shelly16

Short:        ShellShapeGen. for Real,POV,Imagine,T3D
Author:       rschultz@informatik.uni-rostock.de
Uploader:     rschultz informatik uni-rostock de
Type:         gfx/3d
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

       
    Shelly generates 3D-Objects of various seashells, slug-houses etc.
    for: POV-V2.0, Real3DV2, X3D and T3Dlib 
    (the last means Imagine, DXF, Rayshade, Inventor ... support! ).

    It uses an Algorithm found in:
     Computer&Graphics Vol. 17,No. 1,pp. 79-84, 1993
     ("DIGITAL SEASHELLS" by M.B. Cortie.)

    It was written in (portable) C using GCC2.6.3 
    and TDS, on an AMIGA.

    The Real3D output is a RPL-Macro executable via "Execute named" 
    in the "Macros"-submenu.  
    The T3D-output can be converted via TDDD2xxx to many different
    formats (of course you'll have to get the converters first)
    (available on Aminet, look in 'pub/aminet/gfx/3d/' ...)


   Changes:
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   from V1.5 to V1.6:
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   - added simple animation mode  
   
   - more example pictures (pic/) + their datafiles (shy/) available,
     mostly rendered with Real3D on my A4000
   
   - the exe does not need ixemul.library anymore 

   - a new (POV-)output-mode uses Bezierpatches (Keyword: 'BEZ')

   - R3D2-output of NEWNOD-mode creates a "triset" instead of a bunch of
     triangles
   
   - added pic/parameters.iff (illustrates the use of some parameters),
     (took me some hours with PPaint ;)

   - Daniel Aregger programmed a nice GUI for Shelly 
     (for the Amiga) 
     this will be uploaded separately, look for FSG (Funky Shelly GUI)

   - Due to the confusion Compuserve caused regarding the use of the
     GIF-format all GIF's are now IFF-ILBM's (If your viewer
     cannot handle this, use netPBM) sorry for this ...