BRL-CAD The BRL-CAD Package is a powerful Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) based solid modeling system. BRL-CAD includes an interactive geometry editor, a ray tracing library, two ray-tracing based lighting models, a generic framebuffer library, a network-distributed image-processing and signal-processing capability, and a large collection of related tools and utilities. A few of the applications linked to BRL-CAD include: Optical Image Generation (including specular/diffuse reflection, refraction, multiple light sources, and articulated animation) An array of military vehicle design and evaluation V/L Codes Bistatic laser analysis Predictive Synthetic Aperture Radar Codes (including codes due to ERIM) High-Energy Laser Damage High-Power Microwave Damage Weights and Moments-of-Inertia Neutron Transport Code PATRAN [TM] and hence to ADINA, EPIC-2, NASTRAN, etc. for structural/stress analysis X-Ray image calculation

Current Version:   5.3 License Type:   FREE distribution with no support privileges or FULL SERVICE distribution

Home Site: http://web.arl.mil/software/brlcad/ Source Code Availability:   Yes Available Binary Packages: Debian Package:   No RedHat RPM Package:   Yes Other Packages:   Yes, http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/rays/brlcad Targeted Platforms: UNIX, See http://web.arl.mil/software/brlcad/platforms.html Software/Hardware Requirements: None

Other Links: ftp://ftp.arl.mil/brl-cad Mailing Lists/USENET News Groups: None User Comments: None See A Screen Shot? (Not Yet)

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