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Coin3D overview

Save developer time using powerful software modules for
real-time 3D visualization.
  • High-level, retained-mode API for maximum programmer efficiency
  • Integrates seamlessly into the Qt development environment
  • Fully backward compatible with Open Inventor 2.1
  • Full access to source code
  • Multi-platform
  • C++ API, with bindings for Python
  • Per-developer licensing, no royalties or run-time fees
 
Main features of the Coin3D package
  • Coin, the core 3D rendering library
  • Generic GLSL Shader Support
  • Generic Shadow Rendering Functionality
  • Geographical Data Support
  • Multithreading Support
  • Hard-copy vector output in PostScript format
  • TrueType font support for annotations (2D and 3D)
  • 3D sound support
  • 3D textures, multi-textures, bump mapping, Big Image
  • File import/export libraries
  • Plugin for Qt Designer (QWidget)

Available add-ons
  • SIM Voleon: volume rendering library
  • SIM Scenery: optimized real-time terrain visualization             

 

                        
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"Coin3D is solid, professional and lightening-quick. It saved us months, if not a year of development"

- Colin Dunlop, head of 4DVista coding team at Midland Valley (www.mve.com)


 

 

 

 
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