3DEL: SGI

3D Engines List
SGI

This list contains 30 SGI rendering engines.

Texture-mapping Engines

02.02.2000 OpenGL 06.09.1995

OpenGLŽ is a software interface for applications to generate interactive 2D and 3D computer graphics. OpenGL is designed to be independent of operating system, window system, and hardware operations, and it is supported by many vendors. OpenGL is available on PCs, Macintosh and workstations.
OpenGL provides a wide range of graphics functions: from rendering a simple geometric point, line, or filled polygon, to texture mapping NURBS curved surfaces.

Geometric primitives (points, lines, and polygons)
Raster primitives (bitmaps and pixel rectangles)
RGBA or color index mode
Display list or immediate mode
Viewing and modeling transformations
Hidden Surface Removal (depth buffer)
Alpha Blending (transparency)
Antialiasing
Texture Mapping
Atmospheric Effects (fog, smoke, and haze)
Polynomial Evaluators (to support Non-uniform rational B-splines)
Pixel Operations (storing, transforming, mapping, zooming)
Accumulation Buffer
Stencil Planes
Feedback, Selection, and Picking
OpenSource

The OpenGL functions described are provided on every OpenGL implementation to make applications written with OpenGL easily portable between platforms. All licensed OpenGL implementations are required to pass the Conformance Tests, and come from a single specification and language binding document.
More information and the source of the sample implementation can be found on the OpenGL Sample Implementation Homepage.

02.02.2000 Apprentice 11.12.1996

Apprentice is an Inventor emulation library that reads and displays .iv files from Eric Victor Powers (powerg@deltanet.com).

Perspective texture mapping.
Gouraud shading.
Multiple lights.
Hierarchical objects.
NURB patches.
Support for Windows 95 (with OpenGL) and X11-Windows (using Mesa or OpenGL) on SGI, SunOS, Solaris and Linux.
C++ object-oriented concept.
Source is available to educational institutes, staff members, and students for non-commercial, educational use only.

More information and the license agreement can be found on the Apprentice Homepage.

28.09.1999 Gizmo3D 28.09.1999

Gizmo3D is a high performance 3D scene graph and visualisation toolkit for Linux, Win32 and Irix from Anders Moden ( anders@linux3d.net ).

Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
Scene graph API which features most nodes of Performer and Cosmo3D
Multipass rendering (lightmapping, projective textures)
Mirrors
Parametric surfaces
Collision detection
Script control with an implemented java interpreter or phyton intepreter to control behaviours (brains) and motion with scripts.
Animation control to provide animation built into the scene graph
Support for WIN32 HWND windows, Unix Xt Widgets and QT QWidgets on both WIN32,Linux and Irix
Image toolkit, DB toolkit and System toolkit
Written in C++

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Gizmo3D Homepage.

15.01.1999 SurRender 01.01.1995

SR is a commercial visualization class library from Hybrit Ltd (surrender@hybrid.org).

Open architecture, with source code supplied.
Scene graph support.
Cross-platform compatibility, fully portable across various operating systems and hardware platforms. Support for proprietary software rendering, Direct3D, OpenGL, 3Dfx Glide, NEC PowerSGL, P3D HAL, Rendition RRedline and Matrox MSI95.
Support for Windows 95/98/NT,older ports exist for Linux and Irix.
Material support.
Multiple light sources with a realistic lighting model.
Advanced rendering with automatic multi-pass operation where required.
LOD support.
Complete hierarchy support for all objects, cameras and lights.
MIP-mapping.
Various 8/15/16/24/32 bit image formats supported.
Easy mesh animation and morphing.
Easy bitmap/billboard objects and 3D sprites.
Sub-pixel accuracy for texture mapping.
Lens-flare, lens reflection, smoke and glow special effects.
Z-buffer rendering.
Filtering and real-time image post-processing.
Motion blur and anti-aliasing.
Stereoscopic rendering.
Support for 3D Studio .max and Lightwave .lwo objects.
Support for multithreading and multiprocessor systems
C++ API.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the SurRender Homepage

17.09.1998 Gulliver 17.09.1998

Gulliver is a 3D game engine for SGI from Serge Grandjean ( serge@trix.be ).

Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping using OpenGL.
Mip-Mapping.
Portal rendering.
Dynamic lighting effects.
Lens flare and star effects.
Collision detection for player and bullets.
Character animation using skeletons and/or shape interpolation.

More information and screenshots can be found on the Gulliver Homepage.

08.09.1998 Obsidian 08.09.1998

Obsidian is an open source 3D engine for Linux and OpenGL from Duncan Robertson ( duncan@zog.net.au ) , Jon Holdsworth ( jon@central.warehouse.net ) and David Karla ( dak@zog.net.au ).

Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping.
Support for OLinux/SVGALIB and OpenGL (tested on SGI).
Network support.
Polygon sorting.
Collision detection.
Scene editor.

More information, screenshots, binaries and the souce can be found on the Obsidian Homepage .

22.07.1998 RealiMation 22.07.1998

RealiMation is a commercial real-time 3D scene management and rendering API, developed by Datapath Ltd.

