
			l i b Q G L V i e w e r
		   Copyright  Gilles Debunne 2002
		         Gilles.Debunne@imag.fr

QGLViewer is an open source library which enables you to quickly start the
development of a new 3D application. It is designed for 3D C++ developers,
who can very easily display and move around a 3D scene by simply providing
the OpenGL orders that define their 3D geometry.

QGLViewer  is  not a 3D viewer that can be used directly to view 3D scenes
in  various  formats,  it is actually more likely to be the starting point
for the coding of such a viewer.

The  viewer  is  designed to be as general as possible and is not designed
for  a specific 3D application. Instead, it is aimed at being a convenient
starting point for any 3D graphic program.

The viewer's main functionalities are : 

     - A camera trackball to easily move the camera is the scene (explorer
       or walkthrough mode). Definition and replay of KeyFrame paths. 
     - Screenshot saving in different file formats (JPG, PNG, EPS...). 
     - Handling  of local (possibly hierarchical) coordinate systems, that
       can be moved with the mouse. 
     - Extendable  displacement  constraints  that  can  be applied on the
       displacement of those frames. 
     - Object  selection,  fast  drawing  of the scene and many convenient
       functions. 
     - An intuitive default behaviour that can be entirely redefined. 
     - Stereo display (provided that your machine supports it). 
     - Many simple exemples illustrating the different functionalities and
       a complete reference documentation. 

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See the doc/index.html page for more details.

Project home page:
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