CAD/CAM
Art of Illusion - free 3D modeling/render studio Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with JDK 1.1 or later. (Sep 2003)
G-House 3D - Architectural 3D design tool Tool to design a house in Gnome. It creates a VRML97 model from a floor plan. Written in C. For Linux only. (Sep 2003)
Magelan Graphics Editor - 2D AutoCAD editor The Magelan Graphics Editor is a simple 2D vector graphics editor with basic support for AutoCAD DXF files (both reading and writing). It features complete and easy control over each entity's properties and support for mouse gestures. (Sep 2003)
White_Dune - graphical VRML7 editor/animation tool White_dune is a low level VRML97 tool for Unix/Linux/MacOSX and MS Windows. It can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the scenegraph/fields. Unlike most highlevel tools, it uses a light model based on the VRML97 standard. GPL licensed (Sep 2003)
Wings 3D - Polygon mesh modeler Wings 3D is a polygon mesh modeler inspired by Nendo from Izware. Exports NDO/3DS/OBJ/WRL/RIB/MDL/PovRay files. Imports NDO/3DS/OBJ/AI files. Win32/Mac/Linux. BSD License (Sep 2003)
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