3D Engines List Source & ZBuffer rendering This list contains 48 zbuffer rendering engines with source code.

12.04.2000 Blitz Engine

05.10.1998

The Blitz Engine is a Windows rendering engine from Richard Turnbull ( rt71@hotmail.com ).

• Perspective, lightmapped texture mapping
• Sub-pixel and Sub-texel accuracy
• Coloured Lighting and dynamic shadowing with filtering
• Improved dynamic lighting - via span level RGB interpolation
• Span level MIP-mapping
• Multitexturing using OpenGLs ARB_multitexture extensions
• Surface cacheing at span or surface level
• Level of Detail bezier curved surfaces
• Texture mapping system for wrapping around curves and creating a smooth edge look as seen in Quake 3
• Translucent surfaces with upto 20 simultaneous layers
• Reflective surfaces
• Environment Mapped Bump Mapping (Matrox G400)
• Animated textures
• Collision detection including with curves
• Span and Z-Buffering
• Binary Space Partitioning Tree creation and traversal
• Direct Draw and Direct Input Support
• Point based particle rendering
• Shaded, colored smoke particles
• Spherical and standard volumetric fog
• Coronas and Lensflares on lights
• B-Spline movement system
• Hierarchial objects
• Portal rendering combined with BSP Tree
• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
• Console system
• 32 bit MMX optimized span level RGB interpolative rasterizer with span level mip mapping.
• Network support
• Written in Visual C++ 4 and the Netwide assembler (NASM)

More information, screenshots and a demo, SDK 1.2 and source can be found on the Blitz Engine Homepage .

25.02.2000 Digital Dawn Graphics Toolkit

25.02.2000

The DDG toolkit is a OpenSource library of C++ classes to build real time 3D graphics applications from Alex Pfaffe ( ddg@oz.net).

• Support for OpenGL
• Support for Linux and Windows
• Shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Fog
• Scene graph archtecture
• Multiple viewports
• Generic objects
• Ground and ocean objects
• Sky changes color/opacity according to the time and day
• A ROAM based terrain Mesh capable of performing realtime LOD
• Animated morphing noise based clouds
• Support for Terragen's height map format
• DDG will be incorporated with the Crystal Space portal engine in the near future
• C++ source

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Digital Dawn Graphics Toolkit Homepage.

04.02.2000 Ogopogo

04.02.2000

Ogopogo is a 3D engine for DOS from Christian Lange ( clange@nybro.dk ).

• Perspective, shaded texture mapping
• Lambert, gouraud and phong shading
• Bilinear filtering
• MIP mapping
• Z-Buffer
• Support for 3D Studio ASC and 3DS
• 24 bit rendering
• C++ source

More information, the executable and source can be found on the Ogopogo Homepage.

02.02.2000 OpenGL

06.09.1995

OpenGL® 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 Olino3D

02.02.2000

Olino3D is a 3D engine for DOS from Bruno Mace ( maceb@caramail.com ).

• Gouraud shading, perspective texture mapping
• Support for 3D Studio ASC files
• Z-Buffer
• Support for 8,16,24 and 32 bits
• C++ source for DJGPP with Allegro

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the (french) Homepage of Bruno.

22.12.1999 Poly Nova

03.09.1999

Poly Nova is a Windows 95/98 3D engine from Chris Raynor of Novasoft Consulting.

• Support for Direct3D (7.0 )
• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Dynamic realtime colored lighting
• Z-Buffer support
• Support for ambient/directional and point light sources
• Collision detection
• Scene manager
• Floating point math
• C++ source for Visual C++

More information, screenshots, executables and the source can be found on the Poly Nova Homepage

18.10.1999 DDJ: RaveKit

15.07.1997

RaveKit is a portable 3D framework by Mark Carolan presented in Dr. Dobb's Journal July 1997 .

• Uses QuickDraw 3D RAVE library.
• Support for Windows 95 (DirectDraw) and Mac.
• Perspective texture mapping.
• MIP-mapping
• Z-buffer and z-sort rendering.
• C++ source.

