The Cal3D User's Guide

Version 0.9

Bruno Heidelberger

beosil@swileys.com

Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003 by Bruno Heidelberger

Initial Release

Table of Contents

Introduction

What is Cal3D?
About this Guide
Credits
Licenses

History, Goals and Design Decisions

A brief History of Cal3D

Goals and Design Decisions

Functionality
Ease of Use
Portability
Scalability
Flexibility
Performance
Interoperability

How to obtain Cal3D

Requirements

Installation

Compilation

automake/autoconf
kdevelop
MS Visual C++

Architecture

Core Classes
Instance Classes
Miscellaneous Classes
Animation Pipeline

Vectors and Quaternions

Skeletons and Bones

Animations, Tracks and Keyframes

The 'Mixer'

Meshes and Submeshes

The 'Renderer'

Error Handling

Preparations

Core Model Handling

Creation
Data Loading
Material System Setup
Destruction

Model Instance Handling

Creation
Attachment and Detachment of Meshes
Level-of-Detail Control
Material Control
Animation Control
State Update
Rendering
Destruction

GNU Lesser General Public License

0. PREAMBLE
1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

GNU Free Documentation License

0. PREAMBLE
1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
2. VERBATIM COPYING
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
4. MODIFICATIONS
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
8. TRANSLATION
9. TERMINATION
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE

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