Features of Fractal Lab:

• Getting Started Tutorial
• Remote for easy access to most-used options and commands
• Auto scaling, auto centering and auto rotating make it simple to modify and animate existing fractal models
• 13 built-in fractal types, may be randomized or drawn as the original curves
• Up to 10 fractals may be layered or tiled in a single image.
• Advanced generator and initiator editors can create any "uniform" fractal in Mandelbrot's The Fractal Geometry of Nature
• Integrated video routines allow easy morphing and rotating between key frames
• Context help for menu commands and dialog windows
• PDF (printable) Manual

Crocus 3 uses the OpenGL library to set up a simple 3D scene using data files from Fractal Lab, lsystems, built-in primitives and Wavefront objects as the main foreground objects.

Features of Crocus 3:

• Getting Started Tutorial
• Import data files [FRL] from Fractal Lab and convert them to 3D objects using the built-in primitives (spheres and cylinders, etc) or Wavefront objects
• Import objects [OBJ] or lsystem [LS] files from other programs such as QuaSZ, Quetzal and Fractal Zplot.
• Stereolithography [STL] output for 3D printers
• Export lsystems and fractals to other programs in [OBJ], POV] and [DXF] formats
• Mesh simplification and POV smoothing for smaller export files
• You can use the figure Pilot to rotate and move objects around, and the integrated video routines will track each movement to create an AVI video file.
• Additions to the OpenGL library include routines for including reflections and planar shadows in the scene, for enhanced realism.
• Choice of built-in textures or bitmap [BMP] texturing
• Context help for menu commands and dialog windows
• PDF (printable) Manual