The source (for Mac and Windows including the RAVE library) can be found on ftp.ddj.com.

28.09.1999 Mood

09.06.1999

Mood is a 3D engine for DOS from Alexei A. Frounze ( alex.fru@mtu-net.ru ).

• Unlit, perspective texture mapping
• 3 different perspective texture mappers
• Smart Filtering (really cool technique of smoothing/filtering)
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Convex rooms with different height of floors and ceilings(windows, stairs)
• Texture mapped floors, walls and ceilings
• Non-orthogonal walls
• Simple portal technique
• Looking up/down
• Map viewer, FPS counter
• Support high-resolution VESA modes (640x400 and 640x480)
• Borland Pascal V7.0 and Turbo Assembler v 3.2 source

More information, screenshots, the source and binary can be found via the Homepage of Alexei Frounze.

17.09.1999 Arfnold 2

17.09.1999

Arfnold 2 is a 3D engine for Windows 95/98 by by Andrei Fortuna ( andreif@mail.dntis.ro ) aka 'Stormbringer'.

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• MIP-mapping
• Bilinear texture filtering
• Flat & gouraud shading
• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D 6.x
• Z-Buffer rendering
• BSP & PVS
• Hierarchical meshes
• Transparency
• Fog
• Colored lights
• Support for 3D Studio scenes
• Support for Quake2 levels (including monsters)
• Collision detection using axis aligned boxes
• Uses gamex86.dll from quake2 for monster movement in the quake2 level viewer
• Visual C++ 5/6 source

More information, screenshots, a demo and the source can be found on Stormbringer's Homepage.

03.09.1999 Crystal Space

25.08.1997

Crystal Space is a 3D engine for Unix from Jorrit Tyberghein ( Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be ).

• Shaded perspective texture mapping.
• MIP-mapping.
• Sub-pixel and sub-texel accuracy.
• Portal rendering.
• Static lighting with precomputed shadows.
• Dynamic colored lights with shadows
• Transparent and semi-transparent textures.
• Support for mirrors.
• Support for BSP rendering.
• Support for curved surfaces.
• Support for depth-correct and colored volumetric fog.
• Hierarchical Bounding Box collision detection system.
• New c-buffer (coverage buffer) type visibility culling.
• Sound support (for Windows and Linux only currently).
• Moving objects and scripts controlling the movement.
• 3D triangle mesh sprites with gouraud shading and LOD (Level of Detail)
• Skeleton animation for 3D triangle mesh sprites
• Support for 8, 15, 16 and 32-bit displays.
• Support for unix (linux and solaris are tested) and DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Windows 95 version, BeOS, NextStep, Rhapsody and OpenStep ports.
• Optional MMX support.
• New ports to OS/2 and GDI.
• OpenGL port works very well now for Linux, Windows, and BeOS.
• Hierarchical objects (not used in current programs, but implementation exists)
• Glide port works good for Linux and Windows.
• Optional Direct3D hardware acceleration for Windows port.
• 3D sound support
• Reading of Quake II MD2 and 3DS objects
• Low-level networking support.
• C++ source.

More information, screenshots, the source and a unix executable is available on the Crystal Space Homepage.

07.07.1999 MythOS

22.07.1997

MythOS is a (former commercial) OpenSource 3D library from Charybdis Enterprises done by Chuck Walbourn (chuck@charybdis.com).

• Perspective texture mapping.
• Gouraud shading.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Support for 8 and 15 bit devices with Windows 95.
• Support for 3D Studio object files, cameras, lights and materials.
• Network support.
• C++ class library.

More information, a demo and the source can be found on the MythOS Homepage.

25.02.1999 Poly Engine

27.09.1996

The PE is a PC 3D Quake-like game engine from Alexey Goloshubin ( alexey@ii.uib.no).

