amiga, Mac.     Netmail:     Currently no echo mail.   Topics:      Raytracing, Fractals, Graphics programming, CAD, Any Comp.                Graphics related    -- From: David Tiberio <dtiberio@ic.sunysb.edu>    Amiga Graphics BBS (516) 473-6351 in Long Island, New York,   running 24 hours at 14.4k v.32bis, with 157 megs on line.   We also subscribe to 9 mailing lists, of which 5 originate   from our BBS, with 3 more to be added soon. These include:    Lightwave, Imagine, Real 3D (ray tracing)    Database files include:   Imagine 3D objects, 3D renderings, scalable fonts, music   modules, sound samples, demos, animations, utilities,   text databases, and pending Lightwave 3D objects. -- The Graphics Alternative   The Graphics Alternative is in El Cerrito, CA., running 24 hours a  day at 14.4k HST/v.32bis, with 642MB online and a 1300+ user base.  TGA runs two nodes, node 1 (510) 524-2780 is for public access and  includes a free 90 day trial subscription.  TGA is the West Coast  Host for PCGnet, The Profesional CAD and Graphics Network, supporting  nodes across the Continental U.S., Alaska, New Zealand, Australia,  France and the UK.    TGA's file database includes MS-DOS executables for POV, Vivid,  RTrace, Rayshade, Polyray, and others.  TGA also has numerous  graphics utilities, viewers, and conversion utilities.  Registered  Vivid users can also download the latest Vivid aeta code from a  special Vivid conference.  -- From: Scott Bethke <sbathkey@access.digex.com>  The Intersection BBS, 410-250-7149.    This BBS Is dedicated to supporting 3D Animators.The system is provided   FREE OF CHARGE, and is NOT Commercialized in ANYWAY.   Users are given FULL Access on the first call.  Features: Usenet NEWS & Internet Mail, Fidonet Echo's & Netmail, 	200 Megs online, V.32bis/V.42bis Modem.  Platforms of interest: Amiga & The VideoToaster, Macintosh, Ms-Dos, 	Unix Workstations (Sun, SGI, etc), Atari-ST. -- From: Alfonso Hermida <afanh@robots.gsfc.nasa.gov>:   Pi Square BBS (301)725-9080 in Maryland. It supports raytracers such as POV  and VIVID. The BBS runs off a 486/33Mhz, 100Megs hard drive and CD ROM.  Now it runs on 1200-2400bps (this will change soon)   Topics: graphics programming, animation,raytracing,programming (general) -- From: Lynn Falkow <ROXXIE@delphi.com>:    Vertech Design's GRAPHIC CONNECTION. (503) 591-8412 in Portland, Oregon.   V.32/V.42bis.    The BBS, aside from carrying typical BBS services like message bases   ( all topic specific ) and files ( CAD and graphics related -- hundreds   of megabytes ), also offers material texture files that are full color,   seamlessly tiling, photo-realistic images.  There are samples available   to first time callers.  The BBS is a subscription system although callers   have 2 hours before they must subscribe, and there are several subscription   rates available.   People interested in materials can subscribe to the   library in addition to a basic subscription rate, and can use their   purchased time to download whichever materials they wish.  ==========================================================================  5. Ray-tracing/graphics-related mailing lists =============================================  Imagine -------   Modeling and animation system for the Amiga:   send subscription requests to Imagine-request@email.sp.paramax.com   send material to Imagine@email.sp.paramax.com   (Dave Wickard has substituted Steve Worley in the maintenance of   the mailing list) - PLEASE note that the unisys.com address is   NO longer valid!!!  