<s>
Coin3D	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
implementation	O
(	O
library	B-Library
)	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Inventor	I-Application
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coin3D	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
as	O
commercial	O
software	O
by	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
company	O
Kongsberg	O
Oil	O
&	O
Gas	O
Technologies	O
(	O
formerly	O
Kongsberg	O
SIM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coin3D	B-Application
,	O
like	O
Open	B-Application
Inventor	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
object	O
oriented	O
retained	O
mode	O
3D	O
graphics	O
API	B-Application
used	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
higher	O
layer	O
of	O
programming	O
for	O
OpenGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
common	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
constructs	O
to	O
developers	O
such	O
as	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graphs	I-Data_Structure
to	O
accomplish	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coin3D	B-Application
is	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Inventor	I-Application
API	B-Application
version	O
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coin3D	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
drive	O
advanced	O
visualization	O
solutions	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
application	O
domains	O
such	O
as	O
geo-modelling	O
,	O
CAD	O
,	O
medical	O
visualization	O
,	O
robotics	O
and	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Kongsberg	O
Oil	O
&	O
Gas	O
Technologies	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
commercial	O
and	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
scientific	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
or	O
3D	O
modeling	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
OpenRAVE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
used	O
Coin	O
for	O
3D	O
rendering	O
in	O
iWork	B-Application
'	I-Application
08	I-Application
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeCAD	B-Language
relies	O
on	O
Coin3D	B-Application
for	O
visualization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1998	O
to	O
2011	O
Coin3D	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Systems	O
in	O
Motion	O
(	O
SIM	O
)	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
Kongsberg	O
SIM	O
,	O
later	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
Kongsberg	O
Oil	O
&	O
Gas	O
Technologies	O
Kongsberg	O
Gruppen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
period	O
Coin3D	B-Application
was	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
dual	B-License
license	I-License
scheme	O
:	O
GPL	B-License
or	O
a	O
proprietary	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mid-2011	O
,	O
Kongsberg	O
decided	O
to	O
end	O
Coin3D	B-Application
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
due	O
to	O
diminishing	O
demand	O
and	O
changing	O
business	O
focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
service	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
community	O
Kongsberg	O
re-licensed	O
Coin3D	B-Application
under	O
the	O
less	O
restrictive	O
BSD	O
3-clause	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
BSD	O
licensed	O
source	O
code	O
has	O
been	O
maintained	O
by	O
its	O
users	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
libraries	O
exist	O
that	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
integrate	O
Coin3D	B-Application
with	O
GUI	O
development	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
developers	O
targeting	O
multi-platform	B-Operating_System
-	O
'	O
Quarter	O
 '	O
provides	O
a	O
seamless	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
developers	O
targeting	O
Windows	O
-	O
'	O
SoWin	O
 '	O
integrates	O
with	O
the	O
Win32	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
GUI	O
bindings	B-Application
are	O
Qt	B-Language
(	O
SoQt	O
)	O
,	O
Win32	O
API	B-Application
(	O
SoWin	O
)	O
and	O
Motif	B-Application
(	O
SoXt	O
)	O
are	O
also	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coin3D	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
using	O
available	O
bindings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bindings	B-Application
have	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
Python	O
,	O
Java	O
and	O
JavaScript	O
.	O
</s>