• Full object support.
• Collision-detection
• Physics system
• Movable bsp models
• Client-server networking (IPX, null-modem)
• 3D Sound.
• VFX1 head-tracking
• BSP/ZBuffer rendering
• Polygonal objects
• Sprites
• Support for Quake II maps and models.
• Particle systems.
• Software renderer
  • Supports any resolution
  • Span buffer
  • Perspective tex-mapping (16-pix subdivision)
  • Mip-mapping
  • Surface caching (light maps)
  • Dynamic lights
• Hardware renderer
  • Support for OpenGL.
  • DirectX port.
  • Colored lightmaps
  • Colored dynamic lights

More information and the source is available via the Homepage of Alexey Goloshubin .

09.02.1999 Focus

27.10.1998

Focus is a simple 3D engine for Windows that is intended as a experimental engine for testing various new techniques from Jacco Bikker ( Jacco.Bikker@HTA.nl ) aka 'The Phantom'.

• Perspective correct (real) bilinear filtered texture mapping
• Tileable 8bit textures (with a palette per texture)
• Sub-pixel, sub-texel accuracy
• MIP-mapping
• Fast tree-based S-buffer rendering and Z-Buffer rendering.
• Curved surfaces
• 32/16/15bit output in a window (5/5/5 and 5/6/5 schemes)
• Light volume based illumination model.
• Lens flares.
• Bump-mapping.
• Real-time shadows.
• Portal rendering.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Supports 16bpp output using the MGL or PCT library.
• Edge anti-aliasing
• Scene smoothing
• Plane clipping: Z=0 or frustum clipping
• Clipping against arbitrary convex 2D region
• Support for Caligary Truespace file
• Import of Targa 24bit image files
• Support for PCT library
• Quake-like console
• C source, critical code in ASM (but C version can be used as toggle)

More information, screenshots, binaries and the souce can be found on the Phantom Cyberspace 3D Homepage .

14.01.1999 3D API Bindings for Delphi

14.01.1999

Erik Unger manages a site for 3D API Bindings for Delphi:

• Support for DirectX 6.0 for Delphi 2, 3 and 4 (Erik Unger )
• Support for OpenGL 1.1 ( Mike Lischke )
• Support for Glide 2.43 (Erik Unger and Eric Nowinski)

More information and the source can be found on the Delphi Graphics Homepage.

12.01.1999 IDX3D

29.01.1998

IDX3D is a java 3D engine from Peter Stefan Walser ( pwalser@g26.ethz.ch ).

• Gouraud or phong shaded texture mapping
• Phong-shading, gouraud shading, flatshading, wireframe and particle rendering mode.
• Environment mapping
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Paralell and point lights.
• Fogging and distance cueing.
• Portable java source.

More information, the demo and source can be found on the IDX3D.

12.01.1999 3DGPL

27.06.1995

3DGPL 2.0 is a portable 3D engine from Sergei Savchenko (savs@cs.mcgill.ca).

• Perspective texturemapping (via linear interpolation every 32 pixels per scanline)
• Ray tracing.
• Gouraud shading, flat shading of polygons.
• Z-Buffer and BSP rendering.
• Bicubic patches.
• Landscape rendering.
• Portal rendering.
• 2D and 3D clipping.
• 3D transformations with fixed point or float math.
• 2D text rendering.
• Portable C with support for DOS, X11-Windows, NeXTStep, Windows 3.1/95 and Mac.
• Tutorial texts, source code available and extensive 3D documentation

The source, tutorial, screenshots and more information can be found on 3DGPL Homepage. A Mac port of 3DGPL 1.0 done by Ingemar Ragnemalm can be found at ftp.lysator.liu.se.

27.10.1998 JTGame

10.11.1997

JTGame is a C++ interactive 3D game framework based on top of Microsoft Windows, MFC, and DirectX from John Thompson ( john@gildea.net ).

