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• Mastering 3D Graphics 3D Graphics is a web-based subscription magazine devoted to the very best in 3D tutorials and associated material. Also provide a CD subscription option too.
  
• Crossroads 3D Windows freeware application that can translate between several 3D file formats, including 3D Studio, VRML 1, POVRay v2.2, and Wavefront.
  
• 3D MendelBox A toolbox for webdesigner including software for creation of 3D dynamic objects and avatars with natural behavior.
  
• Armanisoft Software Development 'Spiralizer' generates any kinds of 3D spiral models for all renders that can import DXF objects. There is also the possibility to export to MORAY/Povray. 'Elefont' is a free tool to create 3D text objects from TTF fonts. They are generated into DXF-files that can be import into Bryce. [Win NT/95/98]
  
• Insta3D A 3D scene authoring and animation tool for creating 3D text and true 3D charts. Scenes can be saved into an image or a video file for web graphics and business presentations. [Win 95/98/NT]
  
• Amorphium by Play Inc. Real-time 3D sculpting and painting tool for PC and Macintosh computers. There are 18 options for distorting your object and 24 brush shapes.
  
• Autolycus Corporation SpinImage DV is a revolutionary software package that enables anyone to quickly and easily create 3-D images of objects using a DV camcorder.
  
• Iridescent 3D logos OpenGL-based utility that renders 3D text logos with some cool effects like blur.
  
• Zpaint Free tool for creating 3D-looking elements for websites and software interfaces. Easily paint raised or lowered shapes such as buttons, rings, and boxes.
  
• Rendersoft Illusionae Texture-generation engine for making realistic 3D textures. It creates textures using an algorithmic approach, manipulating formulae and displaying them in the graphical form.
  
• Pixels 3D A 3D graphic and animation software package. Web site provides users and people looking to buy the software some excellent resources.
  
• DirectVoxel A new kind of 3D engine. Powerful and easier to use than traditional polygon based engines.
  
• TrioPoint Software The ShapeShifter Component Library (SSCL) is a framework for creating interactive 2D and 3D graphics applications. It simplifies Microsoft's DirectX 8 API by providing a powerful and easy to use retained mode graphics interface. Built on DirectX 8.0; supports multiple languages - C++, Visual Basic, VBScript, JavaScript, Python, and others.
  
• MagicLight Free (GPL) portable 3D-modeling and raytracer package for Linux and Windows, supports both analytic objects, mesh objects and nurb surfaces. By, Mikaels Aronssons.
  
• Carrara - MetaCreations Carrara was developed by the creators of Ray Dream and Infini-D, it is a complete 3D solution for modeling, shading, scene building, animation, rendering, and special effects. Runs on Windows or Macintosh systems.
  
• PolyGone Has several Retracing and 3D tutorials, programs developed for download, links to 3D programming pages and resources.
  
• Eroiica Profi Software is for users that need to work with various types of raster, vector, text, and hybrid document formats. Edit technical documents, process and enhance digital images, examine graphics, CAD and engineering drawings. Includes 169 import and export filters. (Win 95/98/2000/NT)
  
• Texturetools Computer graphics plugins designed to improve the creativity and productivity of 3D animators and game developers.
  
• 3D Spot Resource for 3D and 2D animators and artists offering many objects, textures, images and utilites.
  
• 3D Graphics Editor and Viewer Create amazing 3D scenarios with a small Windows self-sufficient program. Draw 3D figures, define color, light position, view angle, paste textures or texts on the shapes, replicate and manage 3D bodies.
  
• ZBrush A combination of a 3D modeling and 2D paint program. Create 3D objects, you can manipulate, scale, rotate and move as well as performing Boolean add, subtract and cut operations on them. Features include a real time rendering engine with a customizable interface.
  
• 3DWin An interactive shareware 3D converter for the PC platform. Available for Windows NT and Win95.
  
• 3D Nature, LLC. World Construction Set is a photorealistic terrain modeling, visualization, rendering and animation software. Create stunning, photorealistic images and animations with image object rendering.
  
• Virtual Terrain Project The goal of VTP is to nurture the creation of tools, for easy constructing of any part of the real world in interactive, 3D digital form. Develops and supports a set of software tools 'VTP Toolbox' and an interactive runtime environment (VTP Enviro). Large number of resources available for 3D artist.
  
• Alice.org Free scripting and prototyping environment program for 3D object behavior. Runs on Windows 95/98/NT. Reads many common 3D file formats.
  
• Strata 3d Software for 3D multimedia and animation. Products include MediaPaint a video painting and special effects program. VideoShop(tm) a digital video, audio, animating, compositing, and editing application.
  
• M3D: 3D Surfaces (DXF) Generates surfaces in DXF, POV, RAW, and CSV format from user input 3D equations. For Windows 95 and Windows NT.
  
