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3Impact - Impact

Abscissa 3D Models - 3D people

AHatch Pro - A standalone tool for the design of AutoCAD hatch patterns.

AirZip Accelerator - Real time image compression library which handles a wide range of standard formats.

Autocad Detail Library - Architectural

AutoCAD Iobjects - Downloads for AutoCAD and 3DS

Bar Code DLLs - Create high quality

Betatron - For the creation of 2D-platform and action-arcade games in C++ for the DJGPP v2.0 compiler. [Open Source]

CAD fx - AutoCAD applications with a focus on mechanical solutions for the machine tool industry.

CadToolsOnline.com - Block libraries of pipe fittings and 2D steel shapes for online ordering on CR-ROM.

Ceco.net - Sells a CD with a selection of Autocad blocks

ClanLib - A multi-platform game development library. Currently is works on Linux and Win32. [Open source

Clean Game Library - A complete development system for 2D games (arcade

Code Zebra - Technical symbols in many categories for AutoCAD and Adobe Illustrator

Compugraphx - A library of hatch patterns for AutoCAD

DimensioneX Multiplayer Adventure Development Kit - Offers a freeware Java software capable of building and running multiplayer adventure games

Dislin - Library of subroutines and functions that display data graphically. Software is available for the programming languages C

DRP Automotive Dynamics - Vehicles dynamics and damage modelling SDKs. Vehicle sample packs.

E-Interiors.net - Free download of AutoCAD and 3D-Studio models for interior designers

EZ-Plant - A software landscape library for AutoCAD for landscape architects and designers.

Fastgraph - Collection of graphics functions that can help you develop professional games and applications.

FireHouse Designs - AutoCAD Blocks of US and European vehicles

Free Graphics Libraries - 3D/2D Engines

G2 Graphical Library - Portable 2D graphics library. Provides a set of functions for simultaneous generation of graphical output on different types of devices.

Game programming with DirectX - 5 chapters of DirectX tutorial on game programming. Also contains a list of popular graphics libraries.

GapiDraw - A complete toolkit to create games for handheld devices. [Free for non-comercial use]

GD Library - A graphics library for fast image creation

Glide Open Source Project - The homepage of the Glide Open Source Project.

Golden T Game Engine - A Java library for creating 2D games. [Freeware]

Graphics Magician Home - Learn to write programs with cool graphics

Graphics Toolkit for AMD Élan SC400 Embedded Microcontroller - AMD ElanSC400 native graphics mode can now easily be implemented in C++ and C programs using this library. Source code included.

GrWin Graphics Library - An easy to use free graphics library for Fortran and C(C++) available on Win32 platforms using MinGw

Hatch Patterns - A variety of hatch patterns for AutoCAD

HGE: Haaf's Game Engine - A C/C++ library for creating hardware accelerated 2D games for Microsoft Windows. It provides minimal yet fully functional and flexible set of routines for handling graphics

iCamPlay - A library (DLL) for motion

ika - A Windows based game engine designed to allow one to make a console style RPG with a minimum of code

Image Enable - Design imaging applications and image-enable document management systems quickly and effectively with an Eroiica API.

ISOBlocks - A library of isometric drawings for use with AutoCAD and other CAD drafting software. Subject areas include piping

IsoEngine - A Visual Basic/C++/.NET isometric/2d game engine. [Commercial]

Jet3D - A (commercial) free and open source realtime 3D graphics engine and SDK.

KCL Cadalog - AutoCAD symbol libraries for the food service

libAfterImage Imaging Library - Image import

Libart - A library for high-performance 2D vector and bitmap graphics

Linux Centre - List of Graphics Libraries - Contains a list of common graphics libraries. Some are platform-independent.

little cms (lcms) - A free

MIDAS Digital Audio System - MIDAS is a multichannel digital sound system. It supports DOS

MoleStudio SpriteCraft - An easy-to-use 2D game engine. It can be used in any programming language suppoting COM.

Object oriented Simple Directmedia Layer - OSDL

OpenGUI - High-level

PathLib - Pathfinding library for games

PIRS On-Line - Selection of downloadable AutoCAD drawing blocks

RAD Gametools - Develops game software technologies which are licensed by primarily by video game companies.

RakNet - A game orientated networking API that is a wrapper for Berkely Sockets on Windows

RedDragon - 2D Graphics programming library written in VC++ including downloads and game development.

Regimental Command - A generic armored combat system.

SFont - A font library for use with SDL which uses variable width bitmap fonts.

Simpleplot - Library with C

SineMaker - A toolkit for the development of games

Solace - A free graphics library still in development.

The CAD Block Exchange Network - A collection of AutoCAD DWG blocks

The Grand Unified Toolkit (GUT) - A cross-platform C++ API for the development of games and other forms of interactive media. It is available for the BeOS

The Photon Effect - libCON DirectX C++ libraries and ColDet collision detection libraries. Documentation

TinyPTC - A low level graphics library for software rendering in 32 bit color. It support C

Titan - A C++ based library to load/save game-related file formats

TUCOWS Linux Graphics Libs - A list of free linux graphics libraries.

VgaGames - A free library for programming vga games (320x200 pixels with 256 colors) for Linux and FreeBSD in C. [Open source

Windows Programming - Comparison of Nugraf Developer's 3D Toolkit and Open GL. Publisthed in ACM Crossroads Magazine.

wxNURBS - An application to design NURBS curves and surfaces. It can also be used as an NURBS library