Windows Raytracing Software

Last update: 11/17/2005

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Category: 3d engine

Crystal Space 3d
Crystal Space is an Open Source 3D SDK for Linux (Unix), Windows, MacOS/X, BeOS. It renders with OpenGL or software and features curved surfaces, volumetric fog, dynamic colored lighting, terrain engine, LOD, procedural textures, portals, etc. http://sourceforge.net/projects/crystal
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Genesis 3d
Real time rendering toolkit; 3d game development engine. Supports: VC 6, Borland C++, Delphi, Visual Basic. http://www.genesis3d.com/
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Mesa 3d
Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that of OpenGL. http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/
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Category: Mac Modellers

POVRay Anim System
http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Pines/8549/Animsys.htm
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Wings 3d
Polygon mesh modeller. Exports these file formats: NDO, 3DS, OBJ, WRL, RIB, MDL (Hash: animation master), POV. Imports these formats: NDO, 3DS, OBJ, AI. http://www.wings3d.com/
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Category: Mac Raytracers

Megapov
http://www.nathan.kopp.com/patched.htm
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POVRay
http://www.povray.org
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Rayshade
Binaries for Linux, DOS, OS2, mac, Amiga, AIX, SCO, Solaris. http://graphics.stanford.edu/~cek/rayshade/
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Renderboy
RenderBoy is an integrated object based 3D boolean solid modeler and photo-realistic "ray-tracing" renderer. What does that mean? Well, using RenderBoy's simple graphic user interface, you can create photo-realistic 3D graphics in an intuitive what-you-see- is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) point&click fashion. You can specify how your designs should look (dull, shiny, mirrored, textured, etc) and add working light sources to illuminate your design. New with Version 2.2.0, RenderBoy can also create stereographic images. http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/15.renderboy.php http://www.render-boy.com
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Category: Mesh pages

Evilio's Babylon 5 page
Several B5 models in 3DS format. Vorlon vessel, shadow vessel, Vorlon fighter. Some in POV format. http://www.ultradrive.com/b5.htm
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NASA space ships
With DXF and Strata models for: Cassini series, Galileo series. http://samadhi.jpl.nasa.gov/models/
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Turbo Squid
Thousands of models for sale in various formats. http://www.turbosquid.com
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Category: Molecular modelling

BioDesigner
Molecular modelling and visualization software bundled with protein sequence editor. Supports POV output. http://www.pirx.com/biodesigner/
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Molecular modelling (povray.org)
A few links to molecular modelling software that works with POV. http://www.povray.org/nf-index.html
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Ortep 3
For modelling molecules. http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/ortep3/
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PDB to POV
Molecular PDB format. http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/paul/
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PovChem
Models chemical models and DNA. http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/paul/
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PyMol
Now a finished product. Also creates animations of molecules. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/
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Category: Other pages

3d Beginners ring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=3dbeginner&list
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3d Grafx ring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=3dgfx&list
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3d Port ring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=3dportring&list
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3d Ring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=3d&list
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CG Channel
All things computer graphics. http://www.cgchannel.com
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Eye Candy Ring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=eyecandy;index
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Gui Extension
How to write a POV GUI extension (like a program that calls POV). http://www.imp.org/visitors/guiext/cookbook.asp
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Light++
A C++ library to raytracing. For Linux. Features: astronomical coordinates, true celestial sky, dispersion, open light sources, virtual object transformation, 2D objects, negative objects, nebular media (aka volume rendering, halo raytracing), radiosity, motion blur, animation, ocean waves. http://www.photon.at/~werner/light/access.html
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POV Cyclopedia
Doing hardwood floors, labeling a bottle with an image map, making coins with image maps, fading between textures. http://www.spiritone.com/~english/cyclopedia/
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POV-Ray webring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=povrayring&list
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Power 3d book
Book on programming software to make 3d scenes. "High speed 3d graphics on Win 95/NT." http://www.manning.com/Lussier/Contents.html
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Technoweenie
Textures, bump maps, and materials in jpg format. http://www.technoweenie.com/graphics/textures/
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Torus 3d ring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=torus3d&list
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Tutorial, caves
http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/caves_in_povray.htm
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Tutorial, list of
List of 30+ POV tutorials. http://www.3dlinks.com/tutorials_povray.cfm
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Tutorial, natural plants
http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov/g_a8.htm
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Tutorial, Poly object
http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/polytutorial/
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Tutorial, POV 50 tips
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Gallery/2006/povhome.htm
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Tutorial, POV tutorials
Beginner's tutorial. http://library.thinkquest.org/3285/
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Tutorials, POV, atmosphere
Creating a planet's atmosphere. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Sector/4317/tutorials.html
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Category: POV 3.0 objects

Mineral IORs
IOR values for 2850 different minerals in an include file. http://seasoft.tecbox.com
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Category: POV 3.1 objects

Tom Tree [MUST SEE]
Makes tree include files for POV. One of the best. http://www.aust-manufaktur.de/austv2x.html
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Category: POV 3.5 objects

Brick
A brick with very good random surface, and random variations in size. http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~y0013390/pov/wtunnel.html
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Category: POV textures

Extra textures
Unusual textures like: amber, galaxy, brain, cow, leopard, Easter egg, fire/flame. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/scc308/exotic/exotic.html
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Flames
Generate several styles of flames for candles, torches, etc. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/povstuff.php
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Gems
Textures for various precious and semi-precious stones. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/povstuff.php
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Marble textures
Various marble textures. I'm assuming they're different than the ones that come with POV. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/povstuff.php
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Rust
// This part declares a pigment for use
// in the rust patch texture pattern  
#declare Rusty = pigment {
granite
    color_map {
     [ 0 rgb <0.2, 0, 0> ]
      [ 1 Brown ]
   }
    frequency 20
  }
// And this part applies it
// Notice that our original layered texture
 // "Speckled_Metal" is now part of the map

#declare Rust_Patches = texture {    bozo
  
     texture_map {     [ 0.0  pigment {Rusty} 
      [ 0.75 Speckled_Metal ]
      [ 1.0  Speckled_Metal ]
    }
  }
Stones
/* First, the map normal */
#declare Blockmap =
normal {
        bump_map {
                gif "stnbmp.gif"
                interpolate 2
                bump_size 5 //careful with this...depends on distance from
                             //camera...may need more, but don't overdo.
        }
}

/* Then, declare an average with granite */
#declare Bumping =
normal { 
        average
                normal_map {
                [ Blockmap ]   //the basic stones pattern...
                [ granite .5 ] //...and this gives a nice fractally random
                                   // surface texture.
                }
}

/* Okay, let's assume you declare six texture here... One called Mortar,
   and five called Stone1 through Stone5. ALL of these textures must use
   "Bumping" as their normal, so that the normal patterns will match up
   everyplace on the material map. (Take my word for it works!)
*/

/* Time to put it all together */

#declare StonesTexture =
texture {
        material_map {
                gif "stnmat.gif"
                interpolate 2
                texture { Mortar } //'Mortar' must be the first, but the
                texture { Stone1 } // stones that follow could be in any
                texture { Stone2 } // order, actually.
                texture { Stone3 }
                texture { Stone4 }
                texture { Stone5 }
        }
        scale 10 //you may adjust this later, but the pattern itself
                 //starts out pretty tiny for most purposes.
}
Textures, pbourke
Information about tiled textures, including many samples: bricks, rock tiles, wood tiles, bark, steel flooring, and lots more. These textures are ready to use as tilable textures, no post-processing required, and most of them are <60k in size. http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/pbourke/texture/
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Category: POV Utils

Quiet POV
Allows the user to start and stop POV from the command line. http://www.dreampeach.com/QuietPOV
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Sim-Pov
Simulates mechanical objects in stills or animations. http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~y0013390/simpov/index.html
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Category: POV version unknown

Apple
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Asteroid models
POV models of real asteroids. http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~hudson/Research/Asteroids/models.html
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CD
An audio/computer CD with iridescence. http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/
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Cigar box
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Clock
Green agate with a clock in it. http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Glass
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Harmonic knot
Include file. http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Academy/8764/index.html
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Pen
Fancy pen. http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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POV models
Wood coffee table, glass breakfast table, water closet, wine rack, barstools and table, leather chair texture. Also many window frames, door frames, latte maker, green pot, street lamp, balcony railing. http://www.3dvue.net/doc/objets.htm
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POV Objects
Lists 3d programs and has a database of POV objects. Very good list. http://www.povworld.org/objects/3dlinks.html
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POV Place
POV models, macros, and include files. http://www.povplace.be.tf
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Softy's gallery
Several models, each in various formats, including POV. Models include: dinosaurs, faces, bodies, Homer Simpson, dolphin, http://www.softy3d.com/en/gallery.htm
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Space Shuttle
http://www.hal-pc.org/~jsb/shuttlepov.html
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Sword
Straight sword include file. http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Sword, wavy
Include file for a wavy sword. http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Wine bottle
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/6578/include.html
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Category: Unix Raytracers

Radiance
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html
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Renderboy CS814
Raytracer, also for *nix. This is NOT the Mac Renderboy. http://www-hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~jheer/renderBoy/
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Category: Win 95 animation

Anfy 3D animator
Java-based animator based on Spazz3d technology and OpenGL. http://www.anfyteam.com/panfy3d.html
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Anim8
FREE. Says it's the best animator for POV. Also has POVTICK for animation. http://www.mindspring.com/~maw01/skinz/skinz.htm
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Anim8or
Anim8or is a free 3d animation and modeling program. It can read and write 3DS and LWO Lightwave files, create 3d models and characters, and output AVI movies. Includes material editor. http://www.anim8or.com/
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Avalon Software
Lots of graphics utilities here, and meshes. http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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AVIEDIT
Small program which makes AVI files. Requires video for windows. I think there is another program called AVI Edit but it is different. Get it at http://milukov.freeservers.com/aviedit.html. http://www.sumrallworks.com/freebies/buttonhole/multimedia/avi/editor.htm
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Bink tools
FREE. Great codec makes quick animations in MPEG or Quicktime. http://www.smacker.com/
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Blender
FREE modeling, raytracing, animation package for Windows, Unix, and BeOS. http://www.blender.org NEW LINK
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Cosmos 4d
Make 3d animated scenes. https://tools.hol.gr/online/holoftools/index.aspx NEW LINK
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Dave's Animation System
http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Vista/3378
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DDClip
FREE version. Adds sound to AVI files. Free version has 1 video and 3 audio tracks. Very good animation package. http://www.softlab-nsk.com/Pro/DDClip.html
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DoGa
FREE. Computer modeller and animator. Only Doga-L1 is fully functional and free. http://www.doga.co.jp/english/index.html
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DTA
Dave's Targa Animator converts multiple TGA files to FLI or FLC files. (Link to file only.) ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/utilities/dta22b.zip
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HC Make
Make animated FLI files from hi color TGA files. Look under Software, Utilities. http://avalon.viewpoint.com/ NEW LINK
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Hypercosm Studio
FREE. Makes 3d applets for web pages. Also for Linux. http://www.hypercosm.com/download/studio/index.html
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MOV2AVI
Converts MOV files to AVI. http://www.sumrallworks.com/freebies/buttonhole/multimedia/avi/editor.htm
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POV Animation, how to
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gfm/
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POV Ray AnimSystem
Make a flight path and preview, more animatino functions. Amiga, Windows, Mac, and unix. With tutorial. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Pines/8549/Animsys.htm
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Quicktime
Quicktime 3.0 upgrade allows you to render Quicktime movies directly with POV. (I don't know if this means you need just the free Quicktime player, or if you have to buy something else.) http://quicktime.apple.com/
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RGB Scroller
Shows POV syntax for colors. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/colscr32.zip
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TGA2AVI
Convert TGA files to AVI files. http://www.wallysoft.com/software.htm
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Varmint's POV animator
Automates rendering all those animation frames. http://www.ericjorgensen.com/html/vpova.htm
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VidEdit
Insert many formats of files.
11-2005 Download link gives error "login incorrect". http://www.sumrallworks.com/freebies/buttonhole/multimedia/avi/editor.htm
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Video Mach
Shareware movie processor. Supports many formats: BMP, GIF, AVI, FLC/FLI, HAV, JPEG, MPG, PCX, PNG, PPM, RAS/SUN, TGA, TIFF, XPM, WAV. http://www.gromada.com
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Category: Win 95 convertors

3DC (DOS)
Though this is a DOS program, it is worth mentioning here because it converts between many formats and is FREE. Version for windows now but it may be shareware. http://www.ac3d.org
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3DS to POV
Go to Software, Translators. Also at http://www.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/software.htm. http://avalon.viewpoint.com/ NEW LINK
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ASE to T3D
Convert 3D Studio ASE to Unreal T3D format. http://www.planetunreal.com/Spooger/Converter.html
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Autocad 2 POV
Convert Autocad files to POV. http://ccservices.port5.com/dla.html
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AVI to MPEG
FREE. http://www.mnsi.net/~jschlic1/
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DEM2POV
3DEM. Can use USGS DEM files to save as: JPG, BMP, VRML, TER (Terragen), MPG, TGA, DAT (binary elevation), TXT. Also makes animated flybys of a DEM file. Requires OpenGL. http://www.monumental.com/rshorne/3dem.html
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DXF to 3DS
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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DXF to DKB
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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DXF to POV
http://www.cgirealm.com/cadman/dla.html
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DXF to POV
Works on Java. http://yasucg.site.ne.jp/page2/dxfPR.html
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DXF to POV
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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Elefont
Converts TTF files to DXF. http://www.armanisoft.ch/webdesign/Elefont.htm
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FLC to EXE
Look under Software, Utilities. http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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GIF to DXF heightfield
Look under Software, Utilities. http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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GIF to PNG
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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Mathematica to POV
http://www.mpae.gwdg.de/~kuska/mview3d.html
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MOL to 3DS
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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Poseray
Converts Wavefront OBJ files into POV-Ray/MegaPOV code and Moray UDO models. It can also act as a geometry transform, materials editor and displacement map tool. http://user.txcyber.com/~sgalls/
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RAW to 3DS ascii
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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RAW to Polyray
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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RAW to POV
http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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TGA2GIF
Convert TGA files to a GIF. http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone10/cat99/3267.htm
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Truetype fonts to DXF, POV, RA
Truetype fonts to DXF, POV, RAW. http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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VRML2POV
Converts VRML 97 specs to POV. http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/paul/
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Wavefront to xxx
Wavefront to 3DS ascii, DXF, NFF, RAW, Rayshade http://avalon.viewpoint.com/
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Category: Win 95 Landscape

Forester Arboretum
Creates trees, export to POV disabled. http://www.dartnall.f9.co.uk/
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Genesis Toolkit
DOS. A series of tools which work with POV heightfields. http://www.rhein-ruhr.de/~schrammel/
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Grass
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, free software Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in X-Windows. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL). A port is available for Mac OSX, and they have an experimental port to MS Windows using the Cygwin tools. http://grass.ibiblio.org/index2.html
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Kashmir 3d
It's a software for making CG landscapes or amazing 3D maps. You can render a beatiful landscape CG on your PC. You can use USGS's DEMs, Grayscale Bitmaps and so on. You can know which mountain you can see from your home. Support for 3D Navigation by GPS Receiver. Support for Full-Raytracing rendering and Z-Buffer rendering. Support for rendering clouds, fog, snow and mist. Support for depth of focus. NOTE: This is a Japanese program, so some translations to English may be hard to understand. http://www.kashmir3d.com/index-e.html
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L Parser
FREE. Generates plants and other fractal objects for POV. Includes Lparser. http://home.wanadoo.nl/laurens.lapre/lparser.htm
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Landscape Explorer3d
Free for non-profits. Landscape Explorer 2000 is our new map and landscape rendering program. Focused on accurate rendition rather than photorealism, Landscape Explorer offers realtime manipulation and rendering of landscapes. Great for overlaying a map over 3d terrain. Shows how roads go through the mountains, etc. http://www.woolleysoft.co.uk/
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Landscape generators
Links to more landscape generators for PC and Mac. http://www.fignations.com/resources/land.html
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Mountain 3d (shareware)
$30. Landscape generator. Imports USGS DEM files. Generates realistic vegetation. Includes program to convert from SDTS to USGS DEM. EXPIRES after 30 days. http://cjain.free.fr/enpage.php3
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PC Rock
Create rocks in DXF format. http://www.laffeycomputer.com/macrock.html
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PlantStudio [MUST SEE]
Makes 3d models of vegetation. FREE to try. Export to DXF files. Looks very good. Breed plants and various mutations, define where in the growing cycle you would like your picture of the plant, plant wizard for creating brand new plants. NOW FULLY FREE. http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/PlantStudio/gallery.htm
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TerraEdit
Create terrains. Saves to t3d files. Requires OpenGL. http://www.unreality.org/biohazard/Tools/Terraedit.zip
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Terragen .9 [MUST SEE]
Creates great realistic landscapes. Generate fractal landscapes, combine terrains into one. Exports: LWO, Vistapro Import Binary format. Presently FREE. Terrains up to 513x513 units. http://www.planetside.co.uk/ NEW LINK
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Terrain Maker
DOS. Supports USGS DEM files, makes POV scene files. Requires 386+, VESA VGA card with 512k. 486 recommended. Color map editor and tools for landscape manipulation. Reads GIF files for heightfield data. http://www.ericjorgensen.com/html/tm.htm NEW LINK
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USGS DEM data (free)
* = good, **= better, *** = best
Vistapro ($)
Makes great landscapes. For more Vistapro links do a search on Yahoo.com. I used version 1.0 and its very easy to use with impressive results. http://www.vrli.com
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Wilbur [MUST SEE]
Manipulates heightfields. Reads these file formats: BMP, PCX, DEM (USGS), TGA, TER (Terragen), BRC (Bryce), BR3 (Bryce), MAT, and a few more. Writes: PGM, DXF, BR3, TXT, MAT, DTE, PCX, RAW, RD4, TER (Terragen), Wavefront OBJ, BMP. Total size: 3300kb includes EXE, docs, and tutorials. http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~jslayton/software.html
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World Machine
An object-oriented heightfield generator. Looks interesting.
# Easy to use, graph-based visual design approach
# Fully controllable 2D & OpenGL preview of the terrain
# Many different Perlin Noise generator styles for different looks
# Ability to import terrain data from .TGA and Terragen heightfield files
# A variety of devices, such as Terrace, Combiner, Chooser, Transform, etc.
# Weathering and Fluvial erosion, including export of river and talus maps
# Algorithmic randomizer: By clicking the dice button, you can quickly change all perlin generators to create an entirely different scene that has the same feel.
# Pan and zoom around the fractal landscape to find the area you want to actualize
# Export to 7 formats including RAW, RAW-FP32, TGA, Povray TGA, Leveller, BMP, and Terragen http://www.world-machine.com/
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Category: Win 95 modellers

AC3D
Outputs VRML 1 and 2, POV, Renderman, Dive, and Massive and other formats. Save file is disabled in shareware version. Supports plugins. OpenGL renderer. Supports these file formats: DXF, 3DS, POV, RIB, Triangles, VRML1 and 2, Lightwave. http://www.ac3d.org
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Art of Illusion
Java-based modeller, rendering engine, animator. Runs on any OS that supports Java 1.1. Supports: procedural textures, triangle mesh smoothing. Also at http://sourceforge.net/projects/aoi. http://www.artofillusion.org/index.html
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Aztec
Modeller/animator mainly for games. http://aztec.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html
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bCad
http://www.upperfold.com/bcad.shtml
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Behemot
FREE modeller, renderer. Supports NURBS, True type fonts, link objects for a "skeleton" effect, Prolog script language, deformations, and animations. Exports DXF, VRML. Last release Aug 2005. http://sourceforge.net/projects/behemot/ NEW LINK
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Blender Creator [MUST SEE]
FREE modelling, raytracing, animation package for Windows, Unix, BeOS. Supports: UV Texturing. Since NAN has declared bankruptcy, they have disabled downloads at their home page. Here are some alt pages for downloading Blender Creator: http://www.download.blender.pl/, http://www.escape.gr/blender/b_download.html, http://www.blender3d.com/, http://www.upperfold.com/blender.shtml, www.elysiun.com, www.blender.org.

