RenderWare Datasheet (Updated for RenderWare 1.4)
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RenderWare - Real-time 3D graphics on PCs

*       Software rendering engine for real-time 3D graphics.

*       Rich easy to use API of 400+ functions.

*       Advanced shading, including perspective texturing.

*       Cross platform support.

Only RenderWare's breakthrough technology delivers real-time 3D graphics
without 3D hardware acceleration.

Only RenderWare can deliver real-time 3D graphics where it counts, - on over 
100 million desktops.

Only RenderWare gives 3D graphics software developers access to 100 million 
customers.


RenderWare Specification
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Introduction
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RenderWare is a high performance, device independent 3D graphics library with 
a simple and elegant API consisting of a small number of object types and a
rich set of associated functions.

RenderWare is aimed at Independent Software Vendors and Corporate 
developers, as a tool to assist them with the development of interactive 3D 
graphics applications or to add interactive 3D graphics capability to existing 
applications.

Developers using RenderWare will be able to dramatically reduce the 
development time of their 3D graphics applications.

Performance
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The key to RenderWare's strength lies in the quality of the 
API and the very fast software implementation that 
provides truly real-time 3D performance on today's desktop PCs 
without requiring 3D hardware acceleration.

RenderWare performance Pentium P5/90 examples:
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Flat shading  pixel fill rate 27 million pixels/sec.

Perspective Correct Texture pixel fill rate  6.2 million pixels/sec.

Vertex Transformations  750,000/sec.


3D Hardware acceleration support
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RenderWare also provides transparent support for hardware 
3D accelerators.  The RenderWare DDK allows 3D 
accelerator chip and card manufacturers to develop dynamically
loadable RenderWare device drivers that they can 
bundle with their cards. Support has already been 
announced for the Matrox  MGA Impression Plus,  ATI products, 
Yamaha graphics chips, 3D Lab's Glint and Cirrus chips.


Functionality
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RenderWare provides extensive 3D functionality through over 
400 API calls, and an object based approach that gives developers 
easy access to the underlying power of RenderWare. 

RenderWare API Features

*       Multiple directional, point, spot and colored light sources
*       Multiple orthographic and perspective cameras
*       Perspectively correct, foreshortened, tiled, masked and moving textures.
*        Lit 'optimized' and antialiased textures
*       Environment (reflection) mapping.
*       Object instancing and hierarchical models.
*       Picking (scene, object, polygon, vertex).
*       Materials support (Ka, Kd, Ks, color, opacity, texture).
*       Materials by reference
*       Geometry sampling (vertex, edge, facet; i.e., point cloud, wirefame, solid).
*       Shading, light source sampling (facet, vertex; i.e., flat or Gouraud). 
*       User specified shading normals at vertices.
*       Native rendering at both 8 and 16 bit color. Host environment translation 
        for 4 and 24 bit rendering.
*       Far clipping plane
*       Scrolled and tiled backdrop images.
*       3D sprites.
*       Arbitrary palette support allows existing 2D graphics to be tightly 
        integrated into the 3D scene.

In addition:

*       RenderWare requires no pre-processing of objects. Full deformation, 
        animation and intersection of objects is supported in real-time.
*       RenderWare provides pixel accurate hidden surface and true 3D
        clipping, for wireframe, flat shaded, smooth specular shaded, textured
        and perspective textured rendering.
*       RenderWare is also tightly integrated with the host's window system.
        This allows seamless mixing of native 2D rendering (i.e, with GDI,
        Quickdraw or Xlib), and 3D rendering.

Other New RenderWare 1.4 features

*  Improved geometry range
*  Improved clipping robustness
*  Pentium optimizations
*  General performance improvements
*  Improved debugging library 
*  Support for RenderWare DDK

Importing models and textures into RenderWare
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Tools are available for importing DXF and 3DS models and animations,
and various texture formats. 

Cross Platform Support
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RenderWare software development kits are available for 
Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT,  DOS 5 or later, 
on 386/SX and upwards. Windows NT on Power PC. 
Also for Mac and PowerMac (System 7) and SUN UNIX workstation (X11).

Compiler Support
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DOS - Watcom 10
Windows 3.1 - Watcom 10, Visual C 1.5, Borland C 4.5
Windows NT/95 - Visual C 2.0
Mac/PowerMac - Code Warrior 4.5

RenderWare SDK Contents
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The RenderWare SDK and Utilities pack includes the following:
*       600 page API guide.
*       Delivery and debugging kernels to accelerate development.
*       Fixed point and floating point libraries to provide access to the
        broadest installed base. 
*       Demos with sample source code.
*       Over 700 models and textures
*       Format converters for geometry and textures.

How to obtain more information about RenderWare
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Call, email or fax as detailed below. You can 
also download demos from our  FTP or WWW site.

US and Canada
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CRITERION SOFTWARE
790 Lucerne Drive Suite 56
Sunnyvale CA 94086
Voice 408  749 0493
Fax 408 732 3057  
email: rw-info@csl.com
ftp: ftp.csl.com
http://www.csl.com/csl/cslhome.html

Europe, ROW
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CRITERION SOFTWARE Ltd.
20, Alan Turing Road,
Guildford, GU2 5YF, UK.
Sales Hot-line +44-1483-448833
Voice: +44-1483-448800
Fax: +44-1483-448811
email: rw-info@criterion.canon.co.uk
ftp: ftp.canon.co.uk
http://www.canon.co.uk/csl/cslhome.html

Japan
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CANON SALES CO, INC.
Software Division
Product Planning Dept. 
7-2, Nakase 1-Chome, Mihama-ku, 
Chiba City, Chiba 261, Japan
Voice:+81-43-211-9151
Fax:+81-43-211-9178



About Criterion Software.
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Criterion Software Ltd., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), is 
the leader in interactive 3D graphics software tools for personal 
computers. Criterion develops, markets and supports computer 
software products and technologies that expand the interactive 
3D graphics frontiers on the desktop. The company licenses its 
products and technology to major developers world-wide through 
its offices in Sunnyvale Calif., Guildford England and Tokyo Japan.

Copyright 1995 Criterion Software Limited, a Canon Company. 
All rights reserved.  While every care has been taken in the 
preparation of this document, Criterion Software Ltd, accepts no 
responsibility for any consequences of its use. We reserve the right 
to change specifications without notice.

RenderWare is a registered trademark of Canon Inc., 
3D for Windows and the Criterion logo are trademarks of
Criterion Software Ltd.  All other trademarks are those of their 
respective companies

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RenderWare Price List  US$   (confidential)
       
Description                             Price              Order No.

1) RenderWare SDK Personal Licence      $995               RWSDKPL

   RenderWare single user, single platform personal licence.

        Options

        a) Email support                $199 per year.      SF001
        b) Utilities pack (format converters etc.) $(250)   UT001
        c) Upgrades                     $495 (each)         UG001


2) RenderWare SDK Commercial Licence    $10,000             RWSDKCL

    RenderWare single platform site licence. Includes utilities pack.

        Options
        
        a) Support contract,  per year  $5,000             SC001                           
            includes access directly to Criterion technical
            team, free upgrades and access to beta programs. 

        b)  10,000 run-time licences    $10,000             RL10K

c) Unlimited run-time licences per product $25,000.         PP001

To order RenderWare please call Criterion Sales Hotline +44 (0) 483 448833
fax +44 (0) 483 44 88 11 or email:   order@csl.com 
Mastercard and Visa welcomed. 30 day money back guarantee on personal licence.

All prices, terms and conditions subject to change without notice.















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