sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun) (06/10/91)
There is a novel series co-authored by Paul Preuss and Arthur C. Clarke called "Venus Prime". In each novel, there were a few computer-generated graphics detailing the structures of some vehicles/spaceships featured in the novel. All graphics seem to me to be done using a solid modeler because some of them were shaded. Most of them were shown in the form of a finite-element mesh using triangular elements. Does anyone know on what computer-graphics package were these graphics drawn? They aren't remarkably detailed by they aren't just put together using graphics primitives either. Andy
jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) (06/10/91)
In article <91Jun9.131732edt.18823@me.utoronto.ca> sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun) writes: >There is a novel series co-authored by Paul Preuss and Arthur C. Clarke [...] >Does anyone know on what computer-graphics package were these graphics >drawn? [speculation follows.] Clarke is a big proponent of the Amiga, so I would tend to guess an A2000 or A3000. There are several hot-shot 3d modeling packages for the Amiga, each at a hundred or three dollars, they all generate wire-frames or simple renders of some sort. -- J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2126 Skate UNIX! (curb fault: skater dumped) -- If you're hacking PowerGloves and Amigas, drop me a line. --