Lightwave ---------   (for the Amiga. It's part of Newtek's Video Toaster):   send subscription requests to lightwave-request@bobsbox.rent.com   send material to lightwave@bobsbox.rent.com   (Bob Lindabury)  Toaster -------   send subscription requests to listserv@karazm.math.uh.edu with a *body* of:      subscribe toaster-list  Real 3D -------   Another modeling and animation system for the Amiga:   To subscribe, send a mail containing the body    subscribe real3d-l <Your full name>    to listserv@gu.uwa.edu.au  Rayshade --------   send subscription requests to rayshade-request@cs.princeton.edu   send material to rayshade-users@cs.princeton.edu   (Craig Kolb)  Alladin 4D for the Amiga ----------   send subscription requests to subscribe@xamiga.linet.org    and in the body of the message write    #Alladin 4D username@domain  Radiance --------   Greg Ward, the author, sends to registered (via e-mail) users digests of   his correspodence with them, notes about fixes, updates, etc.   His address is: gjward@lbl.gov  REND386 -------   send subscription requests to rend386-request@sunee.waterloo.edu   send material to rend386@sunee.waterloo.edu  PoV ray / DKB raytracers ------------------------   To subscribe, send a mail containing the body    subscribe dkb-l <Your full name>    to listserv@trearn.bitnet    send material to dkb-l@trearn.bitnet  Mailing List for Massively Parallel Rendering ---------------------------------------------   send subscription requests to mp-render-request@icase.edu   send material to mp-render@icase.edu  ==========================================================================  6. 3D graphics editors ======================  a. Public domain, free and shareware systems ============================================  VISION-3D ---------   Mac-based program written by Paul D. Bourke (pdbourke@ccu1.aukland.ac.nz).   The program can be used to generate models directly in the RayShade   and Radiance file formats (polygons only).   It's shareware and listed on the FTP list.  BRL ---   A solid modeling system for most environments -- including SGI and X11.   It has CSG and NURBS, plus support for Non-Manifold Geometry   [Whatever it is].    You can get it *free* via FTP by signing and returning the relevant license,   found on ftp.brl.mil. Uses ray-tracing for engineering analyses.    Contact:    Ms. Carla Moyer   (410)-273-7794 tel.   (410)-272-6763 FAX   cad-dist@brl.mil E-mail    Snail mail:    BRL-CAD Distribution   SURVIAC Aberdeen Satellite Office 1003   Old Philadelphia Road,   Suite 103 Aberdeen   MD  21001  USA  IRIT ----   A constructive solid geometry (CSG) modeling program for PC and X11.   Includes freeform surface support. Free - see FTP list for where to   find it.  SurfModel ---------   A solid modeling program for PC written in Turbo Pascal 6.0 by   Ken Van Camp. Available from SIMTEL, pd1:<msdos.srfmodl> directory.  NOODLES -------    From CMU, namely Fritz Printz and Levent Gursoz (elg@styx.edrc.cmu.edu).    It's based on Non Manifold Topology.    Ask them for more info, I don't know if they give it away.  XYZ2 ----   XYZ2 is an interactive 3-D editor/builder written by Dale P. Stocker to   create objects for the SurfaceModel, Automove, and DKB raytracer packages.   XYZ2 is free and can be found, for example, in SIMTEL20 as   <MSDOS.SURFMODL>XYZ21.ZIP (DOS only??)  3DMOD -----   It's an MSDOS program. Check at barnacle.erc.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.12],   /pub/msdos/graphics/3dmod.* . Undocumented file format :-(   3DMOD is (C) 1991 by Micah Silverman, 25 Pierrepoint Ave., Postdam,   New York 13676, tel. 315-265-7140  NORTHCAD --------   Shareware, <MSDOS.CAD>NCAD3D42.ZIP in SIMTEL20. Undocumented file format :-(  Vertex ------   (Amiga)   Shareware, send $40 US (check or money order) to:    The Art Machine, 4189 Nickolas   Sterling Heights, MI  48310   USA    In addition to the now standard file formats, including Lightwave,   Imagine, Sculpt, Turbo Silver, GEO and Wavefront, this release offers   3D Professional and RayShade support. (Rayshade is supported only by   the primitive "triangle", but you can easily include this output in   your RayShade scripts)    The latest demo, version 1.62, is available on Fred Fish #727.    For more information, contact the author, Alex Deburie, at:    ad99s461@sycom.mi.org, Phone: (313) 939-2513     ICoons ------   (Amiga)   It's a spline based object modeller ("ICoons" = Interactive    COONS path editor) in amiga.physik.unizh.ch (gfx/3d/ICoons1.0.lzh).   