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Info-Graphics Digest	Sun May 24 03:00:26 PDT 1987

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Today's Topics:

 Graphics Metafile
 Curve Smoothing Sources wanted.
      SIGGRAPH '87 Attendees
 5/26 Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH meeting
 fast rendering on iris
 ReGIS for MACs & AMIGAs
  SURFMODL 1.2 Now Available

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Date: Mon, 18 May 87 16:10 EDT
From: LAUZZANA%ecs.umass.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: Graphics Metafile
X-Vms-To: COINS::IN%"info-graphics@ads.arpa"


That was a very nice list of where to get specs for various standards.

But, what about CGM, Computer Graphics Metafile?

Eurographics will be having a conference in Maryland, next September.
Where do we get the specs?

Ray Lauzzana

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From: Nancy Yavne <nancy%WISDOM.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Date: Sun, 17 May 87 13:18:03 -0200
        info-graphics@ads.arpa
Subject: Curve Smoothing Sources wanted.

        I am looking for sources of Curve Fitting algorithms
        both Polynomial Interpolation and Spline Interpolation
        implementations are welcomed.
        The problem at hand is to connect 4 or 5 points with
        aesthetically pleasing curves.

        Thank You

        Alex Polyak
        uucp: ihnp4!talcott!WISDOM!nancy
        ARPA:   nancy%wisdom.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu
        BITNET: nancy@wisdom

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Date:         Sun, 17 May 1987 10:27:28 EDT
From: (William J. Joel) <JZEM%MARIST.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject:      SIGGRAPH '87 Attendees

Once again the annual SIGGRAPH conference is approaching and it is time
to create a list of attendees for distribution to Info-Graphics.
If you plan to attend SIGGRAPH '87 in Anaheim, CA, just drop me a note
stating

     - the dates you'll be there
     - which courses, if any, you'll attend
       (including the Educator's Workshop on Monday evening)
     - whether you'd like to get together or not

Send this info, with your name and institution, to

     William J. Joel
     Bitnet: jzem@marist

I will post a compiled list sometime in the beginning of July.
Thanks!

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Date:     19 May 1987 15:49:26-WET
From: malcolm <MALCOLM%UK.AC.PCL.LYNX@AC.UK>

  Hello ,

   Does anyone out there know of the existence of a Tekronix
   4100 series emulator for a PC/XT compatible.
   ( PD would be rather nice )

    Thankyoueversomuch,

        Malcolm John Fforbes-Smythe-Taylor
        Polytechnic of Central London
        115 New Cavendish St London W1M 8JS

   PS.  If anyone can offer any help I'll buy them a beer at
        Eurographics at Amsterdam in August.

       Try these addresses :-
       malcolm%uk.ac.pcl.lynx@ukacrl.bitnet       BITNET
       malcolm%ib.rl.ac.uk                        EARN
       malcolm%uk.ac.pcl.lynx@cs.ucl.ac.uk        ARPA
       mcvax!ukc!uk.ac.pcl.lynx!malcolm           UUCP



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Date: Wed, 20 May 87 11:35:16 pdt
From: Siggraph <siggraph@ames-pioneer.arpa>
Subject: 5/26 Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH meeting


Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH meeting

Earcon and Eyecons
Non-Verbal Communication in sight and sound

Dr. Meera Blattner
UC Davis and LLNL

Tuesday May 26, 1987 at 8:00 PM
Exploratorium, McBean Theater

Topic:
Icons show us how to structure graphics messages non-verbally.  The iconic
equivalent to messages in sound are called "earcons."  Icons and earcons
are used in the user interface to provide information and feedback to the
user about computer entities.  This information can be designed in a similar
fashion to impart the same information.  Dr. Meera Blatter will present a
set of design guidelines for a syntax of icons and earcons.

Speaker

Meera Blattner is on the University of California - Davis faculty
and is currently teaching at the Department of Applied Sciences
in Livermore thought a joint appointment between the UC and LLNL.
Her speciality involves user interfaces and data conversion and has been work
working with sound and interfaces for about 5 years.  Dr. Blattner
taught at Rice University in Texas and was Program Director for the
National Science Foundation's Theoretical Computer Science section.
She received her PhD from UCLA.

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Date: Wed, 20 May 87 17:19:36 cet
From: NSHIRAL3%UA1VM.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu
Subject: fast rendering on iris


 I AM WORKING ON ANIMATION USING AN IRIS 2400 WITH C CALLABLE GRAPHICS
 LIBRARY . I WOULD APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS ON FAST POLYGON RENDERING
 AND BENCHMARKS  THEREOF IF ANY .
                                   THANKS.

                          NAGESH SHIRALI  ( NSHIRAL3@UA1VM   BITNET )

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Date: Thu, 21 May 87 09:07 EDT
From: LAUZZANA%ecs.umass.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: ReGIS for MACs & AMIGAs
X-Vms-To: COINS::IN%"Info-Graphics@ads.arpa"


Does anyone out ther know where to get a VT-240/ReGIS terminal
emulator for MACs & Amigas?


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Date:     Fri, 22 May 87 15:09:03 EDT
From: Kenneth Van Camp -FSAC- <kvancamp@ARDEC.ARPA>
Subject:  SURFMODL 1.2 Now Available

	SURFMODL version 1.2 is now available from SIMTEL-20, INFO-IBMPC,
and on diskette.  The major enhancements over version 1.1 are that it is
now fully functional on the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) and the
Heath/Zenith Z-100, thanks to Russ Nelson.  Those versions now also compile 
without the Turbo Graphix Toolbox.  As before, SURFMODL also runs on the 
standard CGA, Hercules (still not fully functional, though), Sanyo MBC-55x, 
AT&T 6300 and IBM 3270.  The files to get from SIMTEL-20 are: 
  PD:<MSDOS.SURFMODL>SURFMVS2.ARC         CRC = BE 5C
  PD:<MSDOS.SURFMODL>SURFMOD2.ARC         CRC = B5 A5
These files contain all source files and executables, as well as sample
data files and documentation.  Alternatively, you can get just the source,
documentation, and data files from C.ISI.EDU (USC-ISIB).  I uploaded the
new files to:
  <INFO-IBMPC>UNDIGEST.PAS
  <INFO-IBMPC>SURFMODL.DIG
	Version 1.2 is also (finally!) available on diskette, for those of
you who have trouble downloading electronically.  For $11.50 (in the U.S.)
or $15.50 (foreign), you can order all three of the SURFMODL release disks
from:	MicroCom Systems
	P.O. Box 51657
	Palo Alto, CA  94303
Ask for diskettes GRAPHICS-2a, b and c.

	There is also now the beginnings of a C version of SURFMODL, thanks
to Dave Forslund's efforts in converting it.  Right now it only runs on the
SUN workstation under NEWS, so I am not really "releasing" it.  However,
anybody who wants to tool around with it to try and make it run on other 
systems is welcome to a copy.  I have packaged it all up in 6 digests, just 
like I did for the Pascal version, and I will e-mail the source to anyone 
who requests it.  (Total about 280K.) 

	And finally, for those of you who don't know what SURFMODL is, it is 
a public domain surface modeler (some would call it a "solids modeler"), 
written in Turbo Pascal, that does 3-D wireframe, hidden line, or shaded 
image drawings from any perspective, with single or multiple light sources.  
I have also started a small "routing list", so that people who are 
interested in SURFMODL can keep abreast of the latest developments.  Let me 
know if you would like your name added to the list.  

		  --Ken Van Camp <kvancamp@ARDEC.ARPA>


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