------------------------- AERO "ADVENTURES IN VIRTUAL MECHANICS" ------------------------- see also www-page: http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ipvr/bv/aero/aero.html This directory contains version -- 1.7.0 -- of the AERO system. You may obtain binaries for various computer systems, documentation in English or German, and source code. For further information on AERO see our www-page (mosaic): http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ipvr/bv/aero/aero.html AERO is an X-window based tool for simulation and visualization of rigid-body systems. AERO contains a 3D scene editor for designing simple blocks world scenes. Objects may be placed in space, linked to each other, and forces may be exerted onto them. Files: ------ README general information about AERO (ASCII) CHANGES update information on recent versions (ASCII) NOTICE public domain and copyright information (ASCII) USERS_GUIDE information on how to work with AERO (ASCII) FILE_FORMAT information on how to generate scene files without the AERO graphics interface (ASCII) aero_1.7.0_linux.tar.gz binaries and examples for IBM-PC with linux aero_1.7.0_decstation.tar.gz binaries and examples for DECstation 5000 aero_1.7.0_iris4d.tar.gz binaries and examples for Silicon Graphics Iris4D aero_1.7.0_sunos.tar.gz binaries and examples for SUN SPARCstation (SunOS4.1.x) aero_1.7.0_solaris.tar.gz binaries and examples for SUN SPARCstation (Solaris2.x) aero_1.7.0_src.tar.gz source files aero.reel.mpeg.gz demo animation sequence in MPEG format (sound --> mac) animations.tar.gz animation examples in MPEG format docu.cover.ps.gz documentation cover page docu.english.ps.gz documentation in English (PostScript format) docu.german.tar.gz documentation in German mac.aero.reel.sea.hqx demo animation sequence in Mac Quicktime format mac.aero.tutorial.sea.hqx demo AERO tutorial in Mac Quicktime format (download files in ASCII mode, use BinHex to convert, resulting files are self-extracting SuffIt archives) sparc.gunzip SUN SPARC executable for GNU unzip (decompress) sparc.povray.README SUN SPARC executables for POVRAY ray tracer sparc.povray.script .. sparc.povray2.2.gz .. sparc.mpeg_README SUN SPARC executables for MPEG encode/decode sparc.mpeg_encode.gz .. sparc.mpeg_play.gz .. fwf-4.0.tar.gz free widget foundation (req. only for compiling AERO) Hartmut Keller keller@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de Horst Stolz stolz@isa.de Andreas Ziegler -- Thomas Braunl http://robotics.ee.uwa.edu.au ======================================================================== Univ. Stuttgart IPVR, Breitwiesenstr. 20-22, D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany ========================================================================