It's free (under the GNU Licence) and requires FPU.    The program has a look&feel which is a cross between Journeyman and   Imagine, and it generates objects in TTDDD format.    It is possible to load Journeyman objects into ICoons, so the program   can be used to convert JMan objects to Imagine format.    Author: Helge E. Rasmussen <her@compel.dk>   PHONE + 45 36 72 33 00, FAX   + 45 36 72 43 00  [ It's also on Fred Fish disk series n.775 - nfotis ]   ProtoCAD 3D -----------  Ver 1.1 from Trius (shareware?)   It's at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil and oak.oakland.edu as PCAD3D.ZIP (for PCs)   It has this menu layout:           FILE       File handling (Load, Save, Import, Xport...)          DRAW       Draw 2D objects (Line, Circle, Box...)          3D         Draw 3D objects (Mesh, Sphere, Block...)          EDIT       Editing features (Copy, Move ...)          SURFACE    Modify objects (Revolve, Xtrude, Sweep...)          IMAGE      Image zooming features (Update, Window, Half...)          OPTION     Global defaults (Grid, Toggles, Axis...)          PLOT       Print drawing/picture (Go, Image...)          RENDER     Shade objects (Frame, Lighting, Tune...)          LAYER      Layer options (Select active layer, set Colors...)  +Sculptura +--------- +  Runs under Windows 3.1, and outputs PoV files. A demo can be found +  on wuarchive.wustl.edu in mirrors/win3/demo/demo3d.zip + +  Author: Michael Gibson <gibsonm@stein.u.washington.edu>   b. Commercial systems =====================  Alpha_1 -------   A spline-based modeling program written in University of Utah.   Features: splines up to trimmed NURBS; support for boolean operations;     sweeps, bending, warping, flattening etc.; groups of objects, and     transformations; extensible object types.   Applications include: NC machining, Animation utilities,     Dimensioning, FEM analysis, etc.   Rendering subsystem, with support for animations.   Support the following platforms: HP 300 and 800's (X11R4, HP-UX 6.5),     SGI 4D or PI machines (X11R4 and GL, IRIX 3.3.1), Sun SparcStation     (X11R4, SunOS 4.1.1).     Licensing and distribution is handled by EGS:     Glenn McMinn, President     Engineering Geometry Systems     275 East South Temple, Suite 305     Salt Lake City, UT  84111     (801) 575-6021     mcminn@cs.utah.edu   [ Educational pricing ]   The charge is $675 per platform.  You may run the system on as many   different workstations of that type as you wish.  For each platform   there is also a $250 licensing fee for Portable Standard Lisp (PSL)   which is bundled with the system.  You need to obtain an additional   license from the University of Utah for PSL from the following address:     Professor Robert Kessler     Computer Science Department     University of Utah     Salt Lake City, Utah 84112    [ EGS can handle the licensing of PSL for U.S. institutions for a     300 $USD nominal fee -- nfotis ]  VERTIGO -------    They have an Educational Institution Program. The package is used in   the industrial design, architectural, scientific visualization,   educational, broadcast, imaging and post production fields.    They'll [quoting from a letter sent to me -- nfotis ] "donate fully   configured Vertigo 3D Graphics Software worth over $29,000USD per   package to qualified educational institutions for licencing on any   number of Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS or POWER Series Workstations.   If you use an IRIS Indigo station, we will also licence our Vertigo   Revolution Software (worth $12,000USD).    If you are interested in participating in this program please send a   letter by mail or fax (604/684-2108) on your institution's letterhead   briefly outlining your potential uses for Vertigo together with the   following information: 1. UNIX version 2. Model and number of SGI   systems 3. Peripheral devices 4. Third Party Software.    Participants will be asked to contribute $750USD per institution to cover   costs of the manual, administration, and shipping.    