3DEL: Gouraud-shading

3D Engines List
Gouraud-shading

This list contains 38 gouraud-shading engines.

23.06.2000 3D Echtzeitgrafik 23.06.2000

3D Echtzeitgrafik is a Wireframe and Gouraud Shading Engine with (german) documentation on "How to Build a 3D Engine from the Scratch" by Gabriel Wurzer (mccool@writeme.com).

Gouraud shading
Wireframe rendering
Z-Buffer
42 page tutorial (german) included
Written in pure Borland Pascal

More information, documentation, source and tutorials can be found on the (german) Homepage of Gabriel Wurzer.

07.04.2000 3D Engine 07.04.2000

This i a gouraud shading engine for DOS from Srecko Morovic ( srecko_morovic@hotmail.com ).

Gouraud shading
Sound support
Support for 3D Studio 4 files
Uses Koristi Allegro game library
C++ DJGPP source

More information, screenshots, the source and binary can be found on the 3D Homepage.

11.02.2000 Dex3D 11.02.2000

DeX3D is an open source 3D engine coded entirely in Visual Basic from Jerry Chen ( onlyuser@hotmail.com ).

Gouraud shading
Transparency
Fogging
Omni and spot lights
Hierarchical meshes
Support for 3D Studio files
Particle systems
Bezier curve segments
2.5 D text
Visual Basic source

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Dex3D Homepage.

02.02.2000 Trender 23.12.1999

Trender is portable a gouraud shading 3D engine for Linux and Windows from Thanassis Tsiodras ( ttsiod@softlab.ntua.gr ).

Gouraud, flat, wireframe and point rendering
Support for 3D Studio ASC files
Z-Buffer and z-sorting
Anti-aliased lines
Software rendering (SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer) or 3DFX support
Portable C++ source

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Trender Homepage.

22.12.1999 PHIGS 22.12.1999

PHIGS is a standard 3D graphics API for the workstation market.

Gouraud and flat shaded triangles
Depth cueing
Z-buffer rendering
Primitive picking
Nurbs support
Transparency
C, C++ and Fortran bindings

More information can be found on the PHIGS Page of TGS.

18.01.1999 3D Studio 07.10.1997

3D is a simple object editor for PCs from Spencer Pickett ( spickett@lucent.com ).

Gouraud, flat and wireframe rendering.
Movable light source.
Construction of sweep objects (tori, cones, spheres etc..) .
Z-sorting.
Support for SVGA.
Written in C++.

More information and the demo can be found on the Spencer Picketts Project Homepage

18.01.1999 Mercury 18.01.1999

Mercury is a Windows 95/98 3D engine from Adam Jenkins ( jenkins@jfam.demon.co.uk ).

Gouraud shaded triangles
Uses OpenGL as triangle rasteriser
Z-sorting
Particle system
Landscape rendering
Written in Visual C++ 5

More information and screenshots can be found on the Homepage of Adam Jenkins .

15.01.1999 3D View 21.07.1998

3D View is a commercial gouraud shading CAD/CAM viewer for Windows NT / 95 / 98 from Actify.

Uses OpenGL rendering API.
Support for STL, IGES, VDA-FS, ISO G-Code, SolidWorks(97+,98+) CATIA and VRML files.
OLE support to embed 3D models in Microsoft Word, Power Point and other applications.
Accurate measurement: volume, surface, distance, radii and angles.
View multiple models together - mix file formats.
Real-time cross-sectioning
Multiple rendering options: smooth and flat shading, wire-frame, hidden lines and transparency modes.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the 3D View Homepage.

27.10.1998 G-Engine 27.10.1998

GE is a PC 3D engine from Peter N. Oleynikov ( oleynikov@icr.chem.msu.ru ).

Uses OpenGL on Windows 95.
Portal rendering.
Mirrors.
Colored lighting.
Written in C++.

More information and screenshots can be found on the G-Engine Homepage.

06.04.1998 Tutor 06.04.1998

Tutor is a tutorial 3D engine for DOS from Libor Capak (xcapak@fi.muni.cz) .

Gouraud shading.
Z-Sorting.
Pascal / ASM source.

More information,a screenshot and the demo with source can be found on the Programming Page of Libor Capak.

