EQUINOX-3D download page

Downloading and installation

Before downloading EQUINOX-3D, please see the licensing page.

To download the example files, save the link below (in Netscape: Shift+left mouse button, or right mouse button->"Save As...")

Example 3D files and textures

You can install the examples anywhere by typing:

 tar xzvf equinox-3d.examples.tgz

Manual and quick-reference guide in PDF format:

To download the program, save the link appropriate for your operating system:
The package contains the following:

Main executeable
Plugins
Most of the source code

As of version 0.9.0, EQUINOX-3D is "installation-free" on all operating systems.
All you need to do is unpack the downloaded file and you're ready to run the application.

Mac OS-X (for Intel-based Macs)

Download: EQUINOX-3D v0.9.2

Just open the disk image and click on the EQX icon in it to launch EQUINOX-3D.
You can drag-and-drop the icon onto the dock or the desktop as usual.

Linux

Download: EQUINOX-3D v0.9.2, Linux (for 32bit and 64bit systems)

To unpack the file in a shell, type the following (replace "package_name" with the name of the of the file you downloaded):

 tar xzvf package_name

The main executable will be "eqx" in the newly created directory. You can run that from a shell, or create an icon for it in KDE/Gnome, using the image "eqx.png".

IRIX

Download: EQUINOX-3D v0.7.45, SGI IRIX 6.5 MIPS4 (CPU>=R5000)

Type the following (replace "package_name" with the name of the of the file you downloaded):

 gunzip package_name

This will create a new file with a ".tar" extension, which now you can unpack with:

 tar xvf name_of_this_new_file

The main executable will be "bin/eq" in the newly created directory.

System requirements to run EQUINOX-3D:

At least a 1 GHz P4, Athlon or equivalent (you didn't expect the interactive ray-tracer to be usable on an i386, right? :)).
Minimum screen resolution: 1152x864 (1280x1024, 1600x1200 or higher recommended).
OpenGL needs to be installed ("libGL.so.1" and "libGLU..so.1" must be accessible).
While EQUINOX-3D will run with Mesa, Hardware 3D-acceleration is strongly recommended.
EQUINOX-3D has been mostly tested on nVidia cards (GeForce2, 3 and 4, FX etc.).
If you're running it successfully on other 3D cards, I'd be happy to hear from you.
A 3-button mouse
On Mac OS-X, you'll need an X-server (X11) installed.

To be able to compile the plugins, you also need the header files for OpenGL and Motif.

You can find a rough sketch of the plugin API on the Help page (it's a work in progress). You can also use the provided plugin source code as template.
The source code with the Makefile for the plugins will be in the "src/Plugins" directory.
To add a new plugin, just edit the file: "Plugins/Plugins.list". It's a simple text file and really easy to understand.