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<td valign="bottom"><h1>libQGLViewer</h1></td>
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<h2>Presentation</h2>
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libQGLViewer is a GPL-free software C++ library which lets you quickly start the development of a
new 3D application. It is designed for 3D developers, who can display and move around a 3D scene by
simply providing the openGL orders that define their 3D geometry. The viewer is designed to be as
general as possible and is not designed for a specific 3D application. It provides some useful
classical functionalities such as a camera trackball, screenshot saving, mouