3DAnywhere is the ultimate tool for building web catalogs and 3D presentation over the Internet FREE DOWNLOAD

Platforms:
• PC

Create a 3D Avatar from any image file. Attach 3D accessories and select from 100 motion files. Includes mesh deformation and 3D Paint.

Platforms:
• Windows95

Use 3D Dreams 2.0 from Shells Interactive to build real-time 3D experiences. Enhance creativity and user interactivity in all the Internet and multimedia projects you build with Director. 3D Dreams 2.0 is a breakthrough, freeing the multimedia author from Director's linear limits.

3Dstats analyzes the access log of a Web server and creates a simple VRML model of the load by day and by hour. Although 3Dstats is copyrighted, the source code is free available.

Platforms:
• C source code

W Interactive offers high quality 3D models of human faces produced from photographs. We can make a 3D VRML model of any person rapidly, with high quality and at a low cost. W Interactive also offers Java-based talking Virtual Characters for the Web. The company is looking for resellers and offers 10% commission with our easy-to-use Reseller Program.

n.b. this is a service rather than a tool

Platforms:

• any web browser

AC3D is popular 3D object/scene modeller. It's is very easy to use but powerful too - anyone can create good looking 3d objects in minutes.

It outputs POV-Ray, VRML (1 and 2), RenderMan, Dive, Massive and other formats.

Platforms:

• Windows 95/NT
• Linux
• SGI
• Solaris - V2 Free (unsupported)
• HP - V1.66 (HPUX 10.10) Free (unsupported)
• SunOs - V1.55 - (sorry, there will be no more Sun4 versions - upgrade to Solaris)

includes:

• The Alice Development Environment
• A Collection of 3D Objects and Textures

The Alice authoring tool doesn't require any special graphics boards, input devices, or hardware acceleration.

Platforms:

• Windows 95/98/NT

Amapi 3D is a phenomenal Nurbs model with a natural approach to a unique user interface for 3D sculpting, design and modeling. With a large collection of powerful 3D tools like extrusions, sweeps, double-sweeps, hulls, Coons patches and complex Gordon surfaces, creating complex shapes is a snap. Additional modeling tools include a fast fileting (bevels), Smoothing (organic looks), various stretching and molding tool, MetaNurbs, and thickness tools. The Assembly toolkit has Unfold tools, duplication (along paths and surfaces too), and more. Objects you create in Amapi can include curves, Nurbs curves, surfaces, Nurbs surfaces, Volumes, and the measurement tool tells you all about their precise metrics. Amapi also includes a hybrid renderer with raytracing and cartoon effects, as well as animation along paths and 3D morphing (keyframes) into Quicktime or AVI. There is a vast files export list (over 22)including some suited for the web, such as VRML 1.0 and ZAP. Best of all, Amapi is fun, extremely fast and very affordable, especially for students. Lots of kids (Amapikids) have discovered and use Amapi as an extension of their 3D creativity.

Platforms:
• Windows 9X/NT4
• MacOS 8

n.b. end user sales discontinued

AvatarMaker is the first consumer avatar creation tool. It allows the user to create full photorealistic 3d characters and people for use in VRML1.0/2.0, web pages, and multi-user worlds. A unique intuitive interface allows sophisticated authoring without expertise or experience.

Platforms:
• Windows 95 ·
• Windows NT

Avatar Studio is an avatar creation tool that helps you build your own personalized and animated character.

Platforms:
• PC

b3d Studio's real-time 3D technology and editing tools give you the power to create complex interactive animated content for the web. From interactive 3D objects in a web page to full-feature movies, b3d Studio delivers. For larger productions, b3d Studio Pro supports multiple simultaneous users and rendered video output.

