Rayshade scene description

File Format
Name	Rayshade scene description
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models Rayshade scene description
Extension(s)	.ray
Released	~1989

Rayshade scene description (or Rayshade) is the input file format used by the Rayshade ray tracer software by Craig E. Kolb.

For output, Rayshade may use Utah RLE or MTV ray tracer bitmap format.

Specifications

• Rayshade 4.0 Quick Reference
• Rayshade file formats
• Concise RayShade Scene Format

Software

• Rayshade FTP archives
• Rayshade source code

Sample files

Some example files are included in the Rayshade source distribution.

Links

• Rayshade File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Rayshade Homepage