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> Hi all,
>
> I was curious if anyone has done any data-driven 3-D CGI animation using
> Blackbox Component Builder? If so, I'm curious what would be the simplest
> way to do this -- are there any available Component Pascal libraries, or
> does one need to use VRML, OpenGL, etc.?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insights!
>
> Marc Martin
> Boeing Commercial Space Company
I don't know what CGI stands for, but the following may just count as an
insight or two:
Try the module DemoPlots from the Lib Subsystem (available on Helmuts
CPC page). Try the command Demo3D. Look at the Window 'Wire Frame Demo'.
Hit the 'Spin' Tool and you can rotate a 3D object, play with projection
parameters, etc. The code implements projective & isometric projections,
hidden line removal, etc. It may give some ideas. It is NOT optimised for
speed.
I had a quick look at the OpenGL library once as a colleage was using
OpenGL (and C). I was wondering if BlackBox was a realistic alternative
for him. In fact it was not because he was already committed to C,and
because he needed hardware support for speed. As I understood it
the BlackBox OpenGL library was a software implementation and did not
support H/W cards directly. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Regards
Robert Campbell
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