• Perspective shaded texture mapping.
• 3D display objects (worlds, actors, props, simple and compound mesh-based images).
• 2D display objects (decals, sprites, and backgrounds) .
• 3D sounds .
• Mesh primitives.
• Lights .
• Cameras .
• Animation control .
• Fogging.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• High and low level mouse, joystick, and keyboard support.
• Automated paths, collision detection, blocking, bouncing .
• Automated object translation and orientation for "watching" or "following" ther objects.
• Main and multiple scene windows .
• Inherit MFC's GUI components, i.e. menus, dialogs, events, etc.
• 3D sounds using DirectSound.
• Full C++ sources included .

More information, screenshots, documentation, sample programs, tutorials and the source of the library can be found on the JTGame Homepage.

05.05.1998 Arfnold

05.05.1998

Arfnold is a 3D engine for PCs by Andrei Fortuna ( andreif@mail.dntis.ro ) aka 'Stormbringer'.

• Unshaded, perspective texture mapping.
• Subtexel/subpixel accuracy.
• MIP-mapping.
• A basic surface cache (no lightning for now, but there is in old versions).
• Conversion of Quake .mdl files.
• BSP/PVS capabilities.
• Edge span-buffer and z-buffer rendering.
• Collision detection.
• Moving platforms.
• 3D objects.
• Particle system.
• Uses Allegro Game library.
• C/C++/ASM source.

More information, a demo and the source can be found on Stormbringer's Homepage.

12.03.1998 Flyby

14.10.1997

Flyby is a complete 3D game engine by Jean-Francois Nadeau (jfxstudios@ixmedia.com ) , Félix Lapointe (lapointg@total.net ) and Mathieu Routhier (mrouthier@cyberdude.com).

• Perspective, shaded texture-mapping.
• Support infinite real-time coloured omni and directional lights. (Always use the four nearest lights.)
• MIP-mapping dynamic caching algorithm.
• 3D clipping and backface culling code.
• Basic collision detection code.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• Support for DirectX and PC 3D cards.
• Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 source.

More information, screenshots, binaries, 3D models and source code can be found on the Flyby Homepage.

04.03.1998 Bart2

04.03.1998

Bart2 is a 3D engine for DOS from Hani Fahmi ( fahmi@csus.edu ).

• Perspective, phong shaded texture mapping.
• Bump-mapping.
• Wireframe, flat, gouraud and phong shading.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• Multiple objects, textures and light sources.
• Support for 3D Studio ASC files.
• Pascal source.

More information, screenshots and the source and executable can be found on the Bart2 Homepage.

30.01.1998 P3D

30.01.1998

P3D is a quake like 3D engine for DOS by Pin Fei Sun ( pfsun@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca ).

• Gouraud perspective texture mapping.
• BSP rendering.
• Collision detection.
• Dynamic objects.
• Animated textures.
• Portal rendering.
• Z-Buffer rendering
• C++/ASM source.

More information, the source and other 3D demos can be found on the BSP3D Homepage.

26.01.1998 RTMZ

14.07.1995

RTMZ is a 3D engine for PCs from Davide Pasca ( dpasca@ix.netcom.com) and Fabrizio Zavagli (f.zavagli@agora.stm.it).

• Flat, gouraud and phong shading of polygons.
• Texture mapping.
• Painters sorting and z-buffering.
• Written in C++/ASM, ModeX, 32 bit.
• GEO, GEM and 3DS file support, there are lots of modells in the package.
• 2 different interaction modes.
• SVGA support with resolution switching.
• Cool user interface.
• C source.

The source can be found on the Homepage of Davide Pasca..

22.10.1997 3D Engine (Link Problems!)

13.08.1996

3D Engine is a PC 3D engine by Jean-Francois Dube (deks@videotron.ca) aka 'Deks' of IncaMaster.

• Perspective, shaded texture-mapping.
• Flat, gouraud, phong and bump lightning.
• Environment mapping.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Multiple RGB light sources.
• Lens-flares.
• 24bit internal rendering, 8 to 24 bit output.
• Simple motion blur.
• Multiple objects.
• 2D clipping.
• Support for portal and BSP rendering.
• Support for 3D Studio ASC, GEO and GEM object files.
• C++ source with some ASM extensions.

