3D

Contents:

• NUKE’s 3D Architecture
  • Introduction
  • Core Classes
  • Coordinate Systems
• Writing a GeoOp
  • Base Classes for GeoOps
  • Extending SourceGeo
  • Extending ModifyGeo
  • Extending GeoOp Directly
  • Common Parts of All GeoOps
  • GeoOp Call Order for Rendering
  • GeoOp Call Order for Viewing
  • Creating Geometry
• Attributes
  • Attribute Groups
  • Attribute Types
  • Attribute Contexts
  • Finding Out What Attributes are Available
  • Getting Attributes
  • Adding Attributes
  • Deleting attributes
  • Standard attributes
• SourceGeo Tutorial
  • Tetrahedron 3D Coordinates
  • UV-mapping
  • Basic Setup: Includes and Namespaces
  • Constants
  • Declarations
  • The Easy Bits
  • Adding Some Knobs
  • Generating the Geometry
  • The get_geometry_hash() Method
  • The Complete Code
• GeoReader and GeoWriter: Supporting Custom 3D File Formats
  • Introduction
  • Mapping File Types to Readers and Writers
  • The GeoReader Base Class
  • Implementing the Build and Test Methods for a GeoReader
  • Implementing the geometry_engine Method for a GeoReader
  • The Complete my3dReader Code
  • The GeoWriter Base Class
  • Implementing the Build Method for a GeoWriter
  • Implementing the execute Method for a GeoWriter
  • The Complete my3dWriter Code
• Manipulating Data in 3D
  • Checking for 3D Mode
  • Check the Render Pass