3D Engines List SunOs This list contains 17 SunOs 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.

02.02.2000 OpenGL

06.09.1995

OpenGLŪ 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

01.04.1997 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.

09.09.1996 WebView 3D

25.09.1995

WV is doom style 3d engine from Philip Stephens ( philip@galaxy.bocaraton.ibm.com).

• X11-Windows support for Solaris, SunOS, BSDI, AIX and Linux. HiColor (16 bit) support for DOS.
• Variable window size.
• Non-orthogonal walls, texturemapped floor and ceiling.
• Regions can have different light levels.
• Depth cueing.
• Dithered lighting and light cueing.
• Backdrop images.
• BSP rendering.
• Collision detection.
• 8 sided sprites.
• Networking support and network server. World Wide Web support.
• 3D chat function.
• C source with special adaptions for Intel-based machines.
• GIF and JPG texture support.
• WT- and WORLD-file to BSP converter.
• Real-time physics.

The source and more information can be found on the WebView3D Development Page.

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.

28.09.1998 Attack

13.08.1998

Attack is a simple 3D landscape game engine from ( TimD@buffbody.com ).

• No shading yet.
• Uses OpenGL for rendering.
• Depth cueing.
• Sky rendering
• Collision detection with the ground.
• Support for Windows, Linux and SunOs.
• C++ source.

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

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.