Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, has always been an important forum for discussions and presentation of results concerning the first ISO Graphical Standard, GKS (the Graphical Kernel System) and later of its three-dimensional extension, GKS-3D. This book is a collection of those articles which have appeared within the framework of Eurographics in the past 5 years, and which still contain, even after several years, valid and interesting results concerning the problems arising in connection with GKS. Some of these papers help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the standard; others deal with general implementation problems, and finally there are some presentations of specific algorithms usable also for a GKS or GKS-3D implementation. The book may be of a particular interest to those specialists who intend to implement a GKS package or some similar graphics subsystem and who can therefore make direct use of the experiences reflected in this collection. The book should also be a valuable supplement in university courses concerned with teaching the principles of implementing device-independent computer graphics.

CAD
algorithms
clipping
computer graphics
graphics programming
programming

• Concepts and Architectures
• Algorithms
• Specification and Certification
• Programming Language Interfaces

Peter R. Bono Associates, Inc., Gales Ferry, USA
Peter R. Bono

Insotec Consult GmbH, München 40, Germany
Ivan Herman

Book Title
GKS Theory and Practice

Editors
Peter R. Bono, Ivan Herman

Series Title
Focus on Computer Graphics

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72930-0

Copyright Information
EUROGRAPHICS The European Association for Computer Graphics 1987

Softcover ISBN
978-3-642-72932-4
Published: 25 December 2011

eBook ISBN
978-3-642-72930-0
Published: 06 December 2012

Edition Number
1

Number of Pages
X, 316

Topics
Computer Graphics