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HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competition
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:34:18 -0700
HP is shipping its first laptop with a 13.3-inch widescreen display. The HP Pavilion dv3500t series is already available on HP's site starting at $1,000, and a slightly higher-end configuration, the dv3520nr, is available for pre-order at Best Buy for $1,200. Other sites have reported that this model will be...
A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve?
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:22:06 -0700
It sounds like Microsoft has yet another Professional Developers Conference PDC announcement percolating -- beyond the Windows 7, Oslo, cloud OS (Red Dog/Zurich) and Mesh Platform stuff about which the company already has been dropping hints. by Mary Jo Foley
Google talks efficient data centers
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:18:32 -0700
Google is known as a search titan, but its real business is running data centers. On Wednesday, Google handed out a few key tips as it touted its data center efficiency and sustainability efforts. In a blog post, Google's senior vice president of operations Urs Hölzle outlined...
Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissed
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:17:23 -0700
Apple has hit back against claims made by Mac-clone maker Psystar that the company is operating in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act and will be asking the U.S. District Court judge to dismiss to dismiss the counterclaim. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Microsoft HealthVault offers the nickel tour
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:08:55 -0700
Nolan insists that "third party applications" will be what get HealthVault over the top, and it's in making those available that he hopes the system will prove its value. by Dana Blankenhorn
Student Technology Day: "Windows Cloud" revealed
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:47:18 -0700
Steve Ballmer was next door in the Queen Elizabeth Hall talking to the TechNet/TechEd people about Office Live, and mentioning that there would be a major announcement at the PDC on the 27th October. Once he finished there, he popped next door and told us a similar thing. ...

 

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404 3D Parametric Modeller - A modeller used to create 3D graphics for the web or content for presentations, that is capable of telling a story or relating a scientific concept in 3D. By Stransim Software.

3dom - A 3D solid object modeler designed to be independent of the rendered back-end. Features include constructive solid modeling, reality-based material representation, and a flexible plugin system, scripting through Python bindings and a constraint-solving engine.

404 3DStyler - Free 3D modeling and rendering software. This release should be treated as beta version (contains some bugs and does not contain help).

3dtrueFree Perl Vrml Wrl Online Tools - Includes a 3d interactive web search engine, picture to terrain map maker, model search engine, 3d shape maker program, and an atlas terrain server.
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AC3D 3d Modeler - The modeler allows both novice users and experts to construct models in 3d quickly and easily on Windows and Linux. The powerful but intuitive interface makes usage much easier than other 3d software. Generates: VRML, POVRay, BMRT and many other formats.
Meta Description: [ AC3D - 3D Design Software - View, Edit and Design great 3D graphics with ease ]

Adept Development - Kribi 3D Engine the pure software Kribi Renderer.
Meta Description: [ Kribi 3D Engine: the pure software Kribi Renderer ]

Adobe Dimensions 3.0 - Powerful 3D rendering tool for production-quality 3D artwork, offering the unique ability to create both vector and raster graphics. Wrap both vector art and raster images around any 3D shape and combine simple objects to create complex shapes. [Macintosh/Windows]

Amethyst ShadowFX - A sun and shadow modeling program for architects and town planners. Shadow profiles can be quickly and easily generated without the need to input complex 3D objects.
Meta Description: [ Amethyst ShadowFX - sun shadow modeling for architects and town planers ]

Anim8or - A free 3D modeling and character animation program. Features include Create and modify 3D models with built-in primitives such as spheres, cylinders, and platonic solids. Import and modify .3DS (3D Studio), .LWO (Lightwave), and .OBJ (Wavefront) object files. Texture support for .BMP, .GIF, and .JPG format files. [Win NT4/9X/Win2K]

Art of Illusion - Free open source 3D modeling and rendering studio.

Behemot Graphics Editor - Model and render 3D objects and scenes. It runs on Windows95/NT, Linux and Mac. It can create and modify graphically b-rep, blob, NURBS models; object can be logically intersected or subtracted.

Blueberry3D - An advanced Windows program that allows the designing and creation of virtual landscapes or automatically generates it from real map data. Program uses mathematical fractals to extend the data and create smaller details automatically.

CALIMAX Modeller - A 32-bit 3D modeling tool for Win NT and Win 95. The program has been written to primarily interface with the Persistance of Vision raytracer (POV-Ray version 2.x 3.x).
Meta Description: [ Offizielle deutsche Webseite des Calimax Modeller für den POV Raytracer. ]

Caviar - Tutorials for Rhino3d covering general setup, the RIB-file, parameterization and texture maps, applying shaders to objects, smoother NURBS, texture control, and a gallery. Also BMRT benchmark and a few shaders.

Chumbalum Soft - MilkShape 3D - Shareware low-polygon modeler, and animation package that includes the basic operations; select, scale, move, rotate, extrude, turn edge, and subdivide. Product description, screenshots, forum, links to tutorials, and downloads.

