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The Design of a 3D Rendering Meta System
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Döllner, Jürgen Hinrichs, Klaus H. |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | This paper describes the design of a 3D rendering meta system which wraps the functionality of 3D rendering packages into a uniform, object-oriented framework. The homogeneous interface of the 3D rendering meta system serves as an easy-to-learn application programming interface to 3D rendering packages and allows us to exchange rendering packages without the need to recode an application. Our approach is based on a logical decomposition of the elements of 3D rendering into four major class categories: Shapes define geometric objects; attributes specify quality and visual appearance; controllers describe rendering techniques and rendering processes, and rendering engines evaluate shapes, attributes, and controllers. We have implemented our concepts in VRS, the Virtual Rendering System, as a portable C++ toolkit. VRS currently supports rendering packages such as OpenGL, PEX, XGL, Radiance, POV Ray, and RenderMan. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/math/inst/info/u/mam/Papers/dohi_egws97.ps.gz |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/informatik/u/dollner/pdfs/dh_egws97.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |