angus@ (Angus Y. Montgomery) (12/20/90)
I have found (been given/know of) these raytracers (rt's), 3d object file formats, and object file databases (db's). If you know of other non-trivial rt's available please let me know asap. A summary of all these will be forthcoming, any others that should be counted now is the time. NOTE: before madly ftp-ing in these rt's and stuff, check out eric (erich@eye.com) haines' rt-related ftp site list for a site near _you_. his list is fairly comprehensive and up to date, and is what i used to find most of the following. x : before the source means that it is a duplicate of the most up-to-date i have downloaded. xx : dated compared to another. * this is the _source_ site - the rt from there couldn't be any fresher rt : (a.k.a and de-acronymation) my source. >>>rts(ftp and by request): art : (a rt, VORT) *|munnari.oz.au brl : (ballistic research lab) more info at hanauma.stanford.edu dbw : (dist render, distpro, d.b.wecker) hanauma.stanford.edu x|munnari.oz.au drt : (distance rt, rayman) iear.arts.rpi.edu dkb : (d.k.buck) iear.arts.rpi.edu 2.01 (or .10 ?) xx|cs.uoregon.edu (*alfred) mtv : x|iear.arts.rpi.edu *|cs.uoregon.edu uses nff ohta : iear.arts.rpi.edu xx|cs.uoregon.edu pray : (vm_pray) cs.uoregon.edu (*irisa) prt : (parallel) from comp.graphics/Kory Hamzeh qrt : (quik) iear.arts.rpi.edu xx|cs.uoregon.edu rad : from Ning Zhang. radiance : from Greg Ward ray : ucsd.edu v3.0 runs off nff :is this an earlier mtv? rayshade : xx|iear.arts.rpi.edu cs.uoregon.edu v3.0 (*weedeater) rpi : (Kyriazis, pxm, vmpxm, gk aargh!) do differ, but in essence the same *|iear.arts.rpi.edu v2.0 x|cs.uoregon.edu xx|ucsd.edu >>>object databases: NFF : (neutral file format) gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au OFF : (object file format) gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au poly : polyhedra db spd v3 : (standard procedural db) cs.uoregon.edu produces NFF >>>other formats: AutoCAD : cad $ GDS things file : (thf) cad IGES : (initial graphics exchange standard) architron : (arch) cad imagine : amiga $ irender : (slp) sgi $ renderman : pixar's rtk : (rt kernel) $ turbo silver : amiga $ videoscape3D : amiga >>>(not what i wanted : trivial or limited) fritz good micro : (uray, DBW_uray) a smaller version of dbw mini : (paul) mintrace : (shortest) nonfinished obfus ps >>>(not rts) rayscene wave -- ha, there is no signature! ok, there is a small signature angus@godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au