CyberMotion 3D-Designer - A professional 3D-modeling plus raytracing and animation system. Features include a multi-window graphical user interface, 3D modeling and objects, materials assignments, preview functions, animation, particle systems, and raytracing.
Meta Description: [ 3D-design and animation software. ]

Draw3D - Free 3D designing and modeling program for Windows. Can extrude/sweep new objects, and use parametric NURBS curves. Old version includes full Visual Basic plus Assembly source code. Product specifications, screenshots, tutorials, and downloads.
Meta Description: [ Very fast, small & free 3D modeller for Windows. Supports 3DS, DXF, WRL, POV, BMP, spreadsheet and compressed files, including a file previewer. Can extrude/sweep new objects, with parametric NURBS curves. Includes full source code! ]

Easymodel - 3D modeler to create 3D scenes and export them to 3DS, DXF, VRML1, and VRML2 file formats, as well as import objects. Features a toolbox, and the ability to display the front, side, top, and survey views.

EditPoly - 3d polygon and polyline editor.

Extreme Wave 3D - An ambitious project to create a feature rich, extensible 3D modeling environment. Currently emphasizes povray export for scene rendering, but support for other formats are planned. Program will eventually include a native ray tracer as well.

Form-Z RenderZone RadioZity - A 3D rendering application to generate photo-realistic models and 3D images, based on the LightWorks rendering engine. Seven levels of rendering: flat, Gouraud, Phong, preview z-buffer, full z-buffer, preview ray-trace, and full ray-trace.
Meta Description: [ auto-des-sys, Inc is the software company that publishes the award-winning 3D modeling and rendering title form-Z. ]

FreeForm Modeling System - SensAble's modeling system allows designers to model on the computer with their sense of touch. The system provides an physical, analog interface to create a valuable, digital asset.
Meta Description: [ SensAble Technologies - a world leading provider of innovative, touch-based applications and tools. Core markets include 3D product design and development companies as well as research and academic institutions. SensAble enables companies to completely transform the way they create and manufactur... ]

Game Studio - Repix Inc. - A modeling application to design wireframe, polygonal, and hybrid objects with special attributes, test, and save 3D models for real-time rendering.

Geometry Utility Library - GUL - Geometry Utility Library for construction, evaluation, manipulation and visualization of geometric objects, especially for parametric and implicit defined surfaces.

Gscape Real-time Procedural World Editor - A developing program for creating 3d terrain and environments and rendering them in real-time using procedural methods.

gSculpt - An Opensource 3D modeling application based on Cybersculpt a 3D modeling application for the Atari ST range of computers. Creates models using translational and rotational sweeps of polylines.

Hue AS - Flagship product HueSpace SDK, 3D volume rendering software with cluster support for the PC platform.
Meta Description: [ HueSpace by Hue AS provides real time 3D visualization with superior performance on off the shelf PC hardware without the need to buy special hardware acceleration or expensive hardware from the likes of Silicon Graphics. The company's unique and patented volume rendering technology is applicab... ]

Imageware - ModelMagic3D, an easy to use, interactive, 3D modeling package used to create OpenGL scenes rendered in real-time.
Meta Description: [ Affordable 3D Modeling Software for the masses. ]

J-Cad - A polygon editing and modeler for Java. Includes file exporting (including AutoCAD DXF), mathematical modeler, export between formats including AutoCAD DXF, tool-box includes polygon reduction, surface relaxing, animation features included with JCad Pro. It functions as a standalone program or as a utility to integrate with other favorite 3D applications. Works under: Iris Silicon Graphics, Mac OS X, Red Hat Linux, Solaris and Windows 98/NT/2000/XP.
Meta Description: [ Polygon based 3D modeler for real-time applications ]

Jarfish Design - ClayScape3D is a 3D-modeling program that allows the user to interactively sculpt virtual clay in real time. Is geared toward Macintosh 3D graphics enthusiasts requires Apple's OpenGL extensions.

JPatch - Open source 3D-patch modeler and animation tool designed to model and animate organic shapes such as humans, animals, and aliens. It is written in Java, and outputs to POV-Ray and RenderMAN format.

500 Light Map Maker - Create lighting effects to achieve professional lighting in scene of real time 3D.

MARS - Modelling Animation and Rendering System for creating and animating 3D objects. It can transparently support any raytracer, and render on remote systems.

Mental Ray Renderer - Leading raytracing rendering engine.
Meta Description: [ mental images is the recognized international leader in providing rendering (mental ray) and 3D modeling technology (mental matter) to the entertainment, computer-aided design, scientific visualization, architecture, and other industries that require sophisticated images. ]

Micropcomputer Topography - 3DEM produce three dimensional terrain scenes, flyby animations and VRML worlds from freely available USGS DEM files. Senes can be saved in many formats. (Win95/98/NT)
Meta Description: [ OpenGL 3D Terrain Visualization and Flyby Animation ]

Modular Ground for Active World - It converts real world mapping data into a set of rwx objects that can be placed in a world with a building bot or through propload. Textures can be added to these objects to create realistic terrain models.

