Renders and Ray Tracers| POV-Ray | Povray is a totally free ray-tracing program.
| | MegaPOV | MegaPOV is a POV-Ray derivative that includes several unofficial extensions to POV-Ray
| | Terragen | Terragen is a scenery/terrain generator that runs under Windows and Mac OS X.
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Modelers| JPatch | JPatch is a spline-based 3D modeler. They also have what looks to be a useful material editor.
| | KPovModeler | This is a great Povray development enviornment that I got used to through KDE.
| | Truevision | This is a Gnome-based POV-Ray modeler that uses OpenGL to preview the scene. Truevision has an impressive looking material editor.
| | Wings 3D | Wings 3D is subdivision modeler that's been producing some impressive models in the Povray newsgroups.
| | Y.A.P.R.M. | Y.A.P.R.M. - Yet Another POV-Ray Modeller
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| Macros & Object Generators| Arbaro | Arbaro is another Java tree generator that writes out Povray code.
| | makeSnow Macro | Gilles Tran's makeSnow macro. It's used to coat an object with snow.
| | Geomorph | Geomorph is a height field generator and editor that creates terrains for use in Povray scenes
| | PoseRay | PoseRay is a format converter with lots of additional features to ease the transition to Povray.
| | POV-Tree | POV-Tree is a Java tree generator for POV-Ray based on the TOMTREE.INC marco.
| | DAZ Studio | Studio is a free modeling tool that can import Poser figures.
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Pay For Stuff| Bryce | Bryce is a 3D environmental modeling and animation package
| | Forester | Forester is a 3D landscape generation and visualisation tool that exports to Povray for final rendering
| | Moray | Moray is a shareware wireframe modeler for Windows
| | Poser | Poser is a 3D figure design tool that lets you create and use human and animal 3D models.
| | Silo | Silo is a subdivision surface modeler that exports to Povray in addition to .obj, .3ds, .dxf, and .rib.
| | Xfrog | Xfrog and it's sister products are used for creating plants and other organic objects
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