We recommend that Vertigo users subscribe to our technical support   services. For an annual fee you will receive: technical assistance   on our support hotline, bug fixes, software upgrades and manual updates.   For educational institution we will waive the $750 administration fee   if support is purchased.    The annual support fee is $2,500 plus the following cost for additional   machines:    Number of machines:		2-20		20+   Additional cost per machine:	$700		$600 "  [ There's also a 5-day training program - nfotis]  Contact:   Vertigo Technology INC   Suite 1010   1030 West Georgia St.   VANCOUVER, BC   CANADA, V6E 2Y3    Phone: 604/684-2113   Fax:   604/684-2108  [ Does anyone know of such offers from TDI, Alias, Softimage, Wavefront,   etc.??? this would be a VERY interesting part!!  -- nfotis ]  PADL-2 ------ [ Basically, it's a Solid Modeling Kernel in top of which you build your   application(s)]    Available by license from     Cornell Programmable Automation     Cornell University     106 Engineering and Theory Center     Ithaca, NY 14853    License fees are very low for educational institutions and gov't agencies.   Internal commercial licenses and re-dissemination licenses are available.   For an information packet, write to the above address, or send your   address to:   marisa@cpa.tn.cornell.edu (Richard Marisa)  ACIS ----   From Spatial Technology. It's a Solid Modelling kernel callable from C.   Heard that many universities got free copies from the company.   The person to contact regarding ACIS in academic institutions is      Scott Owens, e-mail: sdo@spatial.com    And their address is:    Spatial Technology, Inc.   2425 55th St., Bldg. A   Boulder, CO 80301-5704   Phone: (303) 449-0649, Fax: (303) 449-0926  MOVIE-BYU / CQUEL.BYU ---------------------   Basically [in my understanding], this is a FEM pre- and post-proccessor   system. It's fairly old today, but it still serves some people in   Mech. Eng. Depts.   Now it's superseded from CQUEL.BYU (pronounced "sequel"). That's a   complete modelling, animation and visualization package. Runs in the usual   workstation environments (SUN, DEC, HP, SGI, IBM RS6000, and others)   You can get a demo version (30-days trial period) either by sending $20   USD in their address or a blank tape. It costs 1,500 for a full run-time   licence.    Contact:    Engineering Computer Graphics Lab   368 Clyde Building, Brigham Young Univ.   Provo, UT 84602   Phone: 801-378-2812   E-mail: cquel@byu.edu   twixt -----   Soon to add stuff about it... If I get a reply to my FAX  VOXBLAST --------   It's a volume renderer marketed by:   Vaytek Inc. (Fairfield, Iowa phone: 515-472-2227) , running on PCs   with 386+FPU at least.  Call Vaytek for more info.  VoxelBox --------   A 3D Volume renderer for Windows. Features include direct   ray-traced volume rendering, color and alpha mapping,   gradient lighting, animation, reflections and shadows.    Runs on a PC(386 or higher) with at least an 8 bit video card(SVGA is fine)   under Windows 3.x. It costs $495.    Contact:    Jaguar Software Inc.   573 Main St., Suite 9B   Winchester, MA 01890   (617) 729-3659   jwp@world.std.com (john w poduska)  ==========================================================================  7. Scene description languages ==============================  NFF ---   Neutral file format , by Eric Haines. Very simple, there are some   procedural database generators in the SPD package, and many objects   floating in various FTP sites. There's also a previewer written in   HP Starbase from E.Haines. Also there's one written in VOGLE, so you can   use any of the devices VOGLE can output on.   (Check in sites carrying VOGLE, like gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au)  OFF ---   Object file format, from DEC's Randy Rost (rost@kpc.com). [ The object archive server seems to be mothballed. In a future version,  I'll remove the ref. to it -- nfotis ]    Available also through their mail server. To obtain help about using this   service, send a message with a "Subject:" line containing only the word   "help" and a null message body to: object-archive-server@decwrl.dec.com.   [For FTP places to get it, see in the relevant place]. There's an OFF   previewer for SGI 4D machines, called off-preview in   godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au . There are previewers for xview and sunview,   also on gondwana.  TDDD ---- It's a library of 3D objects with translators to/from OFF, NFF, Rayshade, Imagine or vort objects. Edited copy of the announcement follows (from Raytracing News, V4,#3):    New Library of 3D Objects Available via FTP, by Steve Worley   (worley@cup.portal.com)    I have assembled a set of over 150 3D objects in a binary format   called TDDD. These objects range from human figures to airplanes,   from semi-trucks to lampposts.  These objects are all freely   distributable, and most have READMEs that describe them.    In order to convert these objects to a human-readable format, a file   with the specification of TDDD is included in the directory with the   objects. There is also a shareware system called TTDDDLIB (officially   on hubcap.clemson.edu) that will convert (ala PBM+) to/from various   object formats : Imagine TTDDD (extension of TDDD?), OFF, NFF,   Rayshade 4.0, or vort. Source included for Amiga/Unix as executables   for the Amiga. Also outputs Framemaker MIF files and isometric views   in Postscript.  P3D ---   From Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The P3D uses lisp with slight   extensions to store three-dimensional models. A simple lisp   interpreter is included with the P3D release, so there is no need to   have access to any vendor's lisp to run this software.    The mouse-driven user interfaces for Motif, Open Look, and Silicon   Graphics GL, and the DrawP3D subroutine library for generating P3D   without ever looking at the underlying Lisp.    The P3D software currently supports nine renderers.  They are:   Painter - Painter's Algorithm, Dore, Silicon Graphics Inc. GL language,   Generic Phigs, Sun Phigs+, DEC Phigs+, Rayshade, ART ray tracer (from   VORT package) and Pixar RenderMan.    The code is available via anonymous FTP from the machines   ftp.psc.edu, directory pub/p3d, and nic.funet.fi, directory   pub/graphics/programs/p3d.  RenderMan ---------   Pixar's RenderMan is not free - call Pixar for details.  ==========================================================================  8. Solids description formats =============================  a. EEC's ESPRIT project 322 CAD*I (CAD Interfaces) has developed a   neutral file format for transfer of CAD data (curves, surfaces, and   solid models between CAD systems and from CAD to CAA (Computer Aided   Analysis) an CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing)  b. IGES [v. 5.1 now] tries to define a standard to tranfer solid   models - Brep and CSG. The current standard number is ANSI Y14.26M-1987   For documentation, you might want to contact Nancy Flower at   NCGA Technical Services and Standards, 1-800-225-6242 ext. 325   and the cost is $100.   This standard is not available in electronic format.  c. PDES/STEP : This slowly emerging standard tries to encompass not only   the geometrical information, but also for things like FEM, etc.   The main bodies besides this standard are NIST and DARPA. You can get   more information about PDES by sending mail to nptserver@cme.nist.gov   and putting the line 	send index   in the body (NOT the Subject:) area of the message.    The people at Rutherford Appleton Lab.  are also working   on STEP tools: they have an EXPRESS compiler and an Exchange file parser,   both available in source form (and for free) for research purposes.   Soon they will also have an EXPRESS-based database system.    For the tools contact Mike Mead, Phone: +44 (0235) 44 6710 (FAX: x 5893),   e-mail: mm@inf.rl.ac.uk or {...!}mcsun!uknet!rlinf!mm or           mm%inf.rl.ac.uk@NSFnet-relay.ac.uk  ==========================================================================  End of Part 1 of the Resource Listing