DESIRe. Specification of Version 1.1

This specification describes the renderer DESIRe in version 1.1 Therefore, it lists the full set of functionalities including parameter ranges, defaults and the according command syntax. All file formats used by DESIRe (binary as well as ASCII files) are described and explained in detail. All environment variables for runtime parametrization are mentioned. The invocation of DESIRe including call parameters are explained and example syntax is shown. The current software distribution and the available platforms are listed. This paper is written in english language.