• PC

Canoma can generate realistic 3D models from one or more photographs or sketches using a process called image assisted modeling. Models can be exported in a variety of 2D and 3D formats including VRML97 (see http://www.canoma.com/vrml for examples)

Platforms:
• Win32
• Mac

A new version of Clayworks, a complete rewrite , is currently under development. This software is a major break from the old 16bit dos application and is set to become something rather special. The final version of the 16bit software with improved VRML export support is available from that URL. The new version will support VRML 1.0 & 2.0 import and export as well as a variety of other common formats and a wide range of modeling tools and paradigms including improved vertex/polygon level editing as well as other techniques such as metaballs and curved surfaces.

Platforms:
• Windows 95
• Windows NT

Cortona SDK enables developers to integrate Cortona 3D/VRML engine into applications written in C/C++, Visual Basic®, Delphi® or HTML - as well as to any application supporting ActiveX technology (MS Word, MS PowerPoint etc.).
With Cortona SDK, you can create a wide array of 3D applications – ranging from a 3D presentation of your company to advanced VRML authoring tools. Utilizing Cortona SDK can dramatically improve your business.
You can use the tool for:
* Interactive product presentations
* Realty information services
* Engineering visualizations
* Virtual manuals for distance learning
The Cortona SDK 2.0 distribution package contains: - Cortona's redistributable components - Programmer's reference for Cortona ActiveX control - Documentation for VRML Automation - Tutorials for Visual Basic and Delphi programmers - Description of VRML extensions in Cortona - Interface definition files for C/C++ projects - I3DViewService3 interface - ASCII to UTF8 converter 1.0 - User friendly examples of 3D applications Additionally, ParallelGraphics grants Cortona SDK users a license for the redistribution of 100 copies of Cortona VRML client.
If you are looking for an effective and powerful 3D engine for your web site or standalone application - check out Cortona SDK!

Platforms:
• Windows 95 and above

Inquire™ Design was developed to support the product design process and, in particular, the designer himself as he works on a design. Therefore, this software package provides the freedom for innovative, conceptual design work using only the most sensible and relevant functions found in more traditional CAD tools. For every task involving object form, in the most varied of branches - with Inquire™ Design each will find a perfect tool tailored to one's exact needs. Complex changes may be speedily performed with this product because the breadth of features, coupled with the simple interface, allow rapid entry into the creative process. Both the refinement of existing models, as well as the creation of new models, is quickly and simply done with Inquire™ Design - with just a few mouse clicks new forms can be created and modified and all that without large computation delays. Inquire™ Design - the new dimension in design.
The following object exchange formats are also supported:
3DS COB DXF POV INC NFF OBJ RAW IGES IV WRL STL and WIRE

Platforms:
• Windows 95/98
• Windows NT 4.0
• SGI IRIX 6.3

DesignSpace is engineering software that enables design engineers to obtain answers to basic design performance questions without the steep learning curve of traditional methods. DesignSpace is integrated inside mainstream PC-based solid modelers, such as Autodesk Mechanical Desktop and SolidWorks. Simulation results can be saved in VRML 1.0 or 2.0 format for inclusion in web-enabled engineering reports. Users not only can view results over the Internet, they can also interact with the results.

Platforms:
• Windows 95
• Windows NT

Dimension 3D Systems offers an easy to use camera based 3D scanner that enables you to create realistic models out of real 3D objects within minutes. Output models are fully textured (360 deg) closed triangular meshes in many 3D formats

Platforms:
• Windows 95/98
• Windows NT
• IRIX 5.3 & higher

The open source authoring tool for 3D. There's still lots of work to do, but with the addition of NurbsSurface support, you can almost do some real modeling with it now.

Platforms:
• Win95/98/NT/2000
• linux
• irix 6.5
• solaris

X3D Viewer with extensions ( without VRML EAI ) -
Load _ Multiple _ X3D / VRML files from a List - change rendering modes - cool textured Sci-fi Biped Walking Tank -
see the future of the 3d on the Web today ...
" ez Avatar Builder " _ extends _ the Shout3d X3D Viewer

n.b. this tool is still under development at the date of listing 2000.4.30

Geomagic Studio is a must-have tool for people working with traditional CAD, CAE, and CAM applications. Geomagic Studio 3.0 expands your ability to quickly and accurately create, edit, export, and output high-quality, manufacturable NURBS surfaces.

