GKS Theory and Practice

1. Front Matter

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2. Concepts and Architectures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A GKS Interface to a Realtime Oriented Raster Workstation for CAD Applications

      • R. Lindner, J. Rix

      Pages 3-14

   3. On Developing a GKS Driver Architecture for Raster Workstations

      • J. Rix

      Pages 15-23

   4. CGM- Concepts and their Realization

      • R. Buhtz

      Pages 25-35

   5. A General Device Driver for GKS

      • I. Herman, J. Reviczky

      Pages 37-45

   6. XGKS — A Multitask Implementation of GKS

      • I. Herman, T. Tolnay-Knefely, A. Vincze

      Pages 47-53

   7. A VLSI Implementation of the Graphics Standard GKS

      • J. Encarnacao, R. Lindner, M. Mehl, G. Pfaff, W. Strasser

      Pages 55-66

   8. A Token Based Graphics System

      • G. J. Reynolds

      Pages 67-77

3. Algorithms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Polygonal Clipping of Polylines

      • A. J. Matthew

      Pages 81-99

   3. Algorithms for Handling the Fill Area Primitive of GKS

      • Y. N. Shinde, S. P. Mudur

      Pages 101-121

   4. An Algorithmic Interpretation of the GKS TEXT Primitive

      • K. W. Brodlie, G. Pfaff

      Pages 123-136

   5. A Method of Displaying Transformed Picture Rectangles Using GKS Raster Functions

      • H. Schumann, A. Kotzauer

      Pages 137-144

   6. An Implementation of the GKS-3D/PHIGS Viewing Pipeline

      • K. Singleton

      Pages 145-183

4. Specification and Certification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. A Practical Strategy for Certifying GKS Implementations

      • K. W. Brodlie, M. C. Maguire, G. E. Pfaff

      Pages 187-204

   3. Configuring Reference Systems for Certifying GKS Implementations

      • M. Goebel, W. Huebner

      Pages 205-218

   4. An Algebraic Approach to the Standardization and the Certification of Graphics Software

      • R. Gnatz

      Pages 219-238

   5. Towards a Formal Specification of the GKS Output Primitives

      • D. A. Duce, E. V. C. Fielding

      Pages 239-266

Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, has always been an important forum for discussions and presentation of results concerning the first ISO Graphical Standard, GKS (the Graphical Kernel System) and later of its three-dimensional extension, GKS-3D. This book is a collection of those articles which have appeared within the framework of Eurographics in the past 5 years, and which still contain, even after several years, valid and interesting results concerning the problems arising in connection with GKS. Some of these papers help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the standard; others deal with general implementation problems, and finally there are some presentations of specific algorithms usable also for a GKS or GKS-3D implementation. The book may be of a particular interest to those specialists who intend to implement a GKS package or some similar graphics subsystem and who can therefore make direct use of the experiences reflected in this collection. The book should also be a valuable supplement in university courses concerned with teaching the principles of implementing device-independent computer graphics.

• CAD
• algorithms
• clipping
• computer graphics
• graphics programming
• programming

• Peter R. Bono Associates, Inc., Gales Ferry, USA

  Peter R. Bono

• Insotec Consult GmbH, München 40, Germany

  Ivan Herman

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