File: BD204EXE.ZIP
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Date: 24/02/96
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Author: Neville Richards
AuthorEmail: neville@imagos.dialix.oz.au
Uploader: Neville Richards
UploaderEmail: neville@imagos.dialix.oz.au
Short: Breeze Designer 2.0.4 32-bit 3D modelling and design tool for Windows
SuggestedDirectory: /pub/povray/modellers/breeze

Breeze Designer is a 32-bit 3D modelling and design tool for Windows NT,
Windows 95 and Win32s. The program has been written to primarily interface 
with the Persistance of Vision raytracer (POV-Ray version 2.0 & 3.0), there
is also support to export to a number of other popular renderers
including Pixars's RenderMan.

Features

- Modelling primitives; cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, torus, bicubic, Bezier patches
- Text objects using TrueType fonts
- Heightfields, spline paths and extruded shapes
- Iso-surfaces; blobs (metaballs)
- Surfaces of revolution (sweeps)
- Multiple model views and zoom factors
- Inbuilt texture builder
- Inbuilt shaded preview
- Object grouping with CSG support
- Keyframe animation support, with tween function and spline paths
- Transition position, scale and rotation between frames
- Import Autodesk 3D-Studio 3DS format models
- Import AutoCAD 2D and 3D DXF files
- Export POV Raytracer, RenderMan RIB, VRML scene, Polyray, AutoCAD DXF 
- Inbuilt in macro language
- Third party plug-in module support
- Render and view from within program
- No program limit to the number of objects
- Support for OpenGL with texture mapping for Windows NT & Windows 95
- Support for the Intel 3DR rendering library
- On-line help & tool tips support

System Requirements

This program requires at minimum a 386 with co-processor, and 8 megabytes
of RAM, running Windows NT 3.5 or later, Windows 95 or Win32s 1.3 or later.
It is recommended to use a Pentium-based PC with 16 megabytes of RAM or 24
megabytes of RAM for Windows NT, with a display adapter using 256 colour or
greater video mode.

Package Contents

Below is a listing all files currently released for Breeze Designer. The full
installation file set has been broken into a number of smaller ZIP files for
ease of down loading.

BD203EXE.ZIP
	SETUP.EXE  		Setup program and associated files
	SETUP.INS  				"
	SETUP.PKG				"
	_SETUP.LIB				"
	UNINST.EXE				"
	DISK1.ID				"
	MACROS.Z 		Sample macros, archive
	SAMPLES.Z	  	Sample scene files, archive
	PROGRAMS.Z contains
	BREEZE20.EXE 		Breeze Designer program
	BREEZE20.HLP		On-line help file
	BREEZE.TEX   		Texture database
	RENDER.DLL		Preview view renderer
	IV32.DLL  		Image view library
	README.WRI  		Release notes (this file)
	OPENGL.ZIP		OpenGL support for Windows 95
	BREEZE.INF		General Breeze Designer internal settings
	POVRAY20.INF		POV-Ray 2.0 internal settings
	POVRAY30.INF		POV-Ray 3.0 internal settings

BD203TEX.ZIP 
	TEXTURES.Z	 	Sample textures images

BD203MAP.ZIP 
	TEXMAPS.Z	 	Texture maps for OpenGL preview

BD2033DR.ZIP
	INTEL3DR.Z contains
	INSTALL.EXE		Intel 3DR rendering library
	INSTALL.INS		Intel 3DR rendering library
	INSTALL.LGO 		Intel 3DR rendering library 
	INSTALL.PKG 		Intel 3DR rendering library
	3DR.Z   		Intel 3DR rendering library

The textures and samples are optional components. The sample textures are used
to provide on-screen previews for texture selection.

The Intel 3DR interface is provided as an option, aside from OpenGL for
generating a shaded model preview within Breeze Designer.