Supported platforms: Intel based PC (Windows 95, 98, NT), DEC Alpha based PC (Windows NT) and Silicon Graphics.
Drivers for Direct3D v5, OpenGL, RenderWare, 3dfx Glide for Voodoo & Voodoo2, 3DLabs GLINT based cards, Real3D Pro1000.
Integrated Space Time Editor for scene preparation, optimisation, and application debugging
Scene optimisation tools (polygon reduction, scene restructuring etc.)
Z buffer support.
Standard texture features such as trilinear mip mapping, bilinear, perspective correct
Advanced texture features such as image blending, detail textures, illumination maps, alpha maps.
Live video texturing on any 3D surface
Instancing support.
Unlimited Level of Detail by area and by distance.
Automatic motions.
Collision detection.
Raytesting.
Terrain following.
Plugins for 3D Studio Max 1 & 2, SoftImage, MicroStation, AutoCad.
Import OpenFlight, DXF, 3D Studio, VRML1 & 2.
Multi screen/channel output.
Remote rendering across a TCP/IP network.
Full read/write access to scene graph from API
SDK includes Debugging libraries, Automatic Application Wizards, memory leak tools.

More information, screenshots and a browser plugin can be found on the RealiMation Homepage.

21.07.1998 Magician 12.03.1998

Magician is a commercial set of Java classes from Arcane Technologies Ltd. that implement a Java interface to OpenGL

Support for all OpenGL 1.1 GL and GLU calls. Many features of Aux and GLUT have also been translated to work within a Java environment
Built-in, easy-to-use multiple simultaneous view support.
Multi-threaded rendering.
Support for direct OpenGL calls or polymorphic methods.
Built-in OpenGL tracing and profiling support that is runtime switchable.
Native library (that interfaces the OpenGL-driver) available for Linux, Sgi, Windows 95/NT, Solaris and AIX.
Support for the Apple Macintosh, BeOS and OS/2 is currently undergoing testing.
Over 70 demos available with full source code.
Free runtime license, commercial runtime licens available.

Free evaluation downloads are available. Personal and commercial runtime and source licences are available for purchasing.

More information, screenshots, demos and the libraries can be found on the Magician 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.

09.06.1997 J3D SpaceCrafter 09.06.1997

J3D SpaceCrafter is a high level 3D Graphics and Virtual Reality API for Java from InWorld VR, Inc.

Shaded, perspective texture mapping.
Tested on Intel, Macintosh, Solaris, Javastation, JavaOS and SGI.
Hierarchical objects.
ZSorting and z-buffer.
Collision detection.
Multiple 3D clipping choices.
3D sprites.
Standard 3D objects.
Built in terrain generation and terrain following functions.
Support for 8 bit indexed and 24 bit color modes.
Java API.

More information and screenshots can be found on the J3D SpaceCrafter Homepage .

09.06.1997 IMAA 09.06.1997

The IMAA (Integrated Modeling, Animation & Analysis) toolkits by Hee S. Chung ( Hee@cyberkorea.com ) contain a 3D rendering engine. The IMAA toolkits are available for Windows, DOS and Silicon Graphics IRIX.
IMAGE, IMAA Graphics Environment

Texture mapping.
Gouraud shading.
Z-buffer rendering.

IMAML, IMAA Modeling Library

Low level ( Euler ) level modeling
Sweeping,
3D primitive objects.
Boolean set operation.
NURBS.

More information and demos can be found on the IMAA 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.

11.03.1997 Virtual Reality Toolkit Lightning Eagle 08.07.1997

VLE is a OpenGL / CosmoGL C++ / Mesa class wrapper from Martin Faust (faust@informatik.uni-bremen.de ).

Support for Windows 95/NT, PC 3D cards, Sun (Mesa), Linux (Mesa) and SGI computers.
Object hierarchies.
Animated backdrops.
Primitve objects.

More information, the source, libraries and documentation can be found on the (german!) VLE Homepage.

06.03.1997 AC3D Modeler 06.03.1997

AC3D is an object/scene modeler by Andy Colebourne (andy@comp.lancs.ac.uk).
There are different versions of AC3D available:

Shaded texture mapping and smooth gouraud polygon version using OpenGL on SGI.
Non-shaded polygons and wireframe version on SunOS and Sun Solaris using X11-Windows.
Shaded texture mapping and smooth gouraud polygon version using Mesa on Linux systems.

The features of the modeler are:

Tree, object and vertex manipulation.
Extrusion and revolving of polylines and objects.
Surface normal generation.
Texture coordinate manipulation.
Spline surface generation.
Surface attribute manipulation.
Support for DXF, lightwave and raw triangle import.
Output of VRML, Dive, Massive, RenderMan and POV-Ray files.
Written in C.

More information and the binaries for the different platforms can be found on the AC3D Modeler Homepage.

22.05.1996 OpenGVS 22.05.1996

OpenGVS is a high-level, applications programming interface (API) for professional, real-time, computer graphics software developers from Gemini Technology Corportation.

