PHIGS Primer

Overview

Contents

Preface

Notation

1 Introduction

2 Structures

3 Output Primitives

4 Attributes

5 Networks

6 2D Viewing

7 3D PHIGS

8 Examples

9 Input Classes

10 Interaction

11 Workstations

12 Environment

13 Further Output

14 Archives

15 Bindings

Index

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A Primer for PHIGS

F. R. A. Hopgood and D. A. Duce

Wiley, 1991

CONTENTS

• Contents
• NOTATION
• Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 HISTORY
  • 1.2 CONCEPTS
  • 1.3 PHIGS AND PHIGS PLUS
  • 1.4 REFERENCES
• Chapter 2 STRUCTURES
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 STORAGE AND TRAVERSAL
  • 2.3 GRAPHICAL OUTPUT
  • 2.4 STRUCTURE DEFINITION
  • 2.5 POSTING A STRUCTURE
  • 2.6 REOPENING STRUCTURES
  • 2.7 AN EXAMPLE
  • 2.8 LOCAL MODELLING TRANSFORMATION
  • 2.9 STRUCTURE EDITING
    • 2.9.1 Edit mode
    • 2.9.2 Absolute editing
    • 2.9.3 Relative editing
    • 2.9.4 Labels
    • 2.9.5 Deleting elements
• Chapter 3 OUTPUT PRIMITIVES
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 POLYLINE
    • 3.2.1 The functions
    • 3.2.2 Polyline aspects and registrations
    • 3.2.3 Linetypes
    • 3.2.4 Linewidth scale factor
    • 3.2.5 Colour index
    • 3.2.6 Summary
  • 3.3 POLYMARKER
    • 3.3.1 The functions
    • 3.3.2 Polymarker aspects
    • 3.3.3 Marker type
    • 3.3.4 Markersize scale factor
    • 3.3.5 Polymarker colour index
  • 3.4 FILL AREA AND FILL AREA SET
    • 3.4.1 The functions
    • 3.4.2 Definition of interior
    • 3.4.3 Area aspects
    • 3.4.4 Interior style
    • 3.4.5 Pattern aspects
    • 3.4.6 Edge aspects
  • 3.5 TEXT
    • 3.5.1 The functions
    • 3.5.2 Text aspects
    • 3.5.3 Font specifications
    • 3.5.4 Defining the text extent recatngle
    • 3.5.5 Orientation
    • 3.5.6 Alignment
    • 3.5.7 Text precision
• Chapter 4 ATTRIBUTES
  • 4.1 INDIVIDUAL SPECIFICATION
  • 4.2 PATTERNS
  • 4.3 GEOMETRIC ASPECTS
  • 4.4 BUNDLED SPECIFICATION
  • 4.5 ASPECT SOURCE FLAGS
  • 4.6 COLOUR TABLES
  • 4.7 IDENTIFICATION ATTRIBUTES
    • 4.7.1 Name set
    • 4.7.2 Filters
    • 4.7.3 Rendering
• Chapter 5 NETWORKS
  • 5.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 STRUCTURE HIERARCHY
  • 5.3 MODELLING TRANSFORMATION
    • 5.3.1 Introduction
    • 5.3.2 Global modelling transformation
    • 5.3.3 Picture compositions
  • 5.4 A NETWORK EXAMPLE
    • 5.4.1 Introduction
    • 5.4.2 Strategy
    • 5.4.3 Components
    • 5.4.4 Transformations
    • 5.4.5 Defining one environment
  • 5.5 GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION RESETTING
  • 5.6 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
  • 5.7 STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
    • 5.7.1 Introduction
    • 5.7.2 Changing the name of a structure
    • 5.7.3 Changing structure references
    • 5.7.4 Adding elements from another structure
    • 5.7.5 Deleting structures
    • 5.7.6 Emptying structures
  • 5.8 MODELLING CLIP
    • 5.8.1 Intrduction
    • 5.8.2 The function