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

22.10.1997 EGLE

15.08.1997

EGLE ( Enhanced OpenGl Engine ) is a 3D game engine by Phil Frisbie ( pfrisbie@geocities.com ).

• Perspective texture mapping.
• MIP-mapping.
• BSP, Z-Buffer and z-sorting rendering.
• Anti-aliasing.
• 32 bit color support (RGBA).
• Collision detection.
• Uses OpenGL API (Mesa/3DFx) .
• Support for Quake level files.
• ANSI C, no C++ or Windows specific code. EGLE should compile on any system that has OpenGL and GLUT.

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

13.10.1997 3D Coding BlackHole Engine

13.10.1997

The 3DCBE is a tutorial 3D engine for PCs by Jerome St-Louis (jerstlouis@videotron.ca).

• Perspective, shaded texture-mapping.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• C source.

More information, tutorials and the source of the engine can be found on the 3D Coding BlackHole Engine Homepage.

16.09.1997 Project SpandeX

01.01.1995

Project SpandeX (previously known as Latex) is a 3D engine from Paul Nettle (midnight@www.grafix3d.tzo.com).

• Commercial quality engine, written by commercial game developer.
• Open-GL like
• Texture-mapping, environment-mapping, bump-mapping, solid-color polygons, Phong shading, Gouraud shading, Lambert.
• Perspective correct, and affine texture mapping both supported
• Sub-pixel, sub-texel accuracy
• Z-buffering and sorting.
• Triangles, lines, points, text (mono or proportional).
• Up to 100 dynamic light sources.
• Material support with Ka, Kd and Ks variables (may change on the fly).
• Support for any resolution.
• Multiple cameras that can act JUST like 3DS cameras.
• Hierarchical database design with forward kinematics and inheritance.
• 100% Pure C for portability with small inline ASM parts.
• Over 250 API calls for maximum flexibility.
• Support for DOS and Linux/X11.
• Latest version is completely true-color.

More information, screenshots, the source and demos can be found on the Project SpandeX Homepage.

06.06.1997 World Of Fantasy

30.12.1996

WOF is a Quake viewer for PCs by Frank Willemsen (frankw@xs4all.nl) and Corin Langosch ( corinl@metronet.de ).

• Perspective texture mapping with MIP-mapping.
• Portal rendering.
• BSP rendering.
• Z-buffer and span-buffer.
• Light-maps and Surface cache.
• Realtime lightning effects (like flicker) and dynamic lighting (for fireballs).
• SVGA support.
• Improved collision detection.
• Polygonal objects.
• Moving doors and elevators.
• Multiple viewports.
• Water effect a la Quake.
• Support for Quake level files.
• C/C++ source.

More information, a demo and screenshots can be found on the WOF Homepage, the source of an older version is available on the old World Of Fantasy Homepage.

14.05.1997 Fire & Forget 3D (Link Problems)

14.05.1997

The FF3D is a 3D game engine for the PowerMac from Alex Clarke ( ma5adc@bath.ac.uk ).

• Perspective shaded, texture mapping.
• 16 bit color rendering.
• Dithering.
• Transparancy.
• Colored lighting.
• Collision detection.
• Particle systems.
• 3D objects.
• Terrain rendering.
• 32 bit Z-buffer rendering.
• Support for RAVE rendering.
• Support for 3D glasses.
• C++ / ASM source.

More information, screenshots, a demo and source code to the span-buffer renderer can be found on the Fire & Forget 3D Homepage.

01.04.1997 Threedom

15.08.1996

MThreedom is a 3D engine from Philip Stephens (philip@galaxy.bocaraton.ibm.com). The DOS-port was done by Phil Frisbie (pfrisbie@geocities.com).

• Flat shaded, perspective texture mapping.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Windows 95, X11-Windows and DOS SVGA support.
• C source.

The source and more information can be found on Threedom Homepage.
The DOS-port can be found at Phil Frisbie's Programming Page.