• 3DMiracle Single Image Stereography Shareware products include 3DMiracle a program for creating single image Stereograms and movies from depth masks and 3DMonster a tool for creating depth masks from 3d objects, importing from 3DS format. Useful information about 3d, several stereograms and 3d depth masks.
  
• Steve Abbott's Computer Drawn Celtic Knotwork Create custom shapes Celtic knots in 2D then make them into 3D knots then rotate in 3D space. Knots can be exported in various 3D formats including VRML for viewing in browsers. Knots3D is written in Visual Basic 6.
  
• Waves World A program for simulating waves. Give it a height map of the terrain, specify where sea level should be, create some wave fronts, then let it work.
  
• Amira Advanced 3D data visualization and reconstruction software for microscopy, biology, medicine, and engineering, with powerful automatic and interactive segmentation tools support processing of 3D image data. Fast and robust reconstruction algorithms make it easy to create polygonal models from segmented objects.
  
• PeakWork Software Peak3D is a interactive 2D and 3D modeler, which contains a boolean3D algorithm for polygonal meshes, an integrated 2D editor including 3d view and a binary filter which provides simple editing.
  
• Kajima Corporation Reals 3d, affordable 3d computer graphics rendering software developed for architectural animations, renderings and illustrations by architects. Free software downloads.
  
• PatchDance 3D graphics software for modeling, vertex-oriented and spline based. Shareware for PowerMac.
  
• HeightField Lab Easy to use height field generator for use in popular 3d renders of 3Ds, POV Ray. Its main use is to build Landscapes.
  
• Wilbur A terrain height field generator for Windows 95/NT. Import and export data to many popular file formats.
  
• Architectural 3D Gallery of architectural visualizations, and downloads of some of their model objects in 3D-Studio format (max).
  
• SynaPix With their solutions, visual effects artists have the ability to analyze and combine computer generated 3D imagery and 2D video footage within one unified 3D workspace.
  
• 3DV8 Inc. Data In Depth Data Visualization software for Windows. Allows PC user to visually compare and contrast any numeric data (imported csv or accessed via ODBC) in multiple dimensions. Transforms data into multi-dimensional entities that are instantly rendered, charted and positioned in a true 3-dimensional space.
  
• Kitware Inc. The Visualization Toolkit is open-source software for 3D graphics, visualization, and image processing.
  
• Psunami Design, animate and render 3D oceanographic effects completely within Adobe After Effects.
  
• Etdips Clinical Image and Processing software. National Institute of Health Supported Visualization software for radiological 3D imaging. Free downloadable Windows 2000/NT/9x software for volume rendering, image processing and surface rendering.
  
• AEC|VIZ The smart 3D viewer for the AEC market (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) DXF/DWG, fast cross-section, fast cast shadows, very large models and real-time manipulation, secure file packaging. [Windows/Linux/Mac]
  
• LenzFX A 3D Module for creating layer based 3D scenes. LenzFX comes with a step by step tutorial and example files on CD-ROM.
  
• Genesis 3D editor Realtime 3D editor for windows. Objects can be loaded, edited, viewed and saved to disk while enjoying the luxury of realtime rendering.
  
• The DgeeMe Project Models digitized video in 3D by locating human reference points on captured video it is possible to transfer human motion into a 3D space where motion properties can be studied.
  
• SurRender 3D Real time 3D graphics technology, visibility and occlusion determination, software rasterization.
  
• Rational Reducer A 3D-image file compression tool designed to help speed 3D rendering by reducing polygon count. Supports VRML, AutoCAD's DXF, and 3D Studios 3DS formats. By TaylorTradeTalk, Inc.
  
• ExpressionTools Online ETShade is the photo-realistic 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software. Experience the thrill of quickly converting your ideas and sketches into beautiful 3D models. [Macintosh or Windows]
  
• Illusion A particle effects system and compositing tool that adds countless particle effects to your 3D animation or digitized video. Supports multiple layers and other functions that allow you to integrate its effects into a 3D environment.
  
• Openfx 3d Studio An Open-Source 3D modeling, animation and rendering suite. Set includes a full renderer and raytrace engine, NURBS support, kinematics-based animation, morphing, and an extensive plugin API.
  
• b3d Studio Real time 3D engine provide a WYSIWYG editing environment. Edit video clips, also imports scripts that have been written in screenplay format.
  
• Spirofractal Spirofractal is a screen saver and graphics utility that can create many types of Fractal and Strange attractor 2D and 3D images images and animations.
  
• CADMAX Solid Master A CAD application that provides features based and Boolean solid modeling, as well as 2D drafting and free form surface modeling. Features complete drawing compatibility with the ability to import and export DWG, DXF, IGES, Parasolid, and STL (export only) files.
  
• 3D Exploration Viewer for Windows which allows browsing of many popular 3D file formats plus common 2D file. Also a slide show presentation features.