Questions tagged [3d]
Software that uses, manipulates, or creates a three-dimensional space.
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Framework to create video-streamed 3D game
I have to develop a video-streamed game (a bit like OnLive). The 3D processing is done on a server and the resulting video is streamed to any client device.
The game has to be 3D but can be as simple ...
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Web app for client to alter 3D renders
I'm trying to see if there's a web app that already exists before we go through the process of making one.
I'm looking for a way to create a render of an environment and be able to have the client ...
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Software, in active development, for planetary or solar system generation
Mojoworld was a procedural planet generation software. However, development ceased over a decade ago, and the creator not only actively avoids answering any questions about possible future development ...
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Software for constructing and visualizing 3D polyhedra
I plan to use the CGAL library to perform some 3D computations on polyhedra. The polyhedra need not be regular.
However, since CGAL does not come with visualization software, I would like to use a ...
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What software can be used for rapid texturing?
In the open source content in 3D, Blender is the humongous software for anything. It is a complete animation suite. But, When It comes to texturing 3D models all the procedurals or UV unwrapping can ...
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3-D Movie rendering of parametric NURBS surfaces from time-dependent data
I'm working in academia on the physics of elastic mechanisms. We have our tools for accurately predicting their physical behavior, but the tools are not suited for producing good-looking renders of ...
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Crystal lattice visualization software
I'm looking for free (as in freedom) software for Linux that allows me to visualize simple crystal lattices and produce images such as this:
Good features would be the ability to easily choose colors,...
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Best software to draw in 3D
I'm trying to draw a picture like this; a 3D model and some inner parts. What is the best software to do that? I would appreciate if you could help me draw this.
I need a project so that I can add my ...
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Turn text/PDF into objects in a 3D world you can walk through first person
Imagine the text of a book floating in the air as 3D objects (in the same format/order as the original text).
Imagine you're Superman and you're flying around the text to view it. You can fly far ...
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Free 3D fractal generation
Fractals like Mandelbrot or Julia have always been fascinating to me. I even implemented some of them during my school time. With the power of modern PCs, there are also 3D fractals possible like this:...
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Creating anamorphic typography in CAD program
For my current project I´m trying to create anamorphic typography on 3D objects. The program most be able to project an image, in my case typography, to the surface of objects. My husband showed me ...
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Surface 3D modelling with meshing
I'm looking for a software (or lib with python bindings) to generate quality tet/quad mesh in an easy to use toolchain, for input in a FEM solver. The operating system is Windows.
The capabilities ...
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3D Modeling Software for Tires
I hope this question is relevant to this site :)
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what software would be easiest to use (or most commonly used) to create tire images. A simple google search of ...
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Graphic visualization library/framework for my virtual anthill
I have a great school project for my algorithms course.
I have to write a program in C that takes as input a graph that represents an anthill. One of the nodes is the entry point and another one is ...
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General purpose DRM software
I have studied the existing DRM (Digital Rights Management) products on the market and all I have found was related to books, images, audio or video content.
I need to protect 3D models with DRM. ...
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Web based solution for large point clouds
I am looking for a software that would be able to store huge point clouds generated from LIDAR and stereo camera scans of terrain and urban areas (with buildings etc.). I need to visualize the data ...
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Street scene (with car if possible) with permissive license [closed]
This might be off-topic perhaps (since it's not quite a software), but I'm looking for a blender (.blend file that I can tweak) street scene with a road and possibly a car (some road signs and ...
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Programs for 3D chemical molecules?
I know there are lots of programs for drawing chemical molecules, but I cannot find the most advanced/suitable one for my needs:
Drawing eye-catching 3D molecules with glassy colors.
Having a large ...
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3D anatomy software
I would like to find a software to have a restricted 3D view of human body anatomy.
Instead of reinventing the wheel, I would like to know if such a thing already exists.
Hopefully, it would:
Have a ...
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3D boolean operations in java
I am looking for libraries that provide 3D boolean operations (union, subtract, intersect) in java, to use in a game. So, basically, the boolean operations in 3D models will happen dynamically, ...
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Free alternative to World Machine
World Machine is software for creating terrains (mostly for games).
Is there a free or open source alternative to this that will run on Windows and the licence will give me the ability to use the ...
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Free Alternative to Matlab for Biomedical Engineer
Matlab is necessary for biomedical engineers. But it's not free. Is there any free software like Matlab which is good at Signal and Image Processing, Numerical and Statistical Methods, Optimization, ...
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3D simulation software (e.g. for quadcopters)
On the weekend, myself and a friend want to make a quadcopter (aka quadrocopter) for something fun to do. However, we're wondering about things like weight/thrust ratios of different fan blades and ...
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3D metrics visualization - Alternative to seerene / Software Diagnostics Efficiency Platform
seerene (formerly "Efficiency Platform" by Software Diagnostics) is a tool that
calculates metrics from source code
displays 3 metrics at a time in a 3D view (area, height, color)
Here's a ...
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3D rendering of 2D image and 3D segments [closed]
I want to create a map with a height dimension; that is a rectangle image (actually a 2D map) plus 3D segments over it. I need to mark points with 3 coordinates and draw lines between them.
Is there ...
