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VERSATILE DEVELOPMENT
10121 Portland Avenue East				
Tacoma, Wa  98445-3953
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Monte Grubb
(208) 882-7146  or  via NeXTmail at grubb@show10.csc.wsu.edu

RELIEF CONSULTING AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING AND  
ANIMATION SOFTWARE FOR NeXT COMPUTERS

	SEATTLE, Wa.,  September 1, 1992 - Relief Consulting and Development  
today introduced Tesseract, a three dimensional modeling package for NeXT  
computers.  Tesseract takes full advantage of the newly incorporated RenderMan  
objects to provide an interactive three dimensional modeling and animation  
environment.
	
	A full set of drag and drop quadratic shapes, light sources and  
euclidean solids are implemented with possibilities of an "expandable object  
palette(s)".  In addition, complex spline outlines can be extruded or rotated  
into shapes that can be used in conjunction with any shader.  

	This software package also incorporates constructive solid geometry and  
parametrized shapes which allow partial or truncated sections of shapes to be  
grouped to form unique shapes and objects.  These new objects can then be saved  
and added to the users "expandable object palette".  Full cut, copy and paste  
features are also supported between multiple scenes.  The development of custom  
surface, light  and displacement shaders are in progress but will not be  
announced at this time.

	"We expect to be one of the leaders in three dimensional modeling and  
animation software on the NeXT" said John Feiler, president of Relief  
Consulting and Development.  John was the sole author of the NeXT front-end to  
the highly acclaimed mathematical program, Maple V.  Relief Consulting is  
located in Seattle, Washington.


Price and Availability

	Tesseract (v0.9) is expected to ship October 1,1992.  A one-time  
introductory price will be offered at $229, which includes a free upgrade to  
Tesseract(v1.0) due out in late December.  List price is expected to be around  
$399 with site licenses available.  An educational price of $89 is offered, but  
only by electronic distribution.

Note: A slightly disabled demo version will be available from the archives.   
Demo mode will allow a one time photorealistic rendering of a scene with a  
maximum of 15 shapes.  Simple animation will not be disabled.


If you have any questions about anything listed in this message, please contact  
me at (208) 882-7146.

Sincerely,

Monte W. Grubb
Versatile Development


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