SuperConductor is an open source, multi-platform render farm controller for coordinated rendering control of multiple graphics/computation/rendering projects using multiple client apps like World Construction Set, Lightwave, Maya, Softimage XSI , POV-Ray, etc.
SuperConductor is written in Object-Oriented C++, using the Qt 3.0 toolkit from Trolltech, the same foundation class and UI toolkit used in the KDE Desktop Environment for Linux.
SuperConductor is designed to implement the core render controller, and provide functionality for controlling various different types of applications in the form of extensible modular runtime-loaded plugins.
LICENSE
SuperConductor will be provided, with source, under one of the popular Open Source licenses. Just exactly which license we determine will suit the needs of SuperConductor has yet to be determined, but will probably be GPL or LGPL once we have the chance to review and fully understand all the ramifications.
PLATFORMS
SuperConductor has been built on 32-bit Windows and modern Linux systems using the Qt 3.0 toolkit from Trolltech. It should be possible to compile and run SuperConductor with no changes under MacOS X with Qt; however the current developers do not have a MacOS X system with the Qt development environment to test this. We welcome volunteers with a MacOS X Qt development system to contact us.
APPLICATIONS
Currently SuperConductor works with World Construction Set from 3D Nature. Work is in progress to add support for Newtek's Lightwave 3D. Want to see your favorite 3D rendering or computation application supported?