12.11.1996 GRAFICA NATURA

20.09.1996

GRAFICA NATURA is a 3-D realtime rendering system which was primarily designed for realistic visualization of natural objects and phenomena, e.g. plants, landscapes, clouds and water. GN is written by Steffen Hauser (stephen@cs.tu-berlin.de).

• Linear, shaded polygon texture-mapping.
• Support for X11-Windows and DOS.
• Primitive objects (e.g. cube, disk, sphere, cone, cylinder, plane, bezier-patch, rotation curve, height field).
• Procedural plant models.
• Hierarchical object construction.
• Lambert and gouraud shaded surfaces.
• Unlimited number of light sources.
• Wireframe or solid rendering (gouraud shaded and textured surfaces).
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Transparent surfaces.
• Import:
  • Objects: 3DS, GEM, NFF, PLG, TRI
  • Textures: PPM, TGA
• Output:
  • Objects: VRML (no materials and textures yet)
  • Images: PPM, TGA
• Color specification with RGB-, HSV-, HLS- or CMY-format.
• Atmospheric effects (e.g. fog, haze).
• C++ source.
• Simple but powerful stack-based programming language with more than 150 build-in commands for definition of objects, surfaces, textures, camera movements and lightning effects.

The source and more information can be found on the GRAFICA NATURA Homepage.

17.07.1996 Tex

17.07.1996

Tex is a graphics library for the PC by Daniel Vollmer. (FIDO: 2:241/1140.7 Daniel.Vollmer@P1140.F7.N2.Z241.FIDONET.ORG).

• Phong shaded, linear texture mapping (via enviroment mapping).
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Optional red/blue stereo rendering.
• Pascal/ASM source.

The Tex package is part of a bigger source distribution of stuff that Daniel Vollmer had done. The source can be found on x2ftp.oulu.fi .

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

21.05.1999 Smeeze's 3D Engine

21.05.1999

Smeeze's 3D Engine is a flatshading 3d engine for X11 from Robert Smies ( smies@hio.hen.nl ).

• Flatshaded polygons
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Support for 16 bit color rendering
• Should compile under most unixes
• C++ source, no documentation

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on Smeeze's 3D Engine Homepage.

01.09.1995 ZRend

12.06.1995

ZR is an implementation of an accurate zbuffer renderer from Raghu Karinthi (raghu@cs.wvu.edu) of the West Virginia University.

• NFF input files.
• 24 bit color TARGA file rendering.
• Accurate fixed point arithmetic in all its calculations.
• Gouraud shading.

The source is published in the chapter 7-6 of the book Graphics Gems V from Alan Paeth (ISBN: ) and is available at ftp.princeton.edu. More info in the ZRend Readme.

12.06.1995 SIPP

12.06.1995

SIPP (SImple Polygon Processor) is a scanline z-buffer rendering library from Equivalent Software HB. the authors are Jonas Yngvesson (jonas-y@isy.liu.se) and Inge Wallin (ingwa@isy.liu.se).

• Phong, gouraud or flat shading.
• Texture, opacity and bump mapping.
• Bezier patches and polygons and object primitives.
• Procedural texure shaders.
• Arbitrary number of light sources.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Simple anti-aliasing through oversampling.
• Output to Portable Pixmap format (ppm) or user-supplied functions.
• C source and good documentation.

The source can be found on isy.liu.se . There is also a version with TCL interface available at ftp.uu.net.

12.06.1995 3D Computer Graphics

12.06.1995

The book "3D Computer Graphics" by Alan Watt (ISBN: 0-201-63186-5) contains pascal source for a wireframe and polygonal rendering engine.

• Z-buffer scanline renderer.
• Gouraud shading.

Some more info on the 3D Graphics Booklist page.

12.06.1995 Fast Algorithms for 3D Graphics

12.06.1995

The book "Fast Algorithms for 3D Graphics" by Georg Glaeser (ISBN: 0-387-94288-2) contains source code for a PC rendering engine.

• Wireframe engine in C.
• Z-buffer renderer in Pascal.
• Shadow mapping.

More info on the 3D Graphics Booklist page.