Re: 3D software
I think that POV-RAY is an excellent ray tracer. It does have a steep learning curve though. -Alex -- I plan to rule the world 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... in centimeters! If my signature file was any longer, my friends would get angry with me. On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > I want a nice (preferably simple) package to created 3D-scenes > (spaceships and the like, so based on geometrical shapes), ideally with > flashy raytracing and the like. Any suggestions? > > Processor,memory and video card no object :) > > Matthew > > -- > Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo > > Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society > Selwyn College Computer Support > http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ > http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ > Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: 3D software
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: > I want a nice (preferably simple) package to created 3D-scenes > (spaceships and the like, so based on geometrical shapes), ideally with > flashy raytracing and the like. Any suggestions? > > Processor,memory and video card no object :) Check out http://linux3d.netpedia.net/ for Linux 3D resources. The easiest IMHO software for geometric creation is AC3D. It is shareware (you must get the licensed version to save your files). The cost is $40 payable over the net. There are others such as Blender and Moonlight Creator. They are free of cost. The latter is open source as well and there is a version that is Debianized. Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>UCSD Physics Dept.
Re: 3D software
> I want a nice (preferably simple) package to created 3D-scenes > (spaceships and the like, so based on geometrical shapes), ideally > with flashy raytracing and the like. Any suggestions? Probably the best ray-tracing software is pov-ray. Home page: http://www.povray.org Debian Packages: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/graphics/povray_3.0.20-6.deb (Potato, Slink & Hamm versions are all the same.) You probably will also want povray-doc, povray-misc, etc. Version 3.1 of pov-ray is out, but not for Linux yet... Kirk
3D software
Dear all, I want a nice (preferably simple) package to created 3D-scenes (spaceships and the like, so based on geometrical shapes), ideally with flashy raytracing and the like. Any suggestions? Processor,memory and video card no object :) Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte
