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Article #1319Re: what do you want to know?
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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 04:50
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 04:50
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psmith@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Paul Jeffrey Smith) writes: >The World Vector portion (the one with all the 3d ships) is something >that I would like to do. I can't understand how all these occur in a >single fram: >1.) rotation of all the objects. >2.)remove hidden surfaces >3.) calculate shading based on position to light source. >4.) put the star field on as well. These are all covered in Foley and van Dam (or any other respectable 3D graphics text). As another poster mentioned, the Graphics Programming column in DDJ has been dealing with 3D graphics for the past year. Also, take a look at some of the public domain 3D graphics libraries, like rend386. Chris
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