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| J. Döllner, K. Hinrichs, "A Generic Rendering System," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 99-118, April-June, 2002. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/2945.998664, author = {J. Döllner and K. Hinrichs}, title = {A Generic Rendering System}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, issn = {1077-2626}, year = {2002}, pages = {99-118}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/2945.998664}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics TI - A Generic Rendering System IS - 2 SN - 1077-2626 SP99 EP118 EPD - 99-118 A1 - J. Döllner, A1 - K. Hinrichs, PY - 2002 KW - rendering systems KW - object-oriented graphics KW - generic rendering KW - rendering framework KW - multipass rendering VL - 8 JA - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ER - | |||
We describe the software architecture of a rendering system that follows a pragmatic approach to integrating and bundling the power of different low-level rendering systems within an object-oriented framework. The generic rendering system provides higher-level abstractions to existing rendering systems and serves as a framework for developing new rendering techniques. It wraps the functionality of several, widely used rendering systems, defines a unified, object-oriented application programming interface, and provides an extensible, customizable apparatus for evaluating and interpreting hierarchical scene information. As a fundamental property, individual features of a specific rendering system can be integrated into the generic rending system in a transparent way. The system is based on a state machine, called
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