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3D Glossary - A glossary of 3D terms accompanied by many illustrations.
AC3D - 3D Graphics Modeller Homepage - 3D modelling software for Linux and other platforms. N.B.: Proprietary software.
Aqsis - A cross-platform, open source RenderMan-compliant, 3D rendering solution. Latest stable release is 1.2.0, 2007-02-19.
Art of Illusion - A free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio.
Ayam - A 3D modelling environment for the RenderMan interface; current stable version is 1.10, 2006.
BORG - BMRT Ordinary Rendering GUI
Blender 3D: Noob to Pro - A set of Blender tutorials for all levels of users.
Blender Artists Forums - A forum and information site for Blender. Forum topics include: general topics, artwork, support, and contests.
Blender Foundation - A cross-platform 3D software suite; modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
Blender Wiki - The primary site for Blender (a graphics animation and video production program) documentation. Contains user and developer documentation, as well as Bender Wiki writer's documenation.
DEx - Dynamic Experimentation Toolkit - A platform for developing, analyzing, and visualizing dynamic multi-body simulations.
EQUINOX-3D - 3D modeler software; Latest version for Linux is 0.9.0, 2006. N.B.: Shareware.
Fl-Inventor Toolkit Home Page - For 3D/VR applications; multiplatformed high-level GUI interfaces using the libSoFl (using FLTK) library and SGI OSS Open Inventor.
Innovation3D - A 3-dimensional modeling program developed for Linux.
Jahshaka - Real-Time Editing and Effects - A cross-platform open source video and film compositing, editing and special fx system using OpenGL and OpenML.
K-3D Home - A cross-platform 3D modeling, animation and rendering system.
KPovModeler - Home - A modeling and composition program for creating POV-Ray(TM) scenes in KDE. Latest stable release is 1.0, 2003-02-05.
Lightflow Rendering Interface - Free for non-commercial uses; last updated in 2000.
LinuxGraphic.org - French language graphics site.
MindsEye
OpenRM Scene Graph - A cross-platform 2D/3D Scene Graph rendering engine layered atop OpenGL.
OpenSceneGraph - the high peformance open source graphics toolkit - An open source 3D graphics toolkit used for visual simulation, games, virtual reality, scientific visualization and modelling.
POV-Ray - the Persistence of Vision Raytracer - A cross-platform, high-quality tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics.
Python 3D Software - A collection of 3D Python software with descriptions, license information, subject category and links.
RenderPark: A Test-Bed System for Global Illumination - A photo-realistic image synthesizer.
RollerCoaster 2000 - Roller coaster track graphics.
SGI - Developer Central Open Source - Open Inventor - An object-oriented 3D toolkit.
ShellyLib - library to create seashells and snails - Last updated in 1999, but still contains some useful information.
Side Effects Software Inc. Homepage - Houdini - high-end 3d animation system; runs on Linux, but this is proprietary software.
Sweet Home 3D - A cross-platform interior design application for quickly choosing and placing furniture on a house 2D plan drawn by the end-user, with a final 3D preview. Also available in Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, and Italian.
Tachyon Parallel / Multiprocessor Ray Tracing System - A parallel ray tracing library for use on distributed memory parallel computers, shared memory computers, and clusters of workstations; latest version is 0.97, 2005-03-18.
The IRIT modeling environment
Truevision - A 3D modeler for Gnome and Povray; still in development, so be careful and save often. Also available in French, German, and Russian.
VTK Homepage - The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, cross-platform software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization. Latest release is 5.0.3, 2007-03-29.