Open Source Linux 3D Rendering Software

Geomview is an interactive 3D viewing program for Unix. Geomview lets you view and manipulate three- and higher-dimensional objects, and can also be used as a display engine by other programs to animate objects. Geomview supports OpenGL and uses a Motif X interface.

A C++ library to manipulate and create NURBS curves and surfaces.

Note: The Functy and libsymbolic code has now moved to GitLab: https://gitlab.com/flypig/functy https://gitlab.com/flypig/libsymbolic This project has been left here for archival purposes. Functy is a 3D graph drawing package. It allows Cartesian, spherical and parametric curve functions to be plotted and altered quickly and easily. This immediacy and the vivid results promote fun exploration of 3D function. Rendering is performed entirely on the GPU to improve visuals and performance. Ubuntu functy PPA: https://launchpad.net/~flypig/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

MayaVi is a free, cross platform, easy to use scientific data visualizer. It provides a GUI to ease the visualization process, is written in Python and uses the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) for the graphics.

surf is a tool to visualize algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces. It is written in C++. The GUI is written using the Gtk widget set.

BSP is the de facto standard node builder for the classic 3D shoot'em'up Doom.

The purpose of the project is to develop a quantitative medical imaging & visualization program for use on brain MR, DTI and MRS data. It is a joint project of the Kennedy Krieger Institute & the Johns Hopkins University, Psychiatric Neuroimaging Lab

GLplot is a Mathematics function plotting program based on OpenGL. It can be used to plot functions in 3 dimensions. The results are not as good as Mathematica or Matlab but it gives a good example or OpenGL programming.

Milk Engine is a flexible engine suitable for almost any game. Milk Engine will contain everything needed to develop a game, even for the newbie. Yet it’s very useful for advanced users. It’s based on OpenGL and SDL, therefore it’s also cross-platform.

GLSLmath provides C++ math operations as defined by GLSL. For example, it provides methods to easily setup viewing transformations and perspective projections. GLSLmath has been inspired by the glm and slmath libraries, which aim to mimic GLSL, but in contrast to those GLSLmath does not focus on a complete conforming implementation of GLSL. It rather aims to provide a convenient single header file that implements the most commonly used subset of GLSL so that it is easy to use for rapid prototyping and GLSL teaching purposes. It is used at the Georg-Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg for teaching computer graphics courses.

This is my first attempt at building a reusable framework for 3D applications (not an engine!), primarily for educational purpose and also because none of the already existing tools did satisfy me. No longer maintained.

2D, 3D object indexes (Quadtree, Octree, Quadtree with object radius indexation), fast geometry find functions, template classes with embedded 2D, 3D indexation and fast search features.

Descend is an open source program for drawing 3D surfaces from parametric equations. It uses a custom, very fast language called Misc to calculate the geometry. It also uses OpenGL to render scenes with high quality shaders. Website: https://descend.mimec.org/

The fst2v5d package converts data stored in the Canadian RPN Standard File (FST) format into Vis5D format. FST files, commonly used to store meteorological data, are scanned by fst2v5d to generate both 4D fields and independent topography input files.

Ruby scripts grow 3D fractals and render them with PovRay, OpenInventor and YASRT. Includes (rough) ports of Lauren Lapre's LPARSER to GNU C++. Includes a RubyTk "sketch" output for quick previews as you edit a script.

gnf3d is a small 3D engine written in C(gtk+).It has fantastic super 3D effect since it use two graph for different eye.

A class/library which uses the graphic card for linear algebra. Warning : you will need a GeForce 8 serie to take profit of this class.

Geometric Computer Vision library in C++. Provides functions and structures of projective geometry, taylored for 3D computer vision.

This tool is supposed to be able to calculate majority of basic problems of analytic geometry lessons at secondary schools. Calculations are done using a comprendious user interface and results are shown in well-organized tables as well as drawn into a 3D window. We took special care to integrate full support for interactive whiteboards reducing the need for using keyboard to minimum. We used different colors for every object to help users learn the user interface quickly.

Displays four-dimensional objects and functions by projecting them into three-dimensional space. Viewpoint transformations and parameter changes are displayed in real time. THE PROJECT'S CODE BASE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB: https://github.com/lene/HyperspaceExplorer The Git repository on SourceForge will be kept in sync with GitHub at least for the time being, but for the latest commits you should check the GitHub Project. If you want to report a bug or a feature request, please use the GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/lene/HyperspaceExplorer/issues

JGV is a Java applet that lets you embed movable 3D objects in web pages. Users can rotate, scale, translate, select and annotate the objects interactively. Also, JGV supports XML-based transmission of user events to the source web server over HTTP.

JVisual3D is a GUI library, 3D geometry viewer and a mathematical visualization software written in pure java. It is comparable with the well known javaview project. This is under GPL. Create, manipulate and display easiely meshes, 3d shapes, surfaces,..

Raytracing rendering engine written in Java. Plug it into a modeling environment, or programmatically create a scene. Uses Constructive Solid Geometries (CSG), bounding boxes, and fully extensible design (at least eventually).

A tool for visualizing regular polytopes in stereographic projection. Capabilities include: a large database of Coxeter polytopes, 6-axis motion control, animation, fly-though, stereo viewing, high-res capture, depth-blur, and many style options.

Currently, this project consists of a pure java math expression parser optimized for repeated evaluation. Development of an interactive 3D math visualization application based on this parser is planned for the future.