Immediate mode drawing interface for the construction of graphics software

The present invention discloses an apparatus, method, and article of manufacture for generating graphic images. In accordance with the present invention, an application program receives commands from a computer user via an input device and provides an output command stream to a plurality of renderer...

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Hauptverfasser: HASSAN, TANVIR B, KOWALSKI, JEFFREY M, HSU, CHINGI BILLY, ARROTT, MATTHEW R, COVEY, ROBERT D, MATHEWS, BRIAN P
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention discloses an apparatus, method, and article of manufacture for generating graphic images. In accordance with the present invention, an application program receives commands from a computer user via an input device and provides an output command stream to a plurality of renderer programs. The renderer programs selectively modify the output command stream and transmit the output command stream to a graphics peripheral device or to one or more of the other renderer programs.