libgfx: A Graphics Library

This software and associated documentation files are Copyright © 1999–2001 Michael Garland. Please see the accompanying License for details.

Contents

• Introduction
• Building the Library
• Getting Started
• Vector Math
  • 2-D vectors
  • 3-D vectors
  • 4-D vectors
• Matrix Math
  • 2-D matrices
  • 3-D matrices
  • 4-D matrices
• Packed Integer Vectors
• Quaternions
• 3-D Geometric Procedures
• OpenGL Support
• Raster Images
• Minimalist GUI framework
• Interactive Rotation Control
• Simple File Format Scripting
• Example Programs
  • Simple GUI Program
  • Simple Scripted Program
• Copyright Notice and License

Introduction

The purpose of this library is to simplify the creation of computer graphics software. Specifically, it is targeted towards cross-platform development using the OpenGL rendering API and the FLTK interface toolkit. It is derived from the MixKit library I developed for supporting polygonal surface simplification. This is not a full-fledged graphics engine. Rather it provides facilities which are useful in the majority of graphics programs.