Old site: www.blender.nl http://www.blender3d.com
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BobCob
Makes COB files. http://members.tripod.com/~Hawkeye_Stefan/download.html
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Breeze
FREE. Good modeller for POVRay 3.0 and 2.0, VRML, Polyray. Slow reponse if you insert text because it makes text out of thousands of triangles. Exports Renderman RIB and DXF files. Imports 3DS, Autocad 2d and 2d DXF files. Supports 3rd party plugins, has preview mode (needs Intel 3DR or OpenGL for preview). Also get it at http://www.povray.org/ftp/pub/povray/utilities/modellers/breeze/BreezeDesigner.html. http://www.fl.net.au/~neville/
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Calimax
FREE for private use. Reads: RAW, 3DS, OBJ (Imagine), LWO (Lightwave). Writes: POV, UDO (for Moray). http://www.calimaxmodeller.de/index.php
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Cob Composer
Make COB files. http://members.tripod.com/~Hawkeye_Stefan/download.html
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Design Workshop Lite
A CAD program designed for real-life modelling, like for architects, landscapers. Saves files in DXF, 3DMS. http://www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html
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Direct3D Wizard
Requires DirectX 5.0 or better. Build 3d scenes with meshes, decals, lights, etc. http://www.marcweb.de/
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Dream 3d modeler
Supports lots of texture formats. Also model formats: MD2, MD3, MD5mesh, MS3d, 3DS, more. http://www.sibvrv.km.ru/products/svd3d.htm
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Forester
Features:
    * Various object placement algorithms and probability functions
    * Image Maps for using Bitmap files to locate objects
    * Full scene animation
    * Animation Timeline
    * Object/camera flight paths
    * Customizable landscape texture
    * Animation sound mixing (attenuation, Doppler, panning)
    * Motion Blur
    * Procedural grass simulation
    * DirectX 3D preview
    * Camera Focal Blur
    * 3D cloud simulation
    * Water layer
    * Fog/Haze layers, including atmospheric media
    * Object Location export
    * Flight path export to TGS script
    * 3D image generation (for viewing with tinted glasses)
    * Object masking and merging with Terragen images
Some features disabled in freeware version. $28 to register. Looks very good. Registration unlocks these features:
 
    * Unlimited Length Animations
    * Grass Simulation
    * Motion Blur
    * Generation of 3D Images for Viewing with Red/Cyan Glasses
    * Support for Larger Terrains
    * Simulated 3D Clouds
    * Unlimited Fog Layers
    * Unlimited Cloud Layers
    * Export Animation Flight Paths
    * Animation Sound Mixing (attenuation, panning, doppler)
http://www.dartnall.co.uk/ NEW LINK
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Genesis Modeller
FREEWARE. For Win 3.1 (with Win32s) and Win 95. Realtime texture mapping. This looks real good. Imports Lightwave files. Saves as proprietary .OBJ format. Supports Z buffering, fast, realtime texture mapping, boolean CSG operations, programming toolkit, lathe tool, object pathing (extrude on a path). http://www.silicond.demon.co.uk/
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Gmax
Free 3D content creation platform designed to let game enthusiasts create custom art for their favorite titles. It includes many powerful tools including polygon and patch editing, texturing, lighting, and simple keyframe animation.

* * Support for Discreet's powerful 3ds max scripting language MAXScript
* * Individual modifiers, materials, maps, and controllers to help you model, texture and animate your own 3D content

