VU-3D is a
3D modelling software package for the
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer that was developed by Sinclair Research. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982, and became Britain's best-selling microcomputer.
Referred to during development as t ...
home computer. It was published by
Psion in 1982.
Using simple commands, the user may create a solid object or set of objects in three-dimensional space, observe, modify, print and store such displays.
VU-3D includes commands to allow the user, to move round the object and look at it from different distances and directions.
Object creation is done in
Wire-frame model
A wire-frame model, also wireframe model, is a visual representation of a three-dimensional (3D) physical object used in 3D computer graphics. It is created by specifying each edge of the physical object where two mathematically continuous ...
display, with the possibility of defining a light source and
rendering a shaded view.
Software by Jonathon, Chris Jacob and Martin Stamp under the supervision of Charles Davies.
Along with
VU-Calc and
VU-File, it was part of Psion's productivity software suite.
References
ZX Spectrum software
1982 software
Proprietary software
3D graphics software
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