06.04.1998 View3DS 06.04.1998

View3DS is 3D Studio file viewer from David Farrell (fdavid@cyberramp.net).

Z-buffered gouraud shading.
Uses OpenGL rendering API.
Support for 3DS object files.
Conversion of 3D model to OpenGL C source code.
Support for X11-Windows, Linux, Windows 95 / NT.
C source.

More information, screenshots, executables and the source can be found on the Homepage of David Farrell.

12.03.1998 MegaGraph Graphics Library 01.01.1995

The MGL is a 3D graphics library for PCs from SciTech.

Flat and gouraud shading.
Support for DOS, Windows 3.1 / 95 / NT.
SVGA support.
BSP sorting and zbuffer rendering
2D and 3D functions.
3D modeling system.
Written in C++ and ASM.
Support for Borland C++, Watcom C++, Delphi, Visual C++.
Support for DirectDraw acceleration functions.
Support for OpenGL for Windows ( Microsoft, Silicon Graphics and Mesa ) API within the MGL framework.
Support for stereo LC shutter glasses (requires hardware stereo support)

More information and source can be found on the MGL Homepage.

28.01.1998 MOTE 28.01.1998

MOTE is a 3D cartoon rendering engine for DOS from Mikko E. Mononen ( memon@iki.fi ).

Realtime 3D cartoon rendering with NZ buffer approach.
Z-buffer rendering.
Gouraud shading with dithering.
Multiple omni lights with ranges.
Keyframing (using CLAX).
Support for 3D Studio 3DS objects and animations (using CLAX).
Support for DOS.

CLAX is a portable keyframing engine from Borzom ( borzom@hotmail.com).

Support for 3D Studio 4.0 animations.
Support for X11, Linux and DOS.
Spline and quaternion interpolation.
Full hierarchy support (cameras can be linked to objects, etc..) .
Collision detection.
Can fit into any 3d engine without major changes.

More information, screenshots and a demo of MOTE can be found on the MOTE Homepage.
More information and the source of CLAX can be found on the CLAX Homepage.

28.01.1998 Perspective Renderer 28.01.1998

PR is a gouraud shading 3D engine for Windows from Gurpratap Virdi ( virdigur@ee.mcgill.ca ).

Depth cueing and gouraud interpolation.
Simple clipping.
Support for multiple objects.
Written in C++.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Perspective Renderer Homepage.

03.11.1997 3D Editor 03.11.1997

3E is 3D editor for PCs from J.B. Bryant (jaybebe@iastate.edu ).

SVGA and Windows 95 support.
Texture mapping support and mapping editor.
Color editor.
Gouraud shading.
Support for multiple objects.
Written in C++.

More information, screenshots and demos can be found on the 3D Game Project Homepage.

23.10.1997 3Dom 23.10.1997

3Dom is gouraud shading 3D editor from Samuel Debleeckere aka 'silicon' and Koen Deforch aka 'jozef' (3dom@cs.kuleuven.ac.be).

Uses open OpenGL or Mesa for 3D output.
Support for X11-Windows on Linux, HP-UX, Solaris and SGI.
Gouraud and wireframe rendering.
Movable light sources.
Object primitives and object manipulation.
Support for Rayshade scene files, output of MGF and povray files.
C source.

More information, screenshots, binaries and the source can be found on the 3Dom Homepage.

23.10.1997 GL-Space 23.10.1997

GL-Space is gouraud shading 3D editor from Philip Eckenroth and Michael Tipping ( greywolf@unm.edu ).

Uses open OpenGL or Mesa for 3D output.
Support for X11-Windows on Linux, Solaris, SunOS and SGI.
Gouraud and wireframe rendering.
Movable light sources and cameras.
Object primitives and object manipulation.
User interface based on TrueSpace.
Support for TrueSpace 2.0 ASCII model format.
C source.

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the GL-Space Homepage.

30.06.1997 Scorpion 30.06.1997

Scorpion is a 3D engine for the Acorn Platform from Stuart Lovegrove ( stu@scs.leeds.ac.uk ).

Gouraud, flat and wireframe rendering.
Transparency.
Multiple moving point light sources.
Support for 16 and 24 bit color.
3D primtive objects.
Resolution independant.
Motion blurr.
Written in C++/Assembler, C++ api.

