OpenGL Performer™ Getting Started Guide
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# OpenGL Performer™ Getting Started Guide

Document Number: 007-3560-003

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by George Eckel, Ken Jones, and Tammy Domeier

Illustrated by Dany Galgani, Chrystie Danzer, and Chris Wengelski

Edited by Susan Wilkening and Connie Boltz

Production by Karen Jacobson

Engineering contributions by the Performer Team, including Sharon Clay, Tom McReynolds, Don Hatch, Jenny Zhao, Remi Arnaud, Yair Kurzion, Rob Mace, Marcin Romaszewicz, Allan Schaffer, Tom Flynn, Radomir Mech, Angus Dorbie, Paolo Farinelli, and Alexandre Naaman.

CONTRIBUTORS

Cover Design By Sarah Bolles, Sarah Bolles Design, and Dany Galgani, SGI Technical Publications.

COPYRIGHT

© 1997, 2000, 2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated elsewhere herein. No permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND

The electronic (software) version of this document was developed at private expense; if acquired under an agreement with the USA government or any contractor thereto, it is acquired as "commercial computer software" subject to the provisions of its applicable license agreement, as specified in (a) 48 CFR 12.212 of the FAR; or, if acquired for Department of Defense units, (b) 48 CFR 227-7202 of the DoD FAR Supplement; or sections succeeding thereto. Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy 2E, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351.

TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

Silicon Graphics, SGI, the SGI logo, InfiniteReality, IRIX, OpenGL, O2, Octane, and Onyx are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., and Geometry Pipeline, GL, Graphics Library, InfiniteReality4, Inventor, IRIS GL, OpenGL Multipipe, OpenGL Optimizer, OpenGL Performer, OpenGL Shader, OpenGL Volumizer, and Power Onyx are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Alias|Wavefront and Wavefront are trademarks of Alias|Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Designer's Workbench is a trademark of Centric Software, Inc. MIPS, R4400, and R8000 are trademarks or registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc., used under license by Silicon Graphics, Inc. OpenFlight is a registered trademark of Multigen. Motif is a registered trademark and OSF/Motif and the X Window System are trademarks of The Open Group. Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation. DI-Guy is a trademark of Boston Dynamics, Inc. Lightscape is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvolds. Weather Environment Simulation Technology and WEST are trademarks of Southwest Research Institute. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Yosemite image copyright of Delphi International. DI-Guy image copyright of Bostom Dynamics Inc. Palace image copyright of Pinxi. Clouds image copyright of SWRI. Ocean and Marine Effects Simulation image copyright of Paradigm Simulation Inc.

PATENT DISCLOSURE

Many of the techniques and methods disclosed in the Getting Started Guide are covered by patents held by Silicon Graphics including U.S. Patent Nos. 5,051,737; 5,369,739; 5,438,654; 5,394,170; 5,528,737; 5,528,738; 5,581,680; 5,471,572 and patent applications pending.

## Record of Revision

Revision 001 |  | 1997 |
| Original publication.
Revision 002 |  | November 2000 |
| Updated for the 2.4 version of OpenGL Performer.
Revision 003 |  | December 2002 |
| Updated for the 3.0 version of OpenGL Performer.

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