Fractal Lab & Crocus 4

Fractal Lab draws and animates self-similar fractals like Koch and Peano curves.

Features of Fractal Lab:

Getting Started Tutorial
Remote for easy access to most-used options and commands
Auto scaling, auto centering and auto rotating make it simple to modify and animate existing fractal models
13 built-in fractal types, may be randomized or drawn as the original curves
Up to 10 fractals may be layered or tiled in a single image.
Advanced generator and initiator editors can create any "uniform" fractal in Mandelbrot's The Fractal Geometry of Nature
Integrated video routines allow easy morphing and rotating between key frames
Context help for menu commands and dialog windows
PDF (printable) Manual

Crocus 4 uses the OpenGL library to set up a simple 3D scene using data files from Swirlique, Fractal Lab, lsystems, built-in primitives and Wavefront objects as the main foreground objects.

Features of Crocus 4:

Getting Started Tutorial
Import Swirlique data files [DFS] and convert them to 3D objects using the built-in primitives (spheres and cylinders, etc) or Wavefront objects
Import Fractal Lab data files [FRL] and convert them to 3D objects using the built-in primitives (spheres and cylinders, etc) or Wavefront objects
Import objects [OBJ] or lsystem [LS] files from other programs such as QuaSZ, Quetzal and Fractal Zplot.
Stereolithography [STL] output for 3D printers
Export Kleinian sets, lsystems and fractals to other programs in [OBJ], POV] and [DXF] formats
Mesh simplification and POV smoothing for smaller export files
You can use the figure Pilot to rotate and move objects around, and the integrated video routines will track each movement to create an AVI video file.
Additions to the OpenGL library include routines for including reflections and planar shadows in the scene, for enhanced realism.
Choice of built-in textures or bitmap [BMP] texturing
Context help for menu commands and dialog windows
PDF (printable) Manual