Platforms:
• PC Win98/NT
• SGI IRIX
• Sun Solaris

GEOMETRA is a program which allows the quick and easy construction of 3-D VRML models from multiple photographs of an object or scene. These models can be output and then used directly for publication on the web or further manipulated in other 3-D editing software. The basic version of GEOMETRA is free for noncommercial use while more advanced versions featuring photogrammertric capability and epitomized model output can be purchased on-line.

Platforms:
• PC Win95/98/NT

IBM HotMedia is the industry's most complete solution for incorporating rich media effects in today's web applications. HotMedia lets you easily add interactions and special effects such as video, 3D, animations, panoramas, streaming audio synchronized with images and more. It provides a single, easy to use authoring environment for creation of a wide range of rich media effects. The result is a single file containing multiple interactive elements that is easily added to a web page. HotMedia does not require a plugin or any special servers and its offered free-of-charge from IBM.

Platforms:
• PC Win95/98/NT
• Macintosh
• Java

Using Hypercosm's powerful set of 3D development tools, you will be able to bring your own 3D visions to life on the Web. You can use Hypercosm translators to convert existing 3D models into super-small Hypercosm applets, or you can use the Hypercosm Studio development environment to develop and customize new graphics.

Hypercosm not only provides you with the software tools you need to produce highly-interactive Hypercosm content, but we also provide the training you or your developers need to get up-to-speed with Hypercosm technology. In addition, Hypercosm provides a full set of manuals, tutorials, and a website dedicated to applet developers, ensuring that help in applet production is never hard to find.

Platforms:
• Java

You can have your Instant VRML Home World hosted by our server for free!! Pass it on to your friends! Enjoy! Thanks. This service is provided for free with no warranty of anything, etc. We also reserve the right to include a small advertisement in your home world.

Platforms:
• Not applicable - the site is a service

Innovation3D is an Open Source, 3-dimensional modeling program developed for Linux.
The goal of Innovation3D ( I3D ) is to provide a modeling tool that allows an artist to utilize a variety of techniques. Polygonal modeling is currently the focus, but there is some preliminary support for NURBS curves and surfaces, as well as basic animation. Innovation3D is software in active development.

n.b. under development
You can use it for many things, but you many not get it to compile, and it may crash. Please take this in to account when using it. Be sure to report any problems that you are having! g, etc. We also reserve the right to include a small advertisement in your home world.

Platforms:
• Linux

Inspire 3D is packed with high-quality tools that help guarantee you'll be ready for the new generation of professional graphics. With Inspire 3D, you can model, animate and render 3D elements in any style and complexity. By adding texture, motion, lighting effects and more, your print materials will almost pop off the page. Use the images you create as single frame print graphics or as lower resolution animation files for multimedia or the web…or choose from a library of pre-created images. And use the photorealistic or stylized animation images you create for real-time graphics applications, including VRML 2.0, for all kinds of projects.

• Import DXF (AutoCAD) 3DS (3D Studio) OBJ (Alias/Wavefront) LightWave
• Export DXF (AutoCAD) 3DS (3D Studio) OBJ (Alias/Wavefront) LightWave VRML 2.0 3DMF

 

Platforms:

• Windows
• Mac

ICA lets you animate 3D characters for the Internet ranging from sketches to complex games and presentations. Key features include:
- Key Frame Animator. With KFA you can endow characters with a variety of expressions, gestures and movements.
- Animation Organizer allows you to set the sequence and duration of created animations.
- Animated characters can be published on the Web. And the interface for the first nine animations can be created by a single mouse-click!
- Compatibility with Internet Scene Assembler of ParallelGraphics. Animated characters can be placed into ISA scenes to add a range of new interactivities and animations
- an essential element in the development of interactive clips for the Web! ICA supports VRML97 format and H-anim standard.

Platforms:
• Win 95/98/2000 Win NT

Internet Scene Assembler allows you to assembly interactive and dynamic scenes. You can choose animated or static objects from the extensive ISA- galleries or use any other VRML-file as an object and animate it with ISA. Created scenes can be published on the World Wide Web and viewed in all major VRML-browsers. You can make objects react to user action or events, which happen inside scenes. ISA allows you to establish relations between various events, so you can create complex objects behavior. You can create interactive objects merely adding various properties to them, for example, "Moveable", "Hidable", "Highlighted", "Turnable " or "Labeled" - to link texts to objects etc. With ISA Keyframe Animator you will easily define changing of object size, position, orientation, color, transparency, intensity etc. If you establish objects subordination, all movements of the main objects will spread to all their sub-objects. For example, a table is an object and a vase is its sub-object. When you move the table, the vase is moved too ISA includes pre-build galleries with static and animated objects - figurines, furniture, plants etc. The galleries also contain a special group of system objects. Using them you can set light sources and animated camera in scenes, add sounds to objects etc. You can save the track of the camera movements. It helps to present objects and scenes to viewers in the most attractive or unusual ways or define complete tour along created scenes. One of the main ISA advantages is visual support for all major operations with objects. You do not need to program, all manipulation with objects are represented in specialized windows: Perspective and Plan - view of objects and scenes; Animator - objects animation parameters; Routing Diagram - relations between different events; Events/Properties - lists of objects properties (e.g. "Moveable") and events; Scene Tree - hierarchical structure of objects

Platforms:
• Win 95/98/2000 Win NT

A simple way of arranging objects ("drag&drop"); Editing of 3D objects - rotation, scale, deformation, mirror and texture mapping; Building of complex 3D-objects and structures from simple elements by merely adding and cutting; Direct editing of objects and scenes in a 3D- window; Texture editing - scale, rotation, drawing; Creation of complex panoramic images by using pre- built impressive landscapes, selecting background textures and editing background colors; transparency effect; Multimedia support - sounds (WAV and MIDI formats) can be linked into objects and movies can be placed on object surfaces; The objects and scenes created may be published on the World Wide Web. (Then they can be viewed using any standard VRML browser); Internet addresses can be linked to the objects created The ISB Library contains a wide range of textures, pictures, 3D-models and objects, movies and virtual world examples. A friendly and adaptable interface. ISB contains a detailed Help system and an illustrated hypertext Quick Start Guide, which includes descriptions of the basic methods of creating 3D objects and scenes, editing textures and objects etc. Evaluation version available.

Platforms:
• Win 95/98/2000 Win NT

to build realistic models directly from photos ! It will automate construction of, dimensionally accurate 3D models including texture maps, from still pictures
Instead of modeling complicated geometry, materials and lighting from scratch, ImageModeler® taps directly into the richness of the real world. Designed specifically for computer graphics professionals and animators, ImageModeler® is the first high-end "Image-Based Modeler" to produce 3-D models from photo, video or cinematic images.

Platforms:
• Win NT
• IRIX

Manual creation of levels of detail for complex models is too labor intensive. Therefore, a tool is needed to generate LODs (levels of detail) automatically. We have implemented such a tool that supports VRML-1.0. It is able to reduce indexed face sets (polygonal data) and indexed line sets that embody the bulk of VRML data commonly found in VRML models. The algorithm is based on octree quantization of vertices. The tool reads a VRML file and generates LODs for each IndexedFaceSet and IndexedLineSet. Further the tool removes double defined coordinates, materials, normals, texture coordinates, faces and lines within the VRML nodes. The resulting VRML scene will be written into a new file.

