The Three-Dimensional Event-Driven Graphics Environment (3D-EDGE)

Stanford Telecommunications has developed the Three-Dimensional Event-Driven Graphics Environment (3D-EDGE) for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Communications Link Analysis and Simulation System (CLASS). 3D-EDGE consists of a library of object-oriented subroutines, which allows engineers with little or no computer graphics experience to programmatically manipulate, render, animate and access complex three-dimensional objects. An example program is described, and results pertaining to a model of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite are discussed.<
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