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From: bobf@BLUMIRIS.CHEM.UMR.EDU ("Robert B. Funchess")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: RE: Ray-tracing
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Date: 17 Jul 90 18:58:52 GMT
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I'm interested in that hacked version of raster3d; in fact, if it's not TOO
large, I could even set aside some anonymous FTP space for it...  in the
meantime, I've been using rayshade (from comp.sources.unix) with some perl
scripts to do much the same thing (take molecular structure data and turn it
into a raytraced molecular model).  Rayshade supports spheres, cones, planes,
and some other object classes I haven't needed yet...  it's also possible to
define new objects based on these primitives.  You'll need the Utah Raster
Image Toolkit if you want to use rayshade.
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Bob Funchess					bobf@blumiris.chem.umr.edu
Chemistry Dept.					University of Missouri - Rolla