Platforms:
• HP-UX
• Linux
• OS/2
• SGI

Lparser is a utility which reads an Lsystem description in and processes it into a 3d form which can then be exported in several formats, including VRML, DXF and POV.

Platforms:
• DOS

Magicsuite is an interactive multimedia software designed for the creation of 3D pictures and virtual reality type images. Software compatible with any standard digital camera. Browser independent, does not require any plug-ins and generates relatively small files sizes. Hardware required: 1 tripod (included).
N.B. Java applets are used for 3d display in web pages.

Platforms:
• Windows

Written entirely in Java using JDK1.2 and Java3D standards. Can create, read, write and edit VRML97 worlds. It can do this graphically selecting and dragging shapes on the screen, where you need more precise control you can set the values in the scene graph. Export to Java3D to allow you to generate Java3D applications from VRML for example. Bean available so that you can incorporate this functionality in your own program.

Platforms:
• Java

MilkShape 3D is a low-polygon modeler, which was initially designed for Half-Life. During the development, many file formats have been added. MilkShape 3D has all basic operations like select, move, rotate, scale, extrude, turn edge, subdivide, just to mention a few. MilkShape 3D also allows low-level editing with the vertex and face tool. Primitives like spheres, boxes and cylinders are also available. MilkShape 3D has also skeletal animation capabilities. This allows to export to morph target animation like the ones in the Quake model formats or to export to skeletal animations like Half-life or Genesis3d.

Related site:
• A VRML97 exporter plugin for the Milkshape modeler from Roland Smeenk

MultiGen Creator is MultiGen-Paradigm's industry-leading software toolset for creating highly optimized, high fidelity real-time 3D content for use in visual simulation, interactive games, urban simulation, and other applications. This integrated and extensible toolset puts more interactive realtime 3D modeling power in your hands than other modeler. The MultiGen Creator package is cost-effective, interactive, highly automated software that enables productive, efficient, real-time 3D database building without compromising visual quality.

Supported formats include: .tri .3ds .max . IGES .dxf .lw hrc & database .vis .obj

Platforms:
• PC
• IRIX

With Nendo, you can create compelling 3D objects for use in model libraries, games, print material, web sites, visual simulation, and architectural applications. Powerful operations for modeling and 3D painting are incorporated into an interface that is simple and intuitive to use.

Platforms:
• Windows

PFE is a shareware running on the Windows platform free for individual (non commercial) use only. It is dedicated to build 3D text using any font you like. The text can be bevelled, and you can change numbers of parameters such as the level of detail of the mesh or the materials. PFE is user friendly and can be handy for programmers, web designers and artists. PFE outputs still jpeg images, VRML 3D models or OpenGl source code.

Platforms:
• win32

VRCreator allows you to author both VRML 1.0 and 2.0 worlds. It comes bundled with 1000 3D VRML objects. VRCreator's modeling engine is ACIS based. It also supports importing file formats such as .3DS, .DXF, Caligari, Lightwave, and more. Comes with the WIRL plugin for Netscape. The graphics display uses Microsoft's Direct3D API for ultra-fast performance. Modelers can drag and drop objects, colors, textures and behaviors to create the most exciting content on the Web. Wizards also help create worlds easily and automatically add them to Web sites.

Platforms:
• Windows 95

Rational Reducer increases the rendering performance of any computer by reducing the number of polygons in the models, while keeping the visual quality. For most models, Rational Reducer will also substantially reduce the model file size, giving shorter download times. Rational Reducer offers a combination of ease of use and visual quality, achieved by employing a set of advanced algorithms, including differential evolution and experience based algorithms, developed by SIM

Platforms:
• SGI IRIX 6.2 and above
• Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000
• Linux/x86 2.0 or later
• HP-UX 10.20 or later

Real2Virtual Modeller is a tool for generating 3D VRML models from digital-camera-images, graphical-images, or from free-hand line drawings. No special equipment is needed to use the program - and models may be generated even without a camera. Complex 24-bit colour texture-mapped models can be created by simply drawing around objects seen in the images, or by drawing freehand. Objects with sub-parts, complex shapes, and fine details can be modelled accurately and quickly. Over 120 cameras are now directly supported, and unsupported cameras can be used by following a simple calibration procedure. Models can be viewed using Real2Virtual Viewer (included), or published to the web as very compact VRML1.0 or VRML2.0/VRML97 files. The program is free to use for 60 days, and US$30 to register. The package includes 6 example projects, extensive documentation, and links to online resources. Registered users receive free online support.

