Integrated Support for Manipulation and Display of 3D (Three Dimensional) Objects for the Command and Control Workstation of the Future.

摘要

The Command and Control Workstation of the Future (CCWF) demands a variety of platforms in various configurations to accurately reflect the environment it is attempting to portray. Prior to this research, individual platforms for the CCWF and other simulations at NPS have been coded directly into each individual program, with no commonality of design or ability to readily share or modify individual platforms. The goal of this research is to develop a text-based file format for the description, modification and display of 3D objects in the CCWF and other simulations. The other primary goals of this research are the development of interactive, graphical routines to display, view, modify and then save current objects into new files; to permit conversion of text object files to binary format for compressed storage; and to develop routines that enable the CCWF and other simulations to import objects from libraries of such 3D files directly into their programs, and display them. Keywords: Inexpensive; Graphics; Workstation; 3D; CCWF; Theses; Command and Control; Display of 3D Objects. (kt)