The Three-Dimensional Event-Driven Graphics Environment (3D-EDGE)

Author

Freedman, Jeffrey ; Hahn, Roger ; Schwartz, David M.

Author_Institution

Stanford Telecom, Seabrook, MD, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

42522

Lastpage

42526

Abstract

Stanford Telecommunications has developed the Three-Dimensional Event-Driven Graphics Environment (3D-EDGE) for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center´s Communications Link Analysis and Simulation System (CLASS). 3D-EDGE consists of a library of object-oriented subroutines, which allows engineers with little or no computer graphics experience to programmatically manipulate, render, animate and access complex three-dimensional objects. An example program is described, and results pertaining to a model of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite are discussed

Keywords

aerospace computing; computer graphics; object-oriented databases; satellite relay systems; space communication links; telecommunications computing; 3D-EDGE; CLASS; Communications Link Analysis and Simulation System; Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite; Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA; Stanford Telecommunications; Three-Dimensional Event-Driven Graphics Environment; animate; object-oriented subroutines; render; Aerospace simulation; Algorithms; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Libraries; NASA; Object oriented modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telesystems Conference, 1992. NTC-92., National

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0554-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NTC.1992.267886

Filename

267886