The PGL Handbook

Release 1.1

Introduction

• Overview
• Parallel Graphics Library
• Parallel Visualization Library
• Parallel Object Library
• Distributed User Interface
• Using PGL from Fortran

Concepts

• Geometry Modeling
  • Coordinate systems
  • Parallelism in the modeling process
  • Objects and attributes
  • Instances
  • Attribute inheritance
  • Hierarchical modeling
  • Efficiency considerations
• Viewing Model
• Display Architecture
• Image Format

Reference Documents

• Release Notes
• PGL
  • PGL Function Reference
  • PGL Data Structure Reference
  • Object and Instance Attributes
• PVL
  • PVL Function Reference
  • PVL Data Structure Reference
  • TVF File Format
• POL
  • POL Function Reference
• DUI
  • DUI Function Reference
  • DUI Daemon
  • Prototype User Interface
• Image Conversion and Display
  • Structure of the YMF Data Stream
  • Conversion and Display Utilities
    • Display utilities
    • Conversion utilities
• Technical References