Knowledge Base

This section is setup to provide users with general information around the Introduction/OpenSceneGraph, which is not directly part of, but good to know or just fundamental knowledge.

General

• OpenSource - overview of Open Source /Free Software
• OpenGL - overview of OpenGL
• SceneGraph - introduction to scene graphs
• Standard C++ - useful links and information on using Standard C++
• Maths - useful links and information on math used in graphics
• OpenThreads - overview of Open Threads
• OpenSceneGraph - overview of Open Scene Graph with links to detailed descriptions of nodes etc
• Textures - hints and tips on acquiring, using or generating textures.

Realtime graphics

• Understanding Graphics Frame Rates
• Understanding Synchronization in Real-Time 3D Graphics
• Producer - overview of Open Producer.

Hardware/OS/Driver setup

• Linux Multi-pipe - pitfalls & solutions for setting up multiple NVidia cards driving multiple screens under Linux.
• TripleHead2Go - how to setup TripleHead?2Go under linux

OpenSceneGraph

• Reference Counted Objects in OpenSceneGraph and Producer
• NodeKit - explains what a OpenSceneGraph NodeKit is.
• A New Processing Model for Multithreaded, Multidisplay Scene Graphs
• PseudoLoader - a technique for using OpenSceneGraph's PlugIn? mechanism for more than just loading files.
• Drawables - explains what an OpenSceneGraph Drawable is, especially when to use DrawArrays?, DrawElements?.
• Functor - explains what a Functor is in basic terms.

GUI Interfaces

• WindowingToolkits - general links.
• TclTk -interfacing tcl to OSG viewer
• FoxToolkit -interfacing Fox