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#rendering solutions?

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#163875From: Boran (uniVirtual picturApr 10, 1995 6:38 AM

Brian, as implied in the CDK2 manual, I am looking here for information on new, supported rendering solutions. Which accelerator boards are being supported directly, and which come with a HOOPS layer ? Is there an SP3D implementation available? Thanks, Boran

#164271From: Brian BlauApr 11, 1995 11:27 PM

>>Brian, as implied in the CDK2 manual, I am looking here for information on new, supported rendering solutions. Which accelerator boards are being supported directly, and which come with a HOOPS layer ? Is there an SP3D implementation available? Thanks, Boran<< There are 3 rendering solutions that come in the CDK box. Those are a homegrown renderer, Rendermorphics and HOOPS. There have been no additional display drivers released. As for the HOOPS questions I must direct you to our OEM group. They are the ones who directly support that part of the CDK and will be able to tell you which hardware cards are supported. You can email brucep@autodesk.com (I hope thats correct, if not please let me know) or call 510.523.5900. Brian

#164924From: Angela PateApr 15, 1995 2:23 PM

<<< You can email brucep@autodesk.com (I hope thats correct, if not please let me know)>>>> I believe that Bruce is at brucepardoe@autodesk.com he uses his whole name.. Ang

#165923From: Brian BlauApr 20, 1995 9:54 PM

>><<< You can email brucep@autodesk.com (I hope thats correct, if not please let me know)>>>> I believe that Bruce is at brucepardoe@autodesk.com he uses his whole name.. Ang<< Thanks for the correction. The whole company recently changed all of our public email names. For the time being I can still be reached at blau@autodesk.com but at some point in the future I will be known as brian.blau@autodesk.com. Brian

#164352From: GARY MCHALEApr 12, 1995 11:50 AM

Just for your information the company that developed Reality Lab (Rendermorphics), one of the 3D Graphics API's which supports CDK Relwase 2, have been bought out by Microsoft (whoever they are). My guess is that we will be seeing more of this product. Gary M.

#165995From: Boran (uniVirtual picturApr 21, 1995 6:47 AM

Gary, I did contact Rendermorphics. They currently do not support any specific hardware, but will in their next release later this year. Boran

#166343From: GARY MCHALEApr 23, 1995 5:17 PM

I know that Rendermorphics are very keen on the GLINT processor. It is starting to appear in some graphics boards already, including one by Omnicomp. I bought one of their graphics accelerators on the back of their assertions that it is supported by Rendermorphics, and received graphics demo's from Rendermorphics on a disk with the board. I might have been misled. Matrox shipped demos from Criterion Software and Rendermorphics with the Impression Plus, but as far as I am aware the hardware graphics accerleration is not directly supported in the software. Gary M.