Looks like a professional package. http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/gmax_index.html
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Goose Egg
Edits meshes. Made mainly for games but it might edit meshes for raytracing. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gooseegg/
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Hamapatch
Spline based modeller for Windows, like Spatch with more features. Homepages is in Japanese but program is in English. http://www.oocities.org/hamapatch/program/index.html
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Irit 7.0
This is not a GUI system, so it's probably command line oriented. IRIT is a solid modeling environment that allows one to model basic, primitive based, models using Boolean operations as well as freeform surface based models. Runs on SPARC, SGI, Unix, Win32, MS-DOS, Amiga. Also at http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~irit ftp://ftp.cs.technion.ac.il/pub/misc/gershon/irit/
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Ldraw
Freeware modeller which draws lego models. Also great for drawing lego instructions. For DOS. You can export models to POV Ray format for rendering. http://www.ldraw.org
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Light Vision
Direct link to file only. http://www.htw-dresden.de/~htw7194/lv3d.zip
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Materialize 3d
Shareware. Materialize 3Ds revolutionary interface allows you to process any polygons you desire regardless of model object hierarchies. Create vertex normals, reverse polygon ordering, project textures, and add or modify materials and textures. Imports 3D Studio 3DS, Autocad DXF and Direct3D (DirectX). Exports POV, DXF, and Direct3DX (DirectX). http://www.indotek.com/material.html
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Metasequoia
Modeller in Japanese. No English docs or in the program menus, etc. Supports DXF, LWO, 3DS, COB, OBJ. http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/mizno/
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Minos
FREEWARE modeller. 2d/3d CAD. Hides hidden lines in wireframe preview. Outputs VRML. Aug 2004: development stopped but still available for download. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rleboite/minos.htm
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Moray 3.3 [MUST SEE]
Price: DM 149, $80 US. Modeller/CAD program for POV. Shareware version has all features but a reminder screen appears every time you save or preview. Easy to use if you haven't used CAD before. Supports plugins. v3.3 supports OpenGL preview. Requires POV 3.1 for preview. Exports to RAW. http://www.stmuc.com/moray/
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OpenFX
3d modelling, rendering, and animation. A powerful feature-set includes a full renderer and raytrace engine, NURBS support, kinematics-based animation, morphing, and an extensive plugin API. Also at Openfx.org. http://openfx.planetmirror.com/about/index.php
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OpenGL
Didn't know where to put this, it's not a raytracer, more of a rendering engine. Also at www.opengl.org. http://www.marcweb.de/opengl.htm
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Polywog
FREEWARE. Vertex-based editor. For Win 95 or Amiga. Reads and writes GEO, Sense8 NFF, and PLG format files http://www.washedashore.com/projects/wog/polywog.html
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Pov Cad 4.03
$35 shareware. Contact rob_mcgregor@compuserve.com. (Anyone have a homepage for this?) Also at http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone10/cat185/1996.htm http://www.brado-bbs.de/ra190c.htm
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POV Lab
Modeller which exports to POV files. More features: 4 viewports, material/texture preview, CSG, Raw objects, box, cone, cylinder, blob, disc, tube, torus, plane, sphere, lathe, bezier patches, spline, automap, extruder, superellipsoid, plugins, up to 20,000 objects in a scene, water level for HF, atmospheric effects, global settings, caustics, layered fog, create 3d fonts. Imports files: RAW, POV. Also http://www.cyberstation.fr/~dolivier/. Also http://pdelagrange.free.fr/labdev/. http://www.povlab.org/
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Pygmalion 3D
Made for POV. Pygmalion is subdivision surface and GPL'd modeller for mainly POVRay. Ability to import DXF, 3DS, OFF (Geomview) and P3D (Peak3D) files. Ability to interpret "range image" files (in BMP format) as either a 3d grid or optimized triangle approximations. Ability to export DXF, 3DS, P3D, and POV. Support for polygonal objects, cameras, point lights, directional lights, and spot lights. http://pygmalion3d.sourceforge.net/
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Rhino 3D
$795 US. Modeller imports/exports many formats. http://www.rhino3d.com/
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Softy 3d
Designed for organic modelling. Exports to many 3d formats: DirectX, POV, Megapov, DXF, Lightwave, RAW, Quickdraw 3dmf, Wavefront object, Maxon Cinema 4d, Caligari Truespace, Autodesk 3DS. http://www.softy3d.com/en/about.htm
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Technowin
2d and 3d CAD modeller. (Link to file only.) http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000027461
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Truespace 1.0
This is a FREE version. Serial number is: 310001119577 http://www.pcplus.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8556
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World Builder
FREE. But you must register to get a serial number. Build 3d worlds. Has conversion tools for: 3DS to Morfit WLD, VRML1.0 to WLD, MAX 3.1 to WLD, MAX 2.0 to WLD, MAX 3.0 to WLD. This great tool can be used to make 3D worlds with transparent glass or paint, reflective surfaces, wrap an image around a soda bottle, and more. Model formats directly supported: MD2 (Quake) and MD3, DirectX .X models. http://www.3dstate.com/
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zzLinks to more modellers
chuckr.bravepages.com/frames2.htm - see CAD section http://www.3dlinks.com/software_modshare.cfm
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Category: Win 95 object creators