MS MacroSystem Software - Fast scientific 3D-visualization software optimized for Win real time render of regular meshes and scattered data. OpenGL based 3D Viewer for surface topography, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM, SPM, STM), dimensional metrology.
Meta Description: [ 3D, 4D, SPM, STM, AFM, GIS DEM, 3D view, Forensic image, 3D ActiveX, VB, VC++, 3D Laser Beam Profiler, volume visualization, MRI image stack ]

PhotoModeler - Windows software package for measuring and modeling real-world objects and scenes through the use of photographs. Create 3D models from photos complete with points, lines, surfaces, and photo textures mapped on right from photos.
Meta Description: [ PhotoModeler is the world leading software for creating 3d models and measurements from photographs. It creates the 3d data for any photo, including its measurements and calculations. It is the first choice for all your 3D imaging needs. ]

PICARIO B.V. - The FACE software provides an environment to present products in all varieties quickly in a realistic life-like setting.
Meta Description: [ picario ]

PlantStudio - Tool for creating pictures of 3D plants. It simulates herbaceous (non-woody) plants like wildflowers and cut flowers, vegetables, weeds, grasses, and herbs using a parameter-driven simulation of plant growth and structure.
Meta Description: [ PlantStudio Botanical Illustration Software draws 3D herbaceous (non-woody) plants like wildflowers and herbs. ]

PolyTrans - Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. - A powerful and accurate 3d model, scene, NURBS, animation translator. Complete scene conversion in a single integrated software package. Creates Render Ready models. Extensive conversion options to choose from.
Meta Description: [ Okino Computer Graphics develops and markets a broad range of 3d rendering, visualization, 3d data translation/conversion and toolkit software: the NuGraf Rendering System, the PolyTrans 3D Data Translator/Converter, and the NuGraf Developer's 3D Toolkit/Library ]

Polywog - A free, simple 3D-modeling program creates and edits 3D polygonal objects. Versions available for Win95/NT or Amiga.

Quick3D - Complete 3D file format viewing and converting solution, with the ability to freely convert between all supported 3D file format types (currently 20). OpenGL hardware support. Vertex scaling function. [Win 95/98/ME/2000/NT 4.0]
Meta Description: [ quick3d - A Universal 3D File Format Viewer and Converter. ]

Real2Virtual - A tool for generating 3D VRML models from digital-camera-images, graphical-images, or from free-hand line drawings. Complex 24-bit color texture-mapped models can be created.

Rhinoceros - Nurbs Modeling For Windows - Rhino can create, edit, analyze, and translate NURBS curves, surfaces, and solids in Windows. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size. Rhino also has support for polygon meshes.

Sced - Constraint Based Scene Design - A modeling program that makes use of geometric constraints to edit objects in a virtual world, the scenes created can be exported to a variety of rendering programs, including POVray, Radiance, and Rayshade.

404 Sefi Schuster - Download sky presets, mats, trees, and objects. Also downloads for Vue d'Esprit and Paint Shop Pro tubes.
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SiTex Graphics - AIR is a 3D graphics renderer for Windows: it produces images of scenes exported from modeling and animation programs.

SoftCAD 3D - 3D architectural modeler for quickly creating preliminary designs. Available in various versions, all offer 3D modeling, 3D-object libraries, ray traced rendering with textures, and OpenGL navigation. For Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000.
Meta Description: [ 3D VISUALIZATION, Drafting and Estimation Software at a Good Value. SoftCAD International page. Learn about architectural CAD software : SoftCAD.3D, SoftCAD.2D, ArchiTECH.PC, APC.Draft. Get free version or demo. ]

solidThinking - NURBS and polygonal modeling, Subdivision Surfaces, Construction History, full OpenGL support, the advanced modeling tools, all industry leading rendering techniques, data exchange with most popular CAD and animation programs, available on both Windows and Macintosh.

Studio PON - Digital Clay is 3D modeling and visualization software for Windows. Features 20 types of auto distortion filters, 3-D paint function and the capability to export models in most 3-D file formats.

StyleSkin - An advanced graphics rendering package which renders 3D interface skins from simple templates.
Meta Description: [ Styleskin is a dedicated template driven interface designer which allows anyone to easily design their own 2D/3D graphics from colored shapes. You could be designing a web page, a program interface, an Autorun Maestro menu or any number of other uses. ]

Surface 3D - Freeware program for creating stereograms from Relief Maps or 3D models. Includes a drawing program, with the option of creating animations and has PlugIn support.
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Synthesized Landscapes - Information and examples of raytraced fractal landscapes using POV-Ray plus the fBm landscape generator Gforge.

Voxel3D - It is a voxel based 3D modeling software, designed for 3D beginner, create models easily by using the 2D painting technique.

VRS The Virtual Rendering System - A computer graphics software library for constructing interactive 3D applications. Provides a large collection of 3D rendering components that facilitate implementing 3D graphics applications and experimenting with graphics algorithms. Distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Wings 3D - Open source graphic 3D modeller.

Zolos Canadian Distributor - Form·Z is a 3D rendering software and surface 3D modeler. It can exchange over twenty different file formats including AutoCAD and Adobe Illustrator.