The BRL-CAD package is a powerful Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) solid modeling system with over 20 years development and production use by the U.S. military. BRL-CAD includes an interactive geometry editor, parallel ray-tracing support for rendering and geometric analysis, path-tracing for realistic image synthesis, network distributed framebuffer support, image-processing and signal-processing tools. The entire package is distributed in source code form.
New Website Under Development
The BRL-CAD website has been undergoing a complete redesign and we are about ready to publicly announce and deploy the new site. Your help in testing the site is requested. Please visit the new design *here* and let us know what you think, particularly if you run into any display or navigation issues. Thank you!
PROJECT SITE
IMAGES & SCREENSHOTS
DOCUMENTATION
- Overview of BRL-CAD
- BRL-CAD Industry Diagram ( 0.3 MB PDF ) (Also available as an image ( 0.2 MB PNG ))
- Introduction to MGED ( PDF)
- MGED Quick Reference Card ( 1.3 MB PDF ) (Also available as a Trifold Card ( 1.3 MB PDF ))
- Shift Grips Quick Reference Guide ( 0.1 MB PDF)
- Principles of Effective Modeling ( PDF )
- Converting Geometry Between BRL-CAD and other Formats ( PDF )
- Developing applications
- Building from the sourceforge SVN repository
- Code documentation formatted courtesy of doxygen
- Some ARL Technical Reports
- Users group presentations
OTHER RESOURCES
- Purchasing support or training.
- See SURVICE Engineering, Inc. for information about BRL-CAD support, training, and other services.
- IRC Channel: #brlcad on irc.freenode.net
- For those new to IRC, see one of the following:
