bRender v2.0h

bREN is the portable stand-alone rendering and ray-tracing utility for UNIX.
Aim of bRen is to give users possibility to use workstation performance
to speed-up rendering of bCAD scenes and 3D Studio animations.

At present time bRen is available for SGI, HP Apollo, Sun Sparc and 32-bit
Intel based SCO UNIX systems. Appropriate bren_XXX.tar files contain executable
and simple scene examples. Executables are evaluation versions, they are
limited by size of ray-traced image which may be produced (512x512), image
created by z-buffered rendering algorithm can be any size though. All files
may be freely distributed on non-commercial basis with strongly requested
(c) of ProPro Group.

	LIMITED WARRANTY

  This  program is provided on an "as is" basis  without warranty of any kind,
expressed or implied.  The entire risk as  to quality and performance of these
programs  is with you. In no event will ProPro Group be  liable to you for any
damages. You acknowledge that you have read this agreement, understand it, and
agree to be bound by its terms and conditions.


bRen is based on the original technologies of the entire bCAD kernel
and does provide following sub-set of features:


  "All-in-one" design, all vital parts are built-into the single executable.
  Built-in manual
  Export of raster images to JPEG, TGA and PPM formats
  Import Textures from BMP/GIF/JPEG/TGA/CEL/PIC files.
  Import of ready-to-render models from the native 3D Studio files,
including:
    colour
    material settings- shininess, roughness, reflection, transparency
    textures mapping
    bump mapping
    reflection mapping
    correct interpretation of the smoothing groups
    cameras
    lights
    animation sequence


Available functions

 Ray-tracing and z-buffered Phong rendering
 Antialiasing
 Rendering with specified camera
 Unlimited image size
 Rendering of 3D Studio native animation sequences
 Rendering specified subset of frames
 Customized background

Here are addresses of ftp and WWW sites where bCAD materials and demos are
also available:

international 3D Web WWW page:

http://www.lightside.com/~dani/cgi/bcad/

OR contact directly ProProGroup

preferably by e-mail    ppg@iis.nsk.su
or by surface mail

    ProProGroup Ltd.
    PO box 350, 630117
    Novosibirsk 117
    Russia

or by phone +7 383 2 329 658

Note that there is +6 hours time difference form GMT to Novosibirsk.

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