Blob Sculptor
Make objects out of blobs. Exports to POV, Polyray, DXF. (78k) http://www.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/software.htm
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Bspline plugin for Moray
Create Bsplines with Moray. http://www.oocities.org/mikepweber/moray/main.html
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Citygen
Create small towns or large cities. Set city size and number of buildings. Add traffic and pavement objects, like street lamps, bus stops. Create day or night scenes with lit up windows. Use the default city buildings or create your own. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/
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Dmesh
Organic modelling. Creates human figures too. Free? http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Studios/4500/
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Eureka
Parametric surface modeller. En Francais. http://www.ief.u-psud.fr/~lecoat/vrml/
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Exploder (Object exploder)
Take any POV object and explode it into many pieces in animation. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/explode.html
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Font
Make fonts for POV, even around an arc or circle. http://quark.vpplus.com/~redbeard/raytrace/POVRay-Util.html
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Font FX
This commercial product has a demo. After 30 days you cannot save or print. But it's a great font program to make 3d fonts with lots of special effects. http://www.dcsifx.com/
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Font, LED
Makes an LED font for POV. Good for electronic readouts. http://quark.vpplus.com/~redbeard/raytrace/POVRay-Util.html
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Gearmess
Makes intermeshed gears suitable for tiling images. http://www.wozzeck.net/images/gear-mess.html
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Helixir
http://www.evolve.co.uk/helixir/
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Lather
Lathe utility for POV. http://www.cyberstation.fr/~dolivier/store.html
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Lens flare
Create a lens flare effect on a light source or star. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/
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LinSys3d
http://web.tiscali.it/esuli/LinSys3d/
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Liquid Spray
Creates a spray of liquid particles. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/spray.html
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Mobius strip
http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Teahouse/8148/treshall_tiler.html
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Object Bender
Bend any POV object in any direction. http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/
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Polyhedral shapes
Creates many different polyhedrons. http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Teahouse/8148/treshall_tiler.html
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POV Scape
Quick and dirty POV height field generator, makes INC files. http://cuyana.rangenet.com/dwa/povindex.html
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POV Tree [MUST SEE]
Written in Java, based on TomTree. Generates very nice trees. Makes POV macro files. http://propro.ru/go/Wshop/tools/tools.html
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POVGraph
Make 3d graphs from math functions. http://firewall.fh-rosenheim.de:8888/~boewe/welcome.html
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Rocktools
Actually for DOS, I had to list this because it looks like a great program for generating realistic rocks/asteroids. Rocktools is poised to be a complete set of tools for creation and manipulation of open and closed triangle meshes, ideally suited for creating 3D meshes of rocks, landscapes, and rough shapes. The programs now available with the toolkit are: rockcreate, rockdetail, rocksmooth, rocktrim, and rockerode, Most programs can write output to Wavefront (.obj), POV mesh (.pov), Radiance (.rad), Renderman polygon (.rib), irregular triangular network (.tin), and raw formats. http://mark.technolope.org/pages/rocktools.html
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S Patch
FREE spline based modeller. Includes S Patch tutorials. Hamapatch, improvments on sPatch: www.crosswinds.net/~hamapatch, also contains S Patch links. http://www.oocities.org/getspatch/
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Smoke Generator
Neat program adds smoke to a scene. http://www.studenter.hb.se/~arch/smokegen/smokegen.htm
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Spilin spline editor
Win 95. Shaded preview of splines with OpenGL. http://www.flashnet.it/users/fn027571/spil/main.html
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Spiralizer
Can make spiral and shell designs. http://www.armanisoft.ch/webdesign/
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Stump maker
Make stump shapes. http://members.aol.com/schafermeyer/index.html
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Tree Magic Shape Designer
Tree Magic Shape Maker has grown up and can now make tree trunks too! But that's not all. Flowers, glasses, goblets, amphoras, pipes, tubes, logs, caves and other shapes are possible. Creates OBJ files. Also has Tree Magic Stump Maker and Rod and Tube Maker. Also at http://www.shapemagic.com/products.htm. http://members.aol.com/schafermeyer/index.html
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Category: Win 95 raytracers

3D Canvas
Freeware modeller/raytracer/animator. 3D Canvas is a freeware real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.

Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or created using 3D Canvas' Object Building Tools. Modeling tools are provided to deform, sculpt, and paint 3D objects.

Creating an animated scene is as simple as positioning the objects within your scene for each point in time in your animation. 3D Canvas will ensure that the resulting animation runs smoothly. No complicated scene timelines are required. Your animation can be stepped through a frame at a time, viewed in real-time, or recorded to a Video (AVI) file so that you can distribute your creation.

Tool roll-up groups allow you to customize the 3D Canvas interface so that only those items you use most frequently are visible. And if you need access to a less frequently used feature, the tool roll-up is always one click away.

Since 3D Canvas imports many popular 3D file formats, many of the public domain 3D models available on the Internet can be incorporated in your scenes.

3D Canvas is freeware, no registration is required.

3D Canvas Features

http://www.amabilis.com/products.htm
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3dlight
Renderman compatible raytracer/renderer. Alpha version, currently free. See the Links page for links to Renderman info. http://www.3delight.com/
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Aqsis
Aqsis is a Renderman(tm) compliant photorealistic 3D rendering toolkit. It is based on the Reyes rendering approach. Features include - programmable shading, true displacements, NURBS, CSG. It appears to be command-line oriented. Also at www.aqsis.com. http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqsis
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Behemot
FREE. Modeller, renderer for Win 95/NT and Linux. Supports NURBS and animations. Last release Mar 2000. http://sourceforge.net/projects/behemot/
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Blender [MUST SEE]
FREE. Modelling, raytracing, animation package for Windows, Unix and BeOS. Also has a game engine. http://www.blender.org
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Bryce 3D ($) [MUST SEE]
Creates realistic landscapes, now with buildings. Also at Corel.com. http://www.corel.com
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Café Light Ray (WIP)
Java-based ray tracer. http://sourceforge.net/projects/clr/
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K-3d
FREE modeller, raytracer, animation package, cross platform. Looks very good. http://k3d.sourceforge.net
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Lightflow
An C++ object oriented API which can be used to make other raytracers. This also has a Python interface to make scenes via a text script language. http://www.lightflowtech.com
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Megapov
Files made for Megapov cannot be used with POV. Megapov is a modified version of POV. Currently Megapov is available for: Macintosh, Windows, MSDOS, Linux, and Tru64 DEC Alpha. An OpenVMS version is at http://www.ourservers.net/openvms_ports/. http://megapov.inetart.net/ NEW LINK
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Now 3d
Free raytracer. Supports: fog, reflection, refraction, landscapes, shadows, transparency, antialiasing, plugins. The included textures are very good. 3.32MB http://web.tiscalinet.it/GiulianoCornacchiola/Eng/Index.htm http://digilander.iol.it/giulios/Eng/Index.htm NEW LINK
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OpenFX
3d modelling, rendering, and animation. A powerful feature-set includes a full renderer and raytrace engine, NURBS support, kinematics-based animation, morphing, and an extensive plugin API. Also at Openfx.org. http://openfx.planetmirror.com/about/index.php
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Phos
Phos is a parameterized Monte Carlo rendering engine with a language similar to that of PovRay. Additionally, Phos gives the ability for walkthroughs in the environment using an OpenGL interface (integrated with MFC for Windows version). At this moment, the application runs under Windows xx, although a version for linux using glut may be implemented in the near future. http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~jpanta/Graphics/Phos/
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Povray 3.5
FREE. Excellent raytracer with it's own language. POV also available for the Mac, SunOS, Linux, and Unix. http://www.povray.org
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Raytressi
A new open source raytracer for Windows and Unix/Linux. primitives (spheres, cubes, cones, planes ...), implicits surfaces, meshes (ASE format). Differents lights: Omni, directionnal, attenuated .... Multiples Reflections / Refractions. CSG: union, intersection, difference. Textures: tga, procedural (2D or 3D), bilinear filtering options ... Camera. Static c++ library 100% POSIX works under: WINDOWS 3.XX, 9X, NT, 2000 ... All unix and linux platforms Python / tk interface for easier use. http://raytressi.free.fr/ NEW LINK
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Shade
Renderer from Japan. There may be no English in the program. http://www.ex-tools.co.jp
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Category: Win 95 texture editors

