Advances in Object-Oriented Graphics I

This book contains in-depth discussions of the design of practical systems, theoretical models and pointers to future directions, in the areas of human-computer interaction, image synthesis, computer aided design, mathematical visualization, and other aspects of object-oriented graphics.

Inhalt
I. Interaction Theory and Practice.- 1. An Object-Oriented Framework for Direct-Manipulation User Interfaces.- 2. Snap Together Mathematics.- 3. Building User Interfaces with the LOOKS Hyper-Object System.- 4. A Layered Object-Oriented Model for Interaction.- 5. A 2-D Graphics System for Multi-User Interactive Graphics Based on Objects and Constraints.- II. Modelling and Design.- 6. Persistent Graphical Objects.- 7. Retrospective Creation of Virtual Alternative Hierarchies.- 8. Coordinate Frames and Geometric Approximation in Graphics Object Oriented Programming.- 9. A Direct Manipulation Environment for Conceptual Design of Three-Dimensional Objects.- III. Graphics Systems.- 10. The Design of the Doré Graphics System.- 11. The New Graphics Standard Object-Oriented!.- Authors' Addresses.