3DLDF User and Reference Manual

Copyright © 2003, 2004 Laurence D. Finston.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

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• Introduction:
• Contributing to 3DLDF:
• Using 3DLDF:
• Points:
• Transforming Points:
• Transforms:
• Drawing and Labeling Points:
• Paths:
• Plane Figures:
• Solid Figures:
• Pictures:
• Intersections:
• Installing and Running 3DLDF:
• Typedefs and Utility Structures:
• Global Constants and Variables:
• Dynamic Allocation of Shapes:
• System Information:
• Color Reference:
• Input and Output:
• Shape Reference:
• Transform Reference:
• Label Reference:
• Picture Reference:
• Point Reference:
• Focus Reference:
• Line Reference:
• Plane Reference:
• Path Reference:
• Polygon Reference:
• Regular Polygon Reference:
• Rectangle Reference:
• Regular Closed Plane Curve Reference:
• Ellipse Reference:
• Circle Reference:
• Pattern Reference:
• Solid Reference:
• Faced Solid Reference:
• Cuboid Reference:
• Polyhedron Reference:
• Utility Functions:
• Adding a File:
• Future Plans:
• Changes:
• Bibliography:
• GNU Free Documentation License:
• Data Type and Variable Index:
• Function Index:
• Concept Index:

  Introduction

• Sources of Information:
• About This Manual:
• CWEB Documentation:
• Metafont and MetaPost:
• Caveats:
• Ports:

  About This Manual

• Manual Conventions:
• Illustrations:

  Caveats

• Accuracy:
• No Input Routine:

  Points

• Declaring and Initializing Points:
• Setting and Assigning to Points:
• Shifting Points:
• Scaling Points:
• Shearing Points:
• Rotating Points:

  Transforms

• Applying Transforms to Points Intro:
• Inverting Transforms:

  Drawing and Labeling Points

• Drawing Points Intro:
• Labeling Points Intro:

  Paths

• Declaring and Initializing Paths:
• Drawing and Filling Paths Intro:

  Plane Figures

• Regular Polygons Getstart:
• Rectangles Getstart:
• Ellipses Getstart:
• Circles Getstart:

  Solid Figures

• Cuboid Getstart:
• Polyhedron Getstart:

  Polyhedron

• Tetrahedron Getstart:
• Dodecahedron Getstart:
• Icosahedron Getstart:

  Pictures

• Projections:
• Focuses Getstart:
• Surface Hiding:

  Projections

• Parallel Projections:
• The Perspective Projection:

  Installing and Running 3DLDF

• Installing 3DLDF:
• Running 3DLDF:

  Installing 3DLDF

• Template Functions:

  Running 3DLDF

• Converting EPS Files:
• Command Line Arguments:

  Converting EPS Files

• Converting EPS Files ELISP:

  System Information

• Endianness:
• Register Width:
• Get Second Largest Real:

  Color Reference

• Color Data Members:
• Color Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Color Operators:
• Modifying Colors:
• Showing Colors:
• Querying Colors:
• Defining and Initializing Colors:
• Namespace Colors:

  Input and Output

• I/O Global Variables:
• I/O Functions:

  Shape Reference

• Shape Data Members:
• Shape Operators:
• Copying Shapes:
• Modifying Shapes:
• Affine Transformations for Shapes:
• Applying Transformations to Shapes:
• Clearing Shapes:
• Querying Shapes:
• Showing Shapes:
• Outputting Shapes:

  Transform Reference

• Transform Data Members:
• Transform Global Variables and Constants:
• Transform Constructors :
• Transform Operators:
• Matrix Inversion:
• Setting Values Transforms:
• Querying Transforms:
• Returning Information for Transforms:
• Showing Transforms:
• Affine Transformations for Transforms:
• Alignment with an Axis for Transforms:
• Resetting Transforms:
• Cleaning Transforms:

  Label Reference

• Label Data Members:
• Copying Labels:
• Outputting Labels:

  Picture Reference

• Picture Data Members:
• Picture Global Variables:
• Picture Constructors:
• Picture Operators:
• Affine Transformations for Pictures:
• Modifying Pictures:
• Showing Pictures:
• Outputting Pictures:

  Outputting

• Picture Output Namespaces:
• Picture Output Functions:

  Namespaces

• Namespace Projections:
• Namespace Sorting:

