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From: saponara@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (John Saponara)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Standard Procedural Databases package updated
Summary: go get the latest one, if you want
Message-ID: <3986@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 88 15:51:46 GMT
References: <235@piring.cwi.nl>
Reply-To: saponara@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Haines)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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The "Standard Procedural Databases" package on netlib has been updated.
A bug was fixed in gears.c and the README file (especially the statistics)
has been expanded.

The ten second explanation of the SPD package:  this public domain package is
a set of 6 programs which generate "standard" test scenes for testing rendering
software and hardware (with the focus on ray tracers).  The databases are each
encapsulated in short programs in "C", and include the recursive tetrahedron,
a fractal mountain, a tree, etc.  For more info, see IEEE CG&A, November 1987,
pages 3-5.

To get the package for free, send a message to:

	netlib@anl-mcs.arpa   OR   research!netlib

and send the single line message:

	send haines from graphics

This is an automatic mail reply system, and it will send you the package (which
is about 85K long).  Try sending "send index" as a separate message if you want
more info about netlib in general.

Eric Haines (not John Saponara)