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- From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
- Subject: Re: About graphic standarts?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.051555.20744@dsd.es.com>
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- Reply-To: rthomson@dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
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- References: <92226.145557E59387@TRMETU.BITNET>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 05:15:55 GMT
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- In article <92226.145557E59387@TRMETU.BITNET>
- <E59387@TRMETU.BITNET> writes:
- > I need information about graphic standarts GKS,RGP,SRGP,PHIGS,SPHIGS.
-
- From the comp.windows.x.pex FAQ file:
-
- Subject: 9) Obtaining Graphics Standards (GKS, PHIGS, etc.)
- From: jch@Stardent.COM (Jan "Yon" Hardenbergh)
- Date: 12 Feb 91 19:27:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <1991Feb12.192753.3647@Stardent.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
-
- GKS - Graphical Kernal System - geometric graphics system
- CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile - archive of graphics commands - very
- useful for plotting.
- PHIGS - the best graphics standard! 3D geometric graphics with lighting
- and shading and neat primitives to draw fancy pictures.
- If you are looking for a broad overview of graphics standards you might
- try this:
-
- > Guidelines for determining when to use GKS and when to use PHIGS
- > Bettels, J.; Bono, P.R.; McGinnis, E.; Rix, J.
- > Author Affil: Digital Equipment Corp., Geneva, Switzerland
- > Source: Comput. Graph. Forum (Netherlands) vol.7, no.4, pp.: 347-54
- > Publication Year: Dec. 1988
- > (29 Refs)
- > Abstract: GKS, GKS-3D, and PHIGS are all approved ISO standards for the
- > application programmer interface. How do system analysts or programmers
- > decide which standard to use for their application? The authors discuss the
- > range of application requirements likely to be encountered, explore the
- > suitability of GKS and PHIGS for satisfying these requirements, and offer
- > guidelines to aid in the decision process.
-
- I know I've seen other overviews of graphics standards. Just none recently.
-
- There are a couple of books on CGM and GKS, but I do not have the
- references written down.
-
- As, for PHIGS, you can get the standard itself from ANSI in New York.
- (212) 354-3300. [The following table gives the ANSI standard numbers
- corresponding to the PHIGS standards:
-
- ANSI X3.144-1988 ISO 9592 parts 1, 2 and 3 for PHIGS
- ANSI X3.144.1 ISO 9593-1 for PHIGS FORTAN binding
- ANSI X3.144.3 ISO 9593-3 for PHIGS Ada binding
- ANSI X3.144.4 ISO 9593-4 for PHIGS C binding
-
- --RT] They will also have the GKS and CGM specs.
-
- -Jan "YON" Hardenbergh jch@stardent.com (508)-371-9810x261
- Stardent Computer, 6 N.E. Tech Center, 521 Virginia Rd,Concord, MA 01742
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