Title :
The Three-Dimensional Event-Driven Graphics Environment (3D-EDGE)
Author :
Freedman, Jeffrey ; Hahn, Roger ; Schwartz, David M.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Telecom, Seabrook, MD, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Telesystems Conference, 1992. NTC-92., National
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0554-X
DOI :
10.1109/NTC.1992.267886
