3D Engines List HP/UX This list contains 12 HP/UX rendering engines.

23.02.2000 Plush

16.12.1996

Plush is a portable high-performance realtime 3D rendering library by Justin Frankel (frankel@eng.utah.edu) of Nullsoft.

• Shaded perspective texture mapping.
• Environment mapping.
• Shaded translucent surfaces.
• Phong shading via environment maps.
• Z-buffer and painter's algorithm (with radix or qsort) rendering.
• Multiple light sources with point and directional lights.
• Hierarchical Objects.
• Palette optimization with dithering.
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS. Caligari COB and plush PLO object files.
• Support for PCX and PLT texture files.
• Full 3D frustrum clipping.
• Object morphing.
• Spline interpolation with tension,
• Limited to 256 colors.
• Resolution independand.
• Written in portable ANSI C, tested on DOS and with X11-Windows under Linux, SunOS, Solaris, MacOs, Windows, AIX and HP/UX.

More information and some demos and the libraries can be found on the Plush Homepage.

04.03.1998 PGS

04.03.1998

PGS is a commercial set of libraries for building 3D CAD applications and rendering 3D CAD models from Geometric Technology Systems.

• Wireframe, graphical HLR (hidden line removal), HLR with ghosting (hidden lines rendered in alternate color), mixed mode ( shading with edges), flat shading and gouraud shading.
• Perspective texture mapping.
• Direct support for NURB curves and surfaces.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• Transparency
• Full support for sectioning: section outlining and fill, different types of rendering on opposite sides of section plane, section plan view.
• Real time re-tessellation of surfaces to screen resolution (when used with GTS Tessellation library).
• Direct support for picking.
• Optimized for large CAD models and triangle sets.
• Support for IGES (2D and 3D geometry), STL, VRML, HPGL, CGM, TIFF, TARGA, GIF, PNG, and JPEG.
• Dynamically switchable driver architecture.
• Support for Windows 95 / NT and UNIX (Sun, SGI, HP, IBM and Linux).

More information and contact information can be found on the Geometric Technology Systems Homepage.

03.11.1997 OpenGL rendering techniques

03.11.1997

The PGPT are sample programms and tutorials using the OpenGL API from Mark Kilgard (mjk@sgi.com) from Silicon Graphics.

• Lens-flares.
• Shadows, lighting, textures and reflections.
• Halos.
• Underwater caustics.
• Colored shadows.
• C source.

More information, the source and tutorials can be found on the OpenGL rendering techniques Homepage.

06.05.1997 World Toolkit

01.01.1995

WTK is a commercial, portable, cross-platform software development system for building high-performance, real-time, integrated 3D applications for scientific and commercial use from Sense 8 Corporation.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Multiple viewport and lightsources, 3D paths, portals, 2D texts and shapes, object animations.
• Supports user-defined drawing routines
• Multi-processing/multi-pipeline support
• Support for Windows 95 (Direct 3D), Windows NT (OpenGL), Sun, Silicon Graphics, Evans & Sutherland Freedom Series, Hewlett-Packard, and DEC.
• High level scene management such as hierarchical object culling, efficient use of transform information and level-of-detail switching.
• Support for many I/O devices like HMDs, shutter glasses, 3D trackers, gloves and 3D audio systems.
• Support for VRML, 3D Studio, Pro Engineer, Multigen and Wavefront files.
• Network support.
• C/C++ API.
• Sense 8 also provides a 3D Editor (World Up) based on WTK.

More information on the Sense 8.

19.04.1996 TAGL

01.01.1995

TAGL (Threedee Advanced Graphic Libraryis) a portable 3D C++ class library from Bruno Levy (bruno@ensg.u-nancy.fr).

• Linear texturemapping in RGB and colormap mode.
• Environment mapping.
• Support for 8bpp, 15bpp, 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp displays.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Gouraud shading and dithering, wireframe and flatshading rending.
• RGB emulation in 8bpp mode.
• Dynamic linking, to load new drivers at run time.
• Multiple output windows or rendering ports inside a single window.
• Tested with DOS and under X11-Windows with Linux, SunOs, Solaris, HPUX, OSF1 and IRIX.
• C++ design with inheritance, C++ inlining, generic scanliners.
• 3 layer design (GraphicPort for portable framebuffer access, PolygonEngine for rasterization and GeometryManager for 3D transformation and graphic primitives).
• GEOM file object viewer.
• C++ API with lots of sample programs,

The full source can be found at sunsite.unc.edu. More information in the TAGL Readme.

01.01.1995 Dore

01.01.1995

Dore' is a powerful 3D graphics subroutine library, made freely available by the Kubota Graphics Corp. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for creating graphics applications. It is also easy to use, portable, and extendable. This version has interfaces/drivers to X11-Windows, PEX, IrisGL, OpenGL, Postscript and more. It has been ported onto most Unix systems, including Linux, NetBSD, and FreeBSD. It has also been ported to Windows NT 3.5. Dore is available on the Dore FTP Server

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.

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.

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).

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.

01.04.1997 Baltimore

01.04.1997

Baltimore is a portable doom engine by Song Li (sli2@gl.umbc.edu).

• Orthogonal, texturemapped, variable height walls.
• Floor, ceiling and sky texture mapping.
• No shading yet.
• Simple collision detection, no sliding on walls yet.
• Stairs and elevators.
• Support for Windows 95/NT and for X11-Windows (binaries are available for Irix, Solaris, Aix and Linux).
• C++ source.

The source and binaries can be found on the Baltimore Homepage.