!!Textures
Look here for more texture creators: Here are free textures:
Flowfazer
Another online Java texture generator. http://www.grokware.com/Flowfazer.html NEW LINK
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Gentex
Makes seamless textures via algorithms. Free for personal use. http://www.i-tex.de
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IDX 3d
Online java texture generator. http://www2.active.ch/~proxima/idx3d/idx3d.html
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Infinity Textures ($)
Though not freeware ($69US) I had to mention this. It has TONS of options. Genetic textures, procedural textures, landscapes, animated textures, more. http://www.i-tex.de
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IRIS
Seamless texture generator. http://www.cinegraphics.net/index.php NEW LINK
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POV-View
View POV textures. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/povstuff.html
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Random Texture Generator
V2.0 now has a windows GUI. Creates random textures for POV. http://home.twcny.rr.com/tomcatslitterbox/GraphLink.html
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Rendersoft Illusionae ($)
Create POV textures. $30. http://web.singnet.com.sg/~rendsoft/
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Syntex
Shareware texture editor. Not sure what is disabled in download version. http://www.syntheticrealms.com/Downloads.html
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Teralogic Texturemaker
Make seamless textures. FREE. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/software/utilities/3d/sw36.html. This has lots of good options, but is a little hard to use. http://www.oocities.org/Paris/3208/EdsDen/Tools/TextureMaker.html
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Texl
Online Java texture generator for free. http://texturegarden.com/links/index.html
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Texture Creator ($)
$99. Demo has 30 day limit. http://www.threedgraphics.com/tc/
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Texture Editor
FREEWARE. Win95 only. Looks very good. Helpfile in French only. Beta version, did not work for me. NOTE: Both POV and this Texture Editor must be installed in a path where each directory does not exceed 8 characters and there are no spaces in the path. I.e. the paths must be 16-bit with no long directory names. Looks real good if you can get it working. http://www.cpod.com/monoweb/mazan/
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Texture Library
List of POV textures for you to download. Has previews of each texture and they are grouped in categories. http://private.homepages.intershop.de/rene/povray/texlib/
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Texture Machine
Texture machine: run this online and dl textures for free. http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/Staff/Willi/TextureMC/
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Texture Magic
Edit textures for POV. Not for use with POV 3.x. You must use the windows version of POV 2.2 for previews. http://private.homepages.intershop.de/rene/povray/
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Texture View
FREEWARE. Renders textures and stores them for later use. Catalog POV textures so you need POV to preview them. Very flexible screen layout. http://www.friedemann-schmidt.com/software/index.html
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Tiler
Creates seamless textures for POV heightfields or web backgrounds. http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Teahouse/8148/treshall_tiler.html
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Wally
Free texture editor. http://www.telefragged.com/wally/
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Category: Win 95 utilities

IRTC View
Choose which round of IRTC stills to download, and get them and view them. FREEWARE. Slick! http://www.zeb.f2s.com/irtcview/
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Kelvin to RGB
Converts Kelvin or a wavelength to a RGB color. This is an online applet. http://www.geo.fmi.fi/~tmakinen/kw_rgb.shtml
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Lviewer
View many mesh formats like: 3DS, RAW, Fractint RAY, Renderstar RDF, Lparser VOL, ARE-24 POL. http://www.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/zips/lviewer.zip
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RS-IFS
POVLAB plugin makes fractal IFS shapes. http://www.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/pov.htm
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Sparkle
Adds sparkle effect to brightest pixels in an image. http://www.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/zips/sparkl.zip
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