The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Understanding Concepts

About This Book

Terminology
The graPHIGS(x) Application Programming Interface will be referred to in this guide as the graPHIGS API(x) or the API(x)

Organization

This guide helps you understand the use of the graPHIGS API functions in your application to create, display, and interact with graphics data. It contains two parts: basic and advanced. Part 1 describes the basics of using the graPHIGS API and is especially suited for a first time user of the graPHIGS API Included in every chapter of the Basic section are sample FORTRAN subroutines to give you hands-on experience with the graPHIGS API applications. For the experienced graPHIGS API programmer, Part 2 offers advanced functions and capabilities to further enhance your application program. It also expands upon some of the concepts introduced in Part 1. Used in conjunction with other graPHIGS API publications, this guide will help you create complete graphics application programs.

For information on how to write, compile, and execute programs in each language supported by the graPHIGS API, refer to The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Writing Applications In addition, you can obtain further information about each subroutine, its syntax, and the content of its parameters in The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference and The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference

Tutorial

The graPHIGS API provides an interactive tutorial designed to teach basic graPHIGS concepts to new developers. Experienced developers will also find the tutorial useful for previewing scenarios before actually coding them.

The graPHIGS tutorial contains the following ten lessons:

Structures and Structure Elements
Simple Structure Editing
Modeling Transformations
Structure Hierarchies
2D Viewing
3D Viewing
Name Set Mechanism
Input Devices
Pick Device
Display Functions

For more instructions see the README file in the subdirectory

    /usr/lpp/graPHIGS/clients/gPtutor

The graPHIGS API Library

Following are the publications in the graPHIGS API library:

System Management

The GDDM/graPHIGS Programming Interface: Installation and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8197
The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Customization and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8130

General Information

The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Getting Started , SC33-8198
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Introducing , SC33-8190
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Tutorial User' Guide , SC33-8119
The graPHIGS API: Demonstration Program , SK2T-0715 (AIX)

Program Development

The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Understanding Concepts , SC33-8191
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Writing Applications , SC33-8192
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference , SC33-8193
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference , SC33-8194
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Quick Reference , SC33-8195
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: ISO PHIGS Quick Reference , SC28-2705
The graPHIGS Programming Interface: ISO PHIGS Subroutine Reference , SC33-8140
The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: User's Guide for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8111
The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8112
The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Quick Reference for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8113

Program Service

The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Messages and Codes , SC33-8196

Related Publications

Publications that relate to this product include:

The graPHIGS Programming Interface

PHIGS Programming Manual , by Tom Gaskins, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 1992

X-Windows

AIXwindows Desktop User's Guide and Enhancements , GBOF-1820
AIX Version 4 AIXwindows Programming Guide , SC23-2632

AIX

AIX Version 4 Getting Started , SC23-2527
AIX Version 4 Commands Reference , SBOF-1851
AIX Version 4 Technical Reference , SBOF-1852
AIX General Programming Concepts :Writing and Debugging Program. , SC23-2533
AIX Version 4 Topic Index and Glossary , SC23-2513

You can order these publications from your sales representative or from your poi nt of sale.

To order additional copies of this book, use order number SC33-8130.

Use AIX and Related Products Documentation Overview for additional information on related publications and how to obtain them. The AIX and Related Products Documentation Overview is available:

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In the Hyptertext Information Base Library Version 1 for AIX. This online documentation is designed for use with the InfoExplorer hyptertext retrieval system.
As a hardcopy publication; use order number SC23-2456.