More information and a demo can be found on the Scorpion Homepage.

02.05.1997 3D with Hoops: Build Interactive 3D Graphics into your C++ Applications 02.05.1997

3DWH is a book (ISBN: 0-201-87025-8) from Wm Leler and Jim Merry that contains a CD rom with the HOOPS library for all supported platforms ( Windows 3.1/NT, Mac, X11-Windows on Silicon Graphics, HP, IBM RS/6000, Sun Sparc and DEC OSF/1).

22.04.1997 Grampian 22.04.1997

Grampian is a 3d landscape engine by Ben Gillett (bjg@dcs.ed.ac.uk).

6 degree of freedom movement.
Gouraud shading.
Fogging.
Z-buffer rendering.
SVGA support for 16 and 24 bits.
Written in C.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on Ben's 3D Graphics Page.

15.04.1997 M3D 15.04.1997

M3D is a PC 3d engine by 'Memon' and 'Raynet' of iNSiDE informatics.

Gouraud shading.
Multiple, movable light sources.
Painter's algorithm: qsorted polygons
Support for 3D Studio 3DS files.
C/ASM source.

The source and binary can be found via the iNSiDE Homepage on the Products page.

09.04.1997 work in progress (Link Problems!) 09.04.1997

A 3D engine by Richard Nichols (tiberius@mailhost.net)

Gouraud and flat shading.
Support for DOS.

More information and some screenshots can eb found on the Code Page of Richard Nichols.

10.01.1997 Graph3D (Link Problems!) 01.01.1995

The Graph3D library supports Gouraud shading, color dithering, good support for a range of color palettes (i.e. 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit color), and support for the MSDL scene file format. It is written in C++ for maximum portability. The engine runs under X11-Windows and MacOs. The full source is available at ftp.math.ohio-state.edu or via the homepage of the author Greg Ferrar.

15.07.1996 Lib3d (Link Problems) 15.07.1996

Lib3d is a 3d library from Keith Whitwell ( keithw@ozemail.com.au ).

Gouraud shading.
Z-buffer rendering.
Support for X11-Windows and DOS.
8, 16 and 32 bit graphics modes.
Pascal/ASM source code.

More information and the source can be found on the Lib3d Homepage.

07.03.1996 Free3d (Link Problem!) 07.03.1996

F3D is a portable, object-oriented real-time 3d rendering library from Brandon Van Every (vanevery@blarg.net).

Gouraud and flat shading, texture mapping is planned.
Painters sorting.
X11-Windows support.
C++ source code.

More information and the source can be found on the Free3d Homepage.

26.02.1996 Interactive 3D Graphics in Windows 31.08.1995

I3DGW is a book (ISBN: 0-387-94573-3) from Roy Hall and Danielle Forsyth.

Gouraud-shading, dithering, wireframe, flat and unlit.
Z-buffer rendering.
3D metafiles.
Windows output, OLE linking.
JOEY toolkit for 3D rendering (without source), C++ interface.
Support for different rendering subsystems like OpenGL, HEIDI, GDI.
There are calls for texture mapping, but JOEY does not support it.

Move information and a demo can be found on the Crisis in Perspective Homepage .

15.01.1996 LibRaum (Link Problems!) 15.01.1996

LR is a commerical 3D API from Bitblox (hedu@ipn.uni-kiel.de).

X11-Windows running under HPUX and Linux.
Wireframe, flat and gouraud shading.
Multiple camera support.
Multiple lights, point and spotlights.
Painters sorting and z-buffering.
RAD scene language, builtin shapes.
C++ API.

More info and demos on the libRaum Homepage.

11.12.1995 HOOPS 06.11.1995

HOOPS is a commerical 3D API from Ithaca Software, which was bought by Autodesc Inc a few years back.

Windows 3.1/NT, Mac, X11-Windows on Silicon Graphics, HP, IBM RS/6000, Sun Sparc and DEC OSF/1 .
Flat, gouraud, phong and silhoutte mode.
Fast software z-buffer.
Display, printer and plotter support.
Support for hardware acceleration boards.
Object database management.
HDI (Heidi, Hoops Device Interface) is used for 3D Studio Max under Windows NT and in AutoCAD R13c3.
Easy to programm.