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Software to share GPU resources for (Houdini) rendering
The idea is the following: I download an app, which uses CPU and GPU of my PC all the time to compute jobs of other users. In exchange, I can submit my job to the app. The system is very much like a ...
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Animation and rendering software with CAD-import options
Looking for a program, which can
easially import a CAD-model
apply textures quickly
render it in decent quality
animate single objects & cameras
Been doing some bigger projects with the ...
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A suitable JavaScript graph library for showing results of partial differential equations
I am handling a project which solves partial differential equations. The solution is a 3D graph in most cases. Which JavaScript library is suitable for me to display the result?
Example graph:
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Cut software to cut 3D STL files for smaller printers
I am searching for software to cut a large STL object to smaller objects for a smaller 3D printer. With Netfabb Basic I have only found out that an object can be cut with straight lines. What I am ...
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Frameworks/libraries that help turn 3D data into 2D shapes
Just like you can take a cube and flatten it into 6 sides, I'd like to take a digital 3D model of a human and cut it into flat shapes (think sewing patterns) with the help of a high-level framework/...
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Which software is suitable to project a video on a virtual hollow sphere?
Actioncams have a fisheye. Therefore recorded videos are intentionally distorted. In this distortion, a range of view is encoded, by projecting it on a sphere and putting a camera in the middle, you ...
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Convert point cloud raw data into Solid Edge or Solid Works 3D models
We are looking for software that will convert point cloud raw data (from Faro scanners, for example) into a model that is compatible with Solid Edge or Solid Works, identifying planes (faces) etc.
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A software for creating a 3D spatial density map from large data points
I have a (time-dependent) system of ~100k moving points in a confined space. Each point has its own Cartesian coordinates and weight (w) in the form of (x,y,z;w).
I'm looking for a software/app/...
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A freeware tool to create heightmaps
I would like to create a heightmap with an editor. I need two images as result:
Grayscale heightmap (24bit BMP or PNG if possible)
The texture
All the editors I've found, supports a special format, ...
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Open-source library to generate Ladder Logic diagrams
And now I have to generate a diagram image using that information.
Is there any open-source library to generate a diagram from Ladder logic?
Requirements:
Input: The logic, I can express it in any ...
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What's a good C++ framework for 3D animation?
I'm going to be developing a medium-sized application for some research for my Master's degree. The application will be a tool for creating 3D animation, with some secret sauce mixed in. The tool ...
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Polyhedron visualisation
Is there a software that can create a 3D visualization of a polyhedron, based on inequations that define its delimiting planes, of the form
A_1 x < b_1
A_2 x < b_2
A_3 x < b_3
Here an ...
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3D Box Shot in Photoshop: Plugin / Template / Action / etc?
I'm trying to learn how to make 3D Box Images in Photoshop. I need this for box designs of different sizes, and so I found this tutorial that makes it easy to create with the use of Photoshop Actions.
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Hair style software in 3D or with side hair design
I have searched and found some software to design hair styles. But, they just over a hair image on one's front photos.
I am looking for a 3D hair style software, or one I can also design my side ...
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Which software for online 3D rendering?
We are looking for a solution where we can render photorealistic 3D product images on a webserver or in the cloud.
Basically we want to create one 3D model per product and render it with different ...
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Software to animate assembly
I would like to create an animation showing how something can be assembled.
Something similar to this one:
I am thinking a simple 3D program that allows some motion paths for movement or tweening. ...
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Looking for extensive world-building software
I'm looking for a full-featured application for making entire sphere-like worlds. Bonus points if it can also handle some of the physics for how two planetary bodies very near each other would ...
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Is there a javascript library to put a CAD-like widget on a website?
I want users to be able to draw very simple 3D drawings (but with precise measurements) on my website. For example, they could create a 3D model of their house.
Is there a javascript library with ...
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Best software for designing prototype model for mass production?
Hey I want to create some metal miniatures (think like Monopoly tokens).
That requires a prototype for a mold for casting.
What's a good software for this purpose? (3d-design for physical, organic ...
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Simple 3d graphics in science
I need to visualize some really simple 3d objects like a box, a cylinder etc. I also have path which I would like to give a certain thickness (which basically would result in a cylinder twisted onto ...
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3D user interface
What software would be good for implementing 3D user interface control system. Below is the image of automated guided vehicle control system which is representing in real time where the vehicle is. So ...
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Free cross-platform 3D world generator
I used to have a free 3D world platform generator when I was a Windows guy, that was a long time ago and I forgot its name.
So I'm a Linux guy, my friend is a Windows guy. We're working on a 3D ...
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Searching for Program to draw vertices
I cant seem to find exactly what im looking for. I have a 3D triangle (x,y,z) vertices that i want to display on the screen. Im just looking for a simple online program that i can enter in (x,y,z),(x1,...
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Software for prototyping in 3d
I do not wish to say what is my project. Lets say I am creating a new kind of bicycle for example, and I am looking for investors and they asked for prototype. I did not create the physical prototype ...
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Open source 3D asset management (PHP/MySQL/HTML5)
I am looking for an asset management system which:
I could run on our PHP/MySQL server.
Could store files in a tree directory structure.
Could either preview 3D file formats or would allow to add a ...
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