corson@src.umd.edu (01/26/91)
I'm looking for a X-windows (xlib) based 3D GKS-style graphics package for doing serious animation. It needs to be linkable with C++ and run on a Sun Sparc Station or Sun IPC (OS 4.1). Does such an animal exist??? --Scott
esg@sodium.ATT.COM (Edward Gokhman) (01/28/91)
From article <1991Jan25.160154.19285@ra.src.umd.edu>, by corson@src.umd.edu: > > > I'm looking for a X-windows (xlib) based 3D GKS-style graphics package for > doing serious animation. It needs to be linkable with C++ and run on a > Sun Sparc Station or Sun IPC (OS 4.1). Does such an animal exist??? > > --Scott HOOPS(tm) from Ithaca Software, which recently moved from Ithaca, NY, to somewhere near SF in CA. It is not a GKS-based package, however, but I used it successfully for 3-D static graphics, which I animated later myself for a system modeling project. I ran it on Sun 4/260 and later on SPARC 1. It is a C library, which is linkable with C++. They have Xlib version, which you can use as is or can modify, as I did, to work with, let say, the Xaw. They, as I understand, have now either Motif, or OpenLook, or both versions. Beside that they support a wide variety of platforms including SunView, Mac, etc. Or, almost forgot, I liked it alot and it got a good press. --Ed