NEW VERSION OF POVCAD FOR WINDOWS NOW AVAILABLE!

3-D Modeling and Ray-Tracing Made Easy

POVCAD v4.0 for Windows
By Alfonso Hermida & Rob McGregor

POVCAD is a feature-rich 3-D modeler that lets you create and edit ray 
traceable scene files graphically!  Now any graphics lover can create 
inspiring photorealistic ray traced images on the PC.  POVCAD 4.0 lets 
you create awe inspiring, complex objects and scenes.  

No programming skills are required -- all you need is imagination!

POVCAD is a powerful wireframe modeling program that has loads of 
additional features to make ray tracing easy (and fun).  This new 
version of the popular modeler lets you build scenes with simple mouse 
commands.  If you're an experienced ray tracing veteran, the ray tracer 
friendly smart text editor makes quick work of assembling your scenes.  
The new texture builder lets you quickly design and render new textures.  
POVCAD Creates animation path data, curves, surfaces of revolution and 
translation, sophisticated polygon meshes, and much more!

A Windows Help file with complete information and tutorials on the new 
features gives you the information you need to get started.  Model and 
render images with realistic textures, reflections, and lighting effects 
that traditional artists would find nearly impossible using conventional 
media.  POVCAD puts ray traced art in the reach of PC users, graphics 
aficionados, and commercial artists worldwide.

FEATURES:
* Wireframe primitives: sphere, cone, box, disc, torus, etc. 
* 2-D Curve Editor
* Ray-trace Text Editor 
* Exports Polyray (.PI) and POV-Ray 1&2 (.POV) files
* TrueType font conversion
* Texture Builder
* Windows Help
* Render from within POVCAD
* DXF and RAW conversion
* Create/edit Bezier patches, custom colors, polygon & 
  extrude objects, lathe/sweep objects, animation path data
* Straight & along-a-path extrusions
* Much more!

Program distributed as shareware, $35(US).
GO SWREG (ID#3477). Requires VBRUN300.DLL.

Available in the CompuServe Graphics Developers forum (GO GRAPHDEV), 
RAYTRACE SOURCES, LIB 6

For more info, send email to: CIS 73122,3125 or CIS 72114,2060