Support for OpenGL and Direct3D.
Hardware support for SGI, 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics, Intergraph's TDZ, 3DLabs GLINT, Lockheed-Martin's Real3D and DEC/E&S Freedom.
Texture mapping.
Fog model for atmospheric special effects.
Collision detection.
Hierarchical objects.
Import models from MultiGen, GameGen, Wavefront and others.

More information on the Gemini Technology Homepage.

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.

16.11.1995 Amber (Link Problems!) 16.11.1995

Amber is a set of C++ classes from DIVE Laboratories Inc. Amber enable developers to create complex distributed virtual environments on multiple platforms.

Windows 3.1/95 support (using 3DR or RealityLab ), SGI, DOS/Windows with Creative 3DBlaster and Sun running Solaris with X11-Windows.
File support for NFF, WRL and TGA.
Hardware support for 5DT Glove, VIO HMD.
Physical properties and behavior modeling.
Distributed interactive simulation (DIS) and multi-user system support using windows sockets and TCP/IP.
Add on modules like special fx, atmospheric fx, agents, inverse kinematics, morphing...

More infomation, demos and a shareware version can be found on the Amber Homepage.

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

Gouraud-shading Engines

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.

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.

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).

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.

01.11.1995 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.

Doom/Wolfenstein Engines

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.

Flat-shading Engines

24.02.1997 Mirage 22.01.1997

Mirage is a unix port and followup of VR386 from Christophe Maurel ( maurel@electech.polymtl.ca ).

Hierarchical linked figures.
Animation state machine.
Support for WorldToolKit NFF, AutoCad DXF and VR386/Render386 PLG and WLD files.
Support for X11-Windows on SGI, SunOs and Linux.
Tcl/Tk interface.
Portable C source.

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

19.04.1996 WatRend 19.04.1996

WR is portable scanline-based 3D rendering engine from Gavriel State (gav@mag1.magmacom.com).

Support for Macintoshes, SGI machines, X11-Windows, x86 DOS and Linux.
Fixed-point and floating-point math.
Based on Rend386 and Avril.
Active edge table scanlining.
PLG file support.

More information and the source on Gav's Homepage.

Landscape/Voxel Engines

17.09.1998 UltraVox 17.09.1998

UltraVox is a real-time landscape renderer for SGI from Serge Grandjean ( serge@trix.be ).

Perspective texture mapping using OpenGL.
Landscape tiled databases.
Mip-Mapping.
Geometry bi-linear interpolation.
Vertical raycasting.
Panorama backgrounds / sky mapping.
Pitch, yaw and roll camera rotation.
Fogging.
Written in C/C++.

More information and the executable can be found on the UltraVox Homepage.

Non-realtime Engines

15.04.1996 NuGraf Developer's 3D Toolkit 15.04.1996

The NG D3DT is a commercial 3D library from Okino Computer Graphics, Inc (sales@okino.com). NuGraf's renderer is designed to create fast, high quality photo-realistic images using software generation methods. NuGraf is a complete development system for creating 3D computer graphics applications, the toolkit handles all aspects of the 3D modeling and rendering process.

High-speed, 32-bit broadcast-quality scanline renderer based on a hybrid Z-scanline/A-buffer algorithm.
Support for third party renderers via a back-end custom rendering interface. NuGraf ships with a full featured OpenGL(tm) interface module.
Hierarchical database management and inquiry system.
650 pages of documentation.
Efficient interfaces provided to allow large quantities of polygonal data to be passed into the database, including a host-based callback mechanism (the "user-defined" primitive). A mathematically stable sub-library of polygon welding and smoothing operations optimize any raw data for rendering (ex: DXF).
Meshed polygon vertices can be assigned a color, normal, (u,v) texture coordinates, and U/V tangent information.
Complex n-sided polygons with recursive holes & islands.
Sphere, cone, and cylinder quadric primitives with implicit texture parameterizations. Box, prism, disc and rectangle primitives with implicit texture parameterizations.
NURB and bicubic patch primitives with selectable basis.
Scenes are created using object instancing and hierarchical attachment.
Omnidirectional, unidirectional or spot light sources with numerous options: intensity, color, decay,fall-off, softness, shadow parameters.
Implementation of PIXAR's soft shadow technique with tiling optimizations.
A wide selection of predefined surface shaders: 2D texture mapping, Perlin and Peachy 3D procedural texture functions, spherical/cubical environment and planar reflectance mapping, mist and fog full-featured atmospheric shaders, flat, gouraud or phong shading models, phong or blinn specular highlight.
State-of-the-art analytic 2D texture filtering algorithms.
Output drivers for images, X11-Windows, SGI, Windows and VGA.
The library is available on a wide range of platforms, including Apple Macintosh, IBM PC 32-bit DOS, Microsoft Windows v3.1 (32-bit), Microsoft Windows NT (32-bit DLL), Linux + X11, SUN workstations, Silicon Graphics workstations and DEC Alpha AXP (Windows NT).

More info on the NuGraf's Homepage.

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