Version 4 of Qanim - tclogl Animation Demo

Updated 2005-10-12 09:23:01

Philip Quaife 12 Oct 05

This is part of my evolving Software showcase. I have released this as to demonstrate what is possible with careful programming under Tcl.

No one would expect Quake like animations from a scripting language, but it is surprising how close we can get.

Where

I have packaged up some starpacks as: Linux: [L1 ]

Windows: [L2 ]

It may still be available via autoKit at http://qs.co.nz/Download.html but as of 14 Oct 05 my ISP has indicated they are pulling the plug on wholesale cgi access.

Basic screen shot if available [L3 ].

Features

  • Event System.
  • High level abstraction.
  • Access to low level openGL commands.
  • Super fast.
  • Interface with snack sound system.
  • Source code included.
  • Rotated, scaled, antialiased , Gradient, texture mapped text (all at the same time!).
  • Support for Images.
  • Geometric construction systems.
  • Path layout.
  • Picking and Selection by object.
  • Nested objects.

Why?

There are a number of 3D systems for Tcl. The latest is [L4 ]. I am not trying to compete with any of these. I present here a different way of implementing extensibilty than the normal 'C extension' path.

This basic system does not give you much of a feel for how it extension works, but suffice to say it is as easy as defining a proc.

Documentation will appear shortly.


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