  Point Reference

• Point Data Members:
• Point Typedefs and Utility Structures:
• Point Global Constants and Variables:
• Point Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Point Destructor:
• Point Operators:
• Copying Points:
• Querying Points:
• Returning Coordinates:
• Returning Information for Points:
• Modifying Points:
• Affine Transformations for Points:
• Applying Transformations to Points:
• Projecting Points:
• Vector Operations:
• Points and Lines:
• Point Intersections:
• Point Drawing Functions:
• Labelling Points:
• Showing Points:
• Outputting Points:

  Focus Reference

• Focus Data Members:
• Focus Global Variables:
• Focus Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Focus Operators:
• Modifying Focuses:
• Querying Focuses:
• Showing Focuses:

  Line Reference

• Line Data Members:
• Line Global Constants:
• Line Constructors:
• Line Operators:
• Get Path:
• Showing:

  Plane Reference

• Planes Data Members:
• Planes Global Constants:
• Planes Constructors:
• Planes Operators:
• Planes Returning Information:
• Plane Intersections:
• Planes Showing:

  Path Reference

• Path Data Members:
• Path Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Path Destructor:
• Path Operators:
• Appending to Paths :
• Copying Paths:
• Clearing Paths :
• Modifying Paths :
• Affine Transformations for Paths:
• Aligning Paths with an Axis:
• Applying Transformations to Paths:
• Drawing and Filling Paths:
• Labelling Paths:
• Showing Paths:
• Querying Paths:
• Outputting Paths:
• Path Intersections:

  Polygon Reference

• Polygon Data Members:
• Polygon Operators:
• Querying Polygons:
• Affine Transformations for Polygons:
• Polygon Intersections:

  Regular Polygon Reference

• Regular Polygon Data Members:
• Regular Polygon Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Regular Polygon Operators:
• Querying Regular Polygons:
• Circles for Regular Polygons:

  Rectangle Reference

• Rectangle Data Members:
• Rectangle Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Rectangle Operators:
• Returning Points for Rectangles:
• Querying Rectangles:
• Ellipses for Rectangles:

  Regular Closed Plane Curve Reference

• Regular Closed Plane Curve Data Members:
• Querying Regular Closed Plane Curves:
• Regular Closed Plane Curve Intersections:
• Regular Closed Plane Curve Segments:

  Ellipse Reference

• Ellipse Data Members:
• Ellipse Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Performing Transformations on Ellipses:
• Ellipse Operators:
• Labeling Ellipses:
• Affine Transformations for Ellipses:
• Querying Ellipses:
• Returning Elements and Information for Ellipses:
• Ellipse Intersections:
• Solving Ellipses:
• Rectangles for Ellipses:

  Circle Reference

• Circle Data Members:
• Circle Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Circle Operators:
• Querying Circles:
• Circle Intersections:

  Pattern Reference

• Plane Tesselations:
• Roulettes and Involutes:

  Roulettes and Involutes

• Epicycloids:

  Solid Reference

• Solid Data Members:
• Solid Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Solid Destructor:
• Solid Operators:
• Copying Solids:
• Setting Solid Members:
• Querying Solids:
• Returning Elements and Information Solids:
• Showing Solids:
• Affine Transformations for Solids:
• Applying Transformations to Solids:
• Outputting Solids:
• Drawing and Filling Solids:
• Clearing Solids:

  Returning Elements and Information

• Getting Shape Centers Solids:
• Getting Shapes Solids:

  Faced Solid Reference

• Solid_Faced Data Members:

  Cuboid Reference

• Cuboid Data Members:
• Cuboid Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Cuboid Operators:

  Polyhedron Reference

• Polyhedron Data Members:
• Regular Platonic Polyhedra:
• Semi-Regular Archimedean Polyhedra:

  Regular Platonic Polyhedra

• Tetrahedron:
• Dodecahedron:
• Icosahedron:

  Tetrahedron

• Tetrahedron Data Members:
• Tetrahedron Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Tetrahedron Net:

  Dodecahedron

• Dodecahedron Data Members:
• Dodecahedron Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Dodecahedron Net:

  Icosahedron

• Icosahedron Data Members:
• Icosahedron Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Icosahedron Net:

  Semi-Regular Archimedean Polyhedra

• Truncated Octahedron:

  Truncated Octahedron

• Truncated Octahedron Data Members:
• Truncated Octahedron Constructors and Setting Functions:
• Truncated Octahedron Net:

  Utility Functions

• Perspective Functions:

  Future Plans

• Geometry:
• Curves and Surfaces:
• Shadows:
• Multi-Threading:

  Changes

• Changes in 3DLDF 1.1.5.1:
• Changes in 3DLDF 1.1.5:
• Changes in 3DLDF 1.1.4.2:
• Changes in 3DLDF 1.1.4.1:
• Changes in 3DLDF 1.1.4:
• Initial version: