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From: markv@gauss.Princeton.EDU (Mark VandeWettering)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Non-raytracing renderer wanted...
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Date: 11 Mar 90 17:29:58 GMT
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In article <14501@muvms3.bitnet> mcguffey@muvms3.bitnet (Michael McGuffey) writes:
>I'm going to start work soon on a 3D modeling system, but I don't have
>a "fast" renderer to use for testing.  As I'm more interested in creating
>the model than writing a renderer, I'm looking for a PD scan-converter
>which I can feed polygons and/or surface patches and get a bitmap out
>of the other end.  Something along the lines of scan-conversion version
>of the MTV raytracer or Rayshade would be nice.  I've used Rayshade and
>it's a very nice package, but raytracing isn't really what I'm looking
>for.

I too am interested in anything you find.  I have begun to work on a PD
scanline renderer which I have temporarilly named "zoid".  It will have 
polygons, quadrics, and various cubic spline surfaces, and maybe even
a shade language for texture mapping in the spirit of Renderman.  (Texture
mapping is the one facet of the MTV raytracer that really would need to 
be rethought.)

Problem:  I have no idea when it will be finished.  I am not getting as much
time in on it as I would like.  When it is ready, I will post something to 
comp.graphics.

Mark VandeWettering