Power-3d: High Speed 3d Graphics in Windows 95/NT

This pack covers high-speed graphic Windows NT/95 development, offering a complete guide to the numerical, mathematical and design concepts underlying 3D visualization. It includes complete source code and descriptions of both simple and advanced 3D graphics modelers. The author of this work presents design arguments, concept descriptions and practical implementations. The book aims to help programmers understand the object-oriented paradigm, and its advantages and disadvantages in graphics development. It shows how to use templates to maximize development efficiency, and understand the essentials of the mathematics for 3D visualization, including 3D linear algebra and transformations. It takes the reader through the construction of two Windows 3D applications - a simple graphics modeler, and a more advanced real-time 3D blob modeler based on Intel's 3DR API. The accompanying CD-ROM includes the surface modeler and real-time 3D blob modeler, as well as a scientific visualization tool for modeling and animation. The pack can be used for games, scientific applications and any other purpose.