| Developer(s) | Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (formerly known as Kongsberg SIM) |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.0.2
/ December 4, 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | scene graph API |
| License | BSD license |
| Website | coin3d |
Coin3D is a free and open-source implementation (library) of the Open Inventor API. Coin3D was originally developed and maintained as commercial software by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (formerly Kongsberg SIM).[1] Coin3D, like Open Inventor, is a C++ object-oriented retained mode 3D graphics API used to provide a higher layer of programming for OpenGL. The API provides a number of common graphics rendering constructs to developers such as scene graphs to accomplish this. Coin3D is fully compatible with the Open Inventor API version 2.1.[1] Coin3D can be used to drive advanced visualization solutions in a wide range of application domains such as geo-modelling, CAD, medical visualization, robotics and presentation.