Platforms:
• Win95/Win98/WinNT

RenderSoft VRML Editor is shareware that allows you to quickly and easily create VRML web pages.
Features supported by the editor include textures, materials, primitives, object transformations and WWW anchor.
Its rendering is based on OpenGL and is available in Windows 95 platforms.
The program reads and writes VRML 1.0 ascii files and is able to export VRML 2.0 files.

Platforms:
• Windows 95

This applet generates solid of rotation from cross-section created with user mouse input. Outputs a Shape block with Extrusion geometry, which may be edited before copying into a VRML source. Good for disks, torus, goblets, vases, and much more.

Currently Supported Platforms:
• Any system with a Java interpreter

3DML supports creation of 3D worlds through the stacking of 3D Building Blocks. These building blocks are described in an XML format called BLOCK that is fairly simple to understand. Flatland has released a standalone tool that makes it easy to modify and compile and set of building blocks into a Blockset. A blockset contains a set of BLOCK files plus a style file that names each block + gives it a symbol for use in 3DML.

Currently Supported Platforms:
• WIN 95/98/NT

The creation of 3D models from images for visualization and virtual reality applications has become very widespread in computer graphics. Approaches in image-based modeling and rendering have been demonstrated widely over the past few years. Also several commercial software packages are now available. However, most of these approaches do not demonstrate high geometric accuracy sufficient for applications other than visualization. ShapeCapture™ is a software tool that implements our approach to creating highly accurate 3D models from images.

• Accurate 3D measurement and modeling
• Photogrammetric image registration
• Full camera calibration
• Outputs accuracy estimates for all measurements
• Automatic target extraction, matching, and measurement
• Export 3D coordinates and models to various 3D formats

 

To maintain a good frame rate in 3D interactive programs it often necessary render objects using fewer polygons. Here you will find a simple technique that is fairly fast, and generates reasonably good low-poly models

with links to
-A Polygon Reduction Plugin for 3DS Max (with support for texture coordinates).
-A Polygon Reduction Plugin for Lightwave (by Kasper J. Wessing).

Simply 3D 2 will save its animations as animated GIF files, VRML 1.0 or VRML 2.0 files for the Internet. Users can use Simply 3D inside any OLE 2.0 capable program such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. Users can also use it to create stills and animations for multimedia and print (up to 8000 x 8000 pixels). It also comes with over 400 professionally designed 3D objects, 100+ textures, 10 lighting scenes, and 50+ animation primitives in an easy to use drag and drop catalog. Simply 3D 2.0 fully supports Direct 3D and OpenGL acceleration. A free downloadable trial version is available at www.micrografx.com

Platforms:
• Windows 95
• Windows NT

SitePad is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for HTML and VRML. Some of its features include support for HTML and VRML files, syntax coloring, the ability to add custom tools using JavaScript and VBScript, syntax Check tool for HTML, VBScript and JavaScript

Platforms:
• Windows 95
• Windows NT

It doesn't get much easier. We have taken a complicated task and made it simple. Define the position, rotation, and scale of your geometry at various points along a path. Sensors and Timers can trigger Animations, lights, sounds, and switches. We give you the tools you need to create the world in your imagination.

• VRML97
• Shout3D

An online tool for the creation of 3DMl spots on a server or on your hard drive.

Toposcopie is a new photogrammetric tool to make virtual maquettes of existing cities in 1/3 of the time and with the accuracy of land survey. Photo images and a 2D digital map are merged to an interactive 3D system. After the calibration, locations and heights are determined by alternatively clicking on points in the map and an image. The program uses parametric mathematical models of common house types to speed up the building process and to allow modelling of houses that are only partly visible in a photo. The walls of the houses can be mapped automatically with the images used to build the maquette. Roofs can be coloured or mapped automatically with repeating pixel patterns. Trees are added from a library and are placed on turning billboards.

• exports to many formats including VRML97

The vrmlClass API is a set of C++ classes which generate models in VRML or Inventor format. Standard VRML browsers, Inventor, or Performer can be used with the API to generate cross-platform 3D imagery.

Platforms:
• Portable C++ source code

I've written a small program that makes a VRML Viewpoint, given the location of the viewpoint, and a point to look at. It calculates the axis, and the angle to rotate by, something that takes a fair while to do by hand.
So I think it will be of interest to other VRML developers.
It is freeware.
There is another program by Stephen Chenney that does the same thing (mentioned in the FAQs), but this one is a windows app instead of an MSDOS program, which makes it easier to use, with the new viewpoint complete, ready to paste, and changing immediately as you change the numbers. It uses a different mathematical method from Chenney's program, to get the same results.

Platforms:
• Windows 95 / 98

Vecta3D is a powerful new tool which lets anyone add amazing vector-based 3D images and animations to their Flash movies. Note this is not a modeling tool in itself.

Platforms:
• 3DS Max plug-in
• Windows (available soon)
• Mac (available soon)

VERA contains the following features:
1. Creation of VRML-1 models and worlds.
2. Proprietary animation for VRML-1 worlds.
3. Exportation of spec-compliant VRML97 for some of the animations.
4. High quality (ray traced) rendering, including output of animation frames. The frames are saved as both bitmaps (.BMP) and still VRML97 worlds.
5. Limited editing of static VRML-97 objects.
7. An open API for those who wish to experiment.
8. Tools for creating PNG images via the SFImage field...

Platforms:
• Windows

VrmlPad is a professional editor for VRML programming. Key timesaving features include: Smart AutoComplete, dynamic errors detection, syntax highlighting, advanced find and replace commands, automation and scripting, keyboard shortcuts customization, etc. VrmlPad offers visual support for the scene tree and document resource operations. In addition, VrmlPad allows the user to preview the scene, organize and optimize it for publishing.

Platforms:
• Win 95/98/2000 Win NT

VRMLplot.m is a Matlab function for generating interactive 3-D VRML 2.0 graphs and animations. It plots points, surfaces and lines. It can also generate animations of articulated structures such as robots and vehicles. To run VRMLplot you'll need a copy of Matlab. To view the output files, you'll need a VRML 2.0 compatible browser/plug-in. VRMLplot.m is available free of charge.

Platforms:
• Matlab source code

WinPlace is a freeware application which allows creation of 2D and 3D models. The models are built within a 2D design interface and viewed real-time with the built-in 3D (VRML) viewer..

Platforms:
• VRML

article on using a combination of DHTML and VRML to create basic 3D shapes in an interactive application for the web.

Platforms:
• Java script - DHTML

wrlgrid outputs a colored, regular or warped grid of line sets or face sets. This can be used to generate base grids for scientific visualizations, or to form grout lines for floor-tiled areas of virtual environments. In the latter case, we've found that the addition of grout lines helps create a sense of depth and provides a size-comparison visual cue that makes virtual environments seem more real.

Platforms:
• Perl source code

X3D-Edit is a graphics file editor for Extensible 3D (X3D) that enables simple error-free editing, authoring and validation of X3D or VRML scene-graph files. X3D-Edit uses the XML tagset defined by the X3D Document Type Definition (DTD) in combination with Sun's Java, IBM's Xeena XML editor, and an editor profile configuration file.

• Platforms:
• Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000