[comp.graphics] 3D Visualization software/references ?

mfinegan@uceng.UC.EDU (michael k finegan) (02/14/90)

Does anyone have software to display 2-D arrays of 8 bit (or float) data
as a '3-D' image ? What I would like is something that doesn't rely on
a huge graphics library, and leaves hardware dependent routines up to me.
(i.e. initializing the buffer, setting/clearing pixels, drawing lines, ...)

I have used HOOPS (under MS-DOS), but it is very large, and I am not happy
with the results. I would also like support for UNIX platforms, and so would
like source code, that is mostly system independent.

There are some graphics/modelling textbooks, which have listings included, but
the libraries are usually huge and intertwined, making extraction of a few
subroutines difficult.

The ideal results would allow rotation about an arbitrary line in the 'x-y'
plane, as well as about a normal to the plane (HOOPS allows rotation about x
and y axes only).

I am willing to share/post the results ...

						Mike Finegan
						mfinegan@uceng.UC.EDU