Posted-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 12:46:25 EST
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 12:46:25 EST
From: reid@sunpix.east.sun.com (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Message-Id: <9212141746.AA29944@sunpix.East.Sun.COM>
To: yiannis@prologos.nrl.navy.mil
Subject: Re: Public Domain Renderer ??????
Cc: rman@aero.org
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> 
> Does any body know of Public Domain renderer (source code level) that 
> preferably understands RIB files ???? Any renderer will do though ...
> 
> We need to explore the possibility of rendering on a TM CM-5 ASAP.
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any inpu on the subject
> 
> Anxiously waiting for your responses that I will summarize,
> 
> --john m.
> 

Dr.John Michopoulos,

  Have there any responses to your question?  I have often thought
  that this would be an interesting project if it hasn't already
  been done.  Three years ago, for a graduate graphics course at
  the Univ. of North Carolina, we did a RenderMan implementation
  working from the Pixar specification for a class project (however,
  the code is in no condition to release without a lot of work).

  Would it be worthwhile to look into developing a YACC/BISON parser
  for the RenderMan interface as a front-end to one of the public
  domain raytracers?

-- reid.judd@East.Sun.Com