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Java 3D libraries

Java 3D sites:

• Java3D official site
• Java 3D tutorial
• The Java 3D Community Site
• java3d.org. A site for demonstrating and sharing information about Java 3D

Python 3D libraries

VTK

Programmend in C++ but with python and java bindings. In Ubuntu install packages python-vtk vtk-doc vtk-examples vtkdata and see /usr/share/vtk/ for samples and tutorial. Recommended books are:

• The VTK User's Guide (Kitware)
• The Visualization Toolkit: An Object Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics

PyOpenGL

Application driven/immediate and retained mode library (OpenGLContext). Included in Ubuntu (apt-get install python-opengl).

Soya3D

Included in Ubuntu (apt-get install python-soya).

Mayavi

Scientific data visualizer written on top of VTK. Written in python. Initially created for CFD. It provides a Tkinter GUI. See also MayaVi wiki.

Coin3D

is the C++ library that can be accessed with pivy and is a high level library for 3D (retained mode) used in scientific and and engineering visualization applications.

Pivy

Wrapper for the Coin/Inventor Scenegraph Library. High Level 3D Graphics Programming in Python.

VPython

Create navigable 3D displays and animations. For those with limited programming experience.

Soya3D

Soya 3D is an object oriented "high level" 3D engine for Python.

pygame

Python-Ogre

High performance gaming and graphics library for Python.

cgkit

Python Computer Graphics Kit. Maya plugin. Exposes the Maya C++ SDK to Python Python binding of Pixar's RenderMan API. Turns Python into a scene description language which can define scenes that can then be rendered with RenderMan or OpenGL.

PyOpenGL

The Python OpenGL Binding.

OpenSceneGraph (PyOSG)

General-purpose C++ engine with Python binding.

Panda 3D

CMU/Disney collaboration on 3D game/simulation engine with python bindings.

OpenGL

Visualization Library

A lightweight C++ OpenGL middleware for 2D/3D graphics.

Blender

Programmed in C++ but with python bindings for its API.

Maya.

C++ libraries

OpenGL - Wikipedia

Free Graphics Libraries. Free Graphics Libraries, 3D/2D Engines, Image Drawing, Animation Source Code in any language (mostly C/C++). Visualization Library. A lightweight C++ OpenGL middleware for 2D/3D graphics.

Other lists of resources

3D Graphics in Python

Review of different programming paradigms and list of available libraries.

Python 3D Software

A small collection (91 packages) of pointers to Python software for working in three dimensions.

Python 3D Software

2D and 3D Graphics in Python

Python - GPWiki