linux // graphics 3D

• 3D Glossary - A glossary of 3D terms accompanied by many illustrations.
• Aqsis Renderer: Freedom to Dream - A cross-platform, open source RenderMan-compliant, 3D rendering solution. Latest stable release is 1.6.0, 2009-10-11.
• Art of Illusion - A free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio.
• Ayam - A 3D modelling environment for the RenderMan interface. Current stable release is 1.18, 2010-10-28.
• 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 Basics - Online Book - This free, online book presents an introduction and a set of step-by-step lessons for working with Blender. There is a Russian edition available as well. (3rd edition, 2009)
• Blender Foundation - A cross-platform 3D software suite which includes modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Click on the Education & Help link at the top of the page for all Blender-related documentation, support forums & chat, demo files, and certified trainers. Latest stable release is 2.49b, 2009-09-03.
• Blender Wiki - The primary site for Blender (a graphics animation and video production program) documentation. Contains user and developer documentation, as well as Blender Wiki writer's documentation. Internationalization is excellent - translated into 25 languages.
• BlenderNation - The central news site for Blender, the free, open source 3D graphics creation suite. This site also has a nice selection of tutorials.
• DEx - Dynamic Experimentation Toolkit - A platform for developing, analyzing, and visualizing dynamic multi-body simulations.
• 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.
• 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 for KDE 4.x is 1.1.3, 2008-09-24.
• LinuxGraphic.org - French language graphics site.
• NURBS++ - A C++ library to manipulate and create NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) curves and surfaces. It also features vector, matrix, and OpenGL support classes. Latest stable release is 3.0.11, 2002-05-24.
• 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. Latest release for Linux is 3.6.1, 2004-08-02. N.B.: Linux is a second-class citizen here with the latest Windows version, 3.6.2, released in 2009. There is a beta release for Linux -- 3.7, available.
• Python 3D Software - A collection of 3D Python software with descriptions, license information, subject category and links.
• RollerCoaster 2000 - Roller coaster track graphics.
• SGI - Developer Central Open Source - Open Inventor - An object-oriented 3D toolkit.
• 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. Multilingual support is excellent with 10+ languages available.
• Tutorials for Blender 3D - Tutorials and documentation for Blender 3D and the Blender 3D Game Engine. Also includes game demos, textures, and models.
• 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 5.4.2, 2009-06-03.
• eXtace - A 3D audio visualization tool for the X Window System. Latest release is 1.9.9, 2008-02-02.
• pyFormex - A Python-based program for generating, transforming, and manipulating large geometrical models of 3D structures by sequences of mathematical operations. Latest release is 0.8.3, 2010-12-05.