An extraordinarily valuable book for any one wanting to create Open-GL scenes. Unlike many Open-GL books that stop after presenting the basic Openg-GL figures, Open Geometry provides numerous complete source code examples of complex and interesting shapes.Want to display the horns of the greater kudu, Moebius strip, Klein bottle, complex mechanical motion? Then this book is for you.Of the nine Open-GL books I own, this...
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This book is for people who need to learn about advanced geometry, and are not scared to look at some code in the process (not all is explained in detail in the book). The book describes data structures and methods used in the code (which you receive on the accompanying CDROM) to create and manipulate complex geometrical objects. This book is not about OpenGL programming, though the code uses it to display the results.WARNING:...
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I used this book as a textbook to teach a graduate course in "Geometry and Computer Graphics" at San Jose State University. The course was a success, and the book was crucial to that success.The book describes, and gives examples of the use of, the Open Geometry programming system, developed by the authors. You get a copy of this system on a CD-ROM with the book. Indeed, perhaps I should say that you get a copy of the...
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Finally I can transpose my geometrical ideas directly without having to think about the rest. The output quality is really perfect. A book for all who need geometrical figures for whatever purpose.
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There is a lot of math in this book, so be prepared. But you will find insight into areas of graphics that are really very difficult to find elsewhere. Note: For the intermediate to advanced programmer only!
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