    • 5.8.3 A window clip
    • 5.8.4 Shielding
  • 5.9 APPLICATION DATA
  • GENERALIZED STRUCTURE ELEMENT
• Chapter 6 VIEWING IN 2D
  • 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 VIEWING
  • 6.3 VIEW INDEX
  • 6.4 METRIC DESK
  • 6.5 VIEW ORIENTATION
  • 6.6 VIEW MAPPING
  • 6.7 VIEW DEFINITION AND CLIPPING
  • 6.8 A COMPLETE EXAMPLE
• Chapter 7 3D PHIGS
  • 7.1 INTRODUCTION
    • 7.1.1 Relationship to 2D
    • 7.1.2 Coordinate systems
    • 7.1.3 3D functions
    • 7.1.4 Building transformation matrices
  • 7.2 VIEWING
    • 7.2.1 Viewing pipeline
    • 7.2.2 View example
    • 7.2.3 Viewing model
  • 7.3 VIEW ORIENTATION
  • 7.4 VIEW MAPPING
  • 7.5 DEFINING A VIEW
• Chapter 8 EXAMPLES
  • 8.1 PARALLEL PROJECTION EXAMPLES
    • 8.1.1 Introduction
    • 8.1.2 View orientation
    • 8.1.3 Changing the window to viewport mapping
  • 8.2 PARALLEL PROJECTION CATEGORIES
    • 8.2.1 Introduction
    • 8.2.2 Orthographic projections
    • 8.2.3 Oblique projections
  • 8.3 PERSPECTIVE PROJECTIONS
    • 8.3.1 Orientation
    • 8.3.2 Changing the projection reference point
  • 8.4 MULTIPLE VIEWS
  • 8.5 VIEW CULLING
• Chapter 9 INPUT CLASSES
  • 9.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2 REQUEST MODE
  • 9.3 LOCATOR
    • 9.3.1 Multiple viewing transformations
    • 9.3.2 Overlapping views
  • 9.4 STROKE
  • 9.5 2D INPUT DEVICES
  • 9.6 LOCATOR AND STROKE IN 3D
  • 9.7 PICK
    • 9.7.1 Pick identifier
    • 9.7.2 Pick filters
  • 9.8 VALUATOR
  • 9.9 CHOICE
  • 9.10 STRING
• Chapter 10 INTERACTION
  • 10.1 MODES OF INTERACTION
    • 10.1.1 The PHIGS input model
    • 10.1.2 Mode setting
    • 10.1.3 REQUEST mode
    • 10.1.4 Status
    • 10.1.5 SAMPLE mode
    • 10.1.6 EVENT mode
    • 10.1.7 Mixed input modes
  • 10.2 INITIALIZATION OF LOGICAL INPUT DEVICES
    • 10.2.1 Initial value
    • 10.2.2 Prompt and echo type
    • 10.2.3 Echo volume and area
    • 10.2.4 Input data record
    • 10.2.5 PICK path order
  • 10.3 FURTHER INPUT FUNCTIONS
    • 10.3.1 Simultaneous events
    • 10.3.2 Input queue overflow
  • 10.4 INCREMENTAL SPATIAL SEARCH
• Chapter 11 WORKSTATIONS
  • 11.1 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
  • 11.2 SETTING UP A WORKSTATION
  • 11.3 WORLSTATION TRANSFORMATION
  • 11.4 DISPLAY UPDATE
  • 11.5 WORKSTATION CLOSURE
• Chapter 12 ENVIRONMENT
  • 12.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 12.2 PHIGS OPERATING STATES
  • 12.3 PHIGS STATE LISTS
  • 12.4 INQUIRY FUNCTIONS
  • 12.5 INQUIRIES FOR CSS
  • 12.6 ERROR HANDLING
• Chapter 13 FURTHER OUTPUT
  • 13.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 13.2 CELL ARRAY
  • 13.3 ANNOTATION TEXT
  • 13.4 GENERALIZED DRAWING PRIMITIVE
• Chapter 14 ARCHIVES
  • 14.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 14.2 ARCHIVAL AND RETRIEVAL FUNCTIONS
  • 14.3 CONFLICT RESOLUTION
  • 14.4 INQUIRY FUNCTIONS FOR ARCHIVES
  • 14.5 DELETE FUNCTIONS
• Chapter 15 BINDINGS
  • 15.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 15.2 ORGANIZATION OF THE FORTRAN BINDING
• INDEX