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From: jn190068@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Jay Lewis Nestle)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: SGI Software: Was(Re: High end graphics software, summary
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Date: 9 Oct 90 16:35:40 GMT
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	In concerns to the SGI 3D modeller it is called Quick
Model.  That is exactly what it is, a quick modeller, very plain
and pretty weak.  The program is limited in both the amount of
objects that one can produce and the accuracy in which they can be
placed.  The program is fine for making cool pictures but if any
detailed work is required, any engineering, something else needs
to be used.  Other software that is included is: The Personal 
Visualizer from Wavefront which is a very impressive program in
its full version, which is not what you get with the SGI.  The PV
will allow you to bring in pictures from QM and do a ray trace on
them with ease.  With the limited package however these are both
limited in lighting and surface mapping.  The final software package
included is Quick Paint, I think.  This program will then allow you
to take a raytraced PV picture of your model from QM and add text
and change colors, etc...  NOTE!  When you bring a picture into QP
it is reduced from 24bit to 8bit!  The QP is a very limited paint
program which is why I haven't used it that much.

	Wavefront Tech, PV, does offer upgrades to their PV of
course.  There is an IGES translator and several others, which I
am trying to get my hands on now.  I use hp's me30 CAD program to
do real 3D modelling and then I will port it to the SGI and PV via
the IGES translator.  I am checking into a program called NASA GAS
which is Graphic Animation Software for the SGI developed by:
Sterling Software in Palo Alto, CA.  When I get some more information
I will post a review here.

	My project includes doing a full animated and structural
analysis of a Mars re-entry vehicle.  I am however still in the
planning stages.  If anyone know of an animation program that
would fit my purpose please let me know, we have a SONY laser
disc recorder and a couple SVHSs.  Thanks, Jay Nestle.

jn190068@longs.lance.colostate.edu

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