= Documentation =
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The !OpenSceneGraph Support/Documentation section has numerous resources to help you learn about 3D graphics and in particular using !OpenSceneGraph.  This page is the main index for these resources. Over time we will be adding more resources and writing more in depth and focused programming and reference guides.  Help from the community is greatly appreciated.
== !OpenSceneGraph Books! ==
Skew-Matrix and  Blue-Newt software have joined forces to develop a series of !OpenSceneGraph books, the first two books in the series - The ''Quick Start Guide'' and ''!OpenSceneGraph Reference Manual'' -  can now be purchased from their website  http://www.osgbooks.com.  The ''Quick Start Guide'' is also available as free pdf download, just follow the links on the osgbooks website.  Purchasing books helps fund ongoing documentation efforts so its a great way to help put something back into the project.

== Upcoming Release Information ==
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== Introductory documents ==
 * [wiki:Support/GettingStarted Getting Started] - introduction into the basics of downloading, compiling installing, running the examples, and writing your first !OpenSceneGraph applications.
 * [wiki:Support/PlatformSpecifics Platform Specifics] - documents on platform specific information such compilation guides.
 * [wiki:Support/Tutorials Tutorials] - tutorials and examples of how to use !OpenSceneGraph

== User, Programming and Reference Guides ==
 * [http://www.osgbooks.com/books/osg_qs.html Quick Start Guide] Book.
 * [http://www.osgbooks.com/books/osg_refman22.html Reference Manual] Book.
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides User Guides] - online user guides on how to use applications associated with !OpenSceneGraph.
 * [wiki:Support/ProgrammingGuides Programming Guides] - online programming guides on the concepts and usage of !OpenSceneGraph.
 * [wiki:Support/ReferenceGuides Reference Guides] - online reference for !OpenSceneGraph API's.
 * [http://www.bricoworks.com/resources.html Articles] on !OpenSceneGraph internals for managing graphics state.

== OpenSceneGraph Releases ==
 * [wiki:Downloads Downloads] OpenSceneGraph-2.x Downloads
 * [wiki:News News] OpenSceneGraph-2.x News item

== Latest Development work ==
 * Checking !OpenSceneGraph out from [wiki:Downloads/SVN SVN]
 * [wiki:Support/LatestDevelopments LatestDevelopments]
 * [wiki:Support/Porting Porting] guides
 * [wiki:Build/CMake CMake] build system

== Questions and Answers ==
 * [wiki:Support/FAQ FAQ] - Frequently asked questions
 * [wiki:Support/TipsAndTricks Tips And Tricks] - a set of quick items on tricks you can employ when using !OpenSceneGraph
 * [wiki:MailingLists Mailing lists]

== Papers and presentations ==
 * SIGGRAPH 2011 !OpenSceneGraph Birds of Feather session [wiki:Support/SIGGRAPH2011 presentations]
 * SIGGRAPH 2010 !OpenSceneGraph Birds of Feather session [wiki:Support/SIGGRAPH2010 presentations]
 * SIGGRAPH 2009 !OpenSceneGraph Birds of Feather session [wiki:Support/SIGGRAPH2009 presentations]
 * SIGGRAPH 2008 !OpenSceneGraph Birds of Feather session [wiki:Support/SIGGRAPH2008 presentations]
 * SIGGRAPH 2007 !OpenSceneGraph Birds of Feather session [wiki:Support/SIGGRAPH2007 presentations]
 * SIGGRAPH 2006 !OpenSceneGraph Birds of Feather session [wiki:Support/SIGGRAPH2006 presentations]

== General information ==
 * [wiki:Support/KnowledgeBase Knowledge Base] - background reading on scene graphs and real-time graphics.
 * [wiki:SandBox Trac Usage Examples] - some examples of commonly used trac functions.
 * [wiki:TracGuide TracGuide Documentation] - information on editing this website.