Contact:1001 Marina Village Parkway, Alemeda, CA 94501
More info on the Hoops Homepage of Tech Soft.

16.11.1995 work in progress 16.11.1995

A gouraud shading, z-buffer engine by John Price (jsp@netcom.com).

08.11.1995 work in progress 08.11.1995

A gouraud shading engine by Davide Pasca (dpasca@vv.val.net).

Scanline based bucket z sort renderer.
3D sprites.

06.11.1995 VeriScope 06.11.1995

VS is a commerical 3D viewing system for 386 PCs from Pearson Interface (Vscope@pearsoni.demon.co.uk).

Gouraud-shading, dithered flat shading and wire-frame rendering in real-time.
Shadows and phong-shading in still rendering mode.
Stereo support using red-blue glasses.
3D navigation using the mouse.
Collision detection.
Z-buffer.
Reads DXF files, outputs FLC movies and PCS pictures.
DOS real-mode program.

For more information and a demo see the VeriScope Homepage.

01.11.1995 Geomview 01.01.1995

GV is an interactive program, written by staff members of the Geometry Center, for viewing and manipulating geometric objects. It can be used as a standalone viewer for static objects or as a display engine for other programs which produce dynamically changing geometry.

Z-buffer renderer
SGI, NeXT and X11-Windows, binary and source distribution
polyhedra with shared vertices (.off), quadrilaterals, rectangular meshes, vectors, and Bezier surface patches of arbitrary degree including rational patches.
Picking on an object, edge or vertex level
Direct mouse manipulation, control panels, and keyboard shortcuts
Supports OOGL, a 3D file format for WWW 3D objects.

More info on the Geomview Homepage or in the Geomview Readme.

01.11.1995 Avril 01.01.1995

AVRIL is A Virtual Reality Interface Library, written entirely in ANSI C, except for the very low-level routines that actually write to the display. AVRIL was written by Bernie Roehl (broehl@sunee.uwaterloo.ca).

Support for HMDs and many input devices
Simpler and better API than REND386
Full documentation

Source: Official AVRIL site sunee.uwaterloo.ca or at ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de
More info on the Avril Homepage or in the Avril Readme.
There is also a Internet Virtual Reality project from Lepton Incorporated that uses the AVRIL rendering engine.

01.11.1995 XVirtual 14.06.1995

XVirtual is a 3D animation engine from Marcus Roth (roth@aix01.rz.fht-mannheim.de).

Animation support.
Shadow mapping.
Z-buffer rendering.
The C++ source has german comments.
Support for X11-Windows, needs xview library.

The source can be found on ftp.fht-mannheim.de. More info in the XVirtual Readme.

31.08.1995 3D Tools 01.01.1995

3DT is a 3D engine for PCs by Voltaire/OTM (mortens1@nersc.gov).

Z-buffer
C++ and ASM
Reads 3D-Studio ASC files

A full source can be found on x2ftp.oulu.fi , more info in the 3D Tools Readme.

31.08.1995 GVectors 19.06.1995

GV is a gouraud shading engine for PCs from Terry Sznober (tumblin@mi.net).

C/ASM source, uses XLib.
Single color objects, polygons sorting.

The source can be found on x2ftp.oulu.fi . More info in the GVectors Readme. There is also a vector editor for the V10 format on x2ftp.oulu.fi .

31.08.1995 3D Vectors 10.06.1995

The Modex 3D Vector Library from John McCarthy (BRIAN.MCCARTHY@CANREM.COM) contains a PC gouraud shading engine.

Multiple objects.
Z-sorting.
Translucency.
2D text, bitmap objects.
Sound support for GUS and SB.
Joystick support.
100% ASM.

The source can be found on x2ftp.oulu.fi . More info in the 3D Vectors Readme.

31.08.1995 3D World 31.08.1995

3DW is an engine from Istvan Adam Frits (I.A.Frits@derby.ac.uk).

Phong, gouraud, flat shading.
Object sorting.
Written in C++.

The demo can be found on x2ftp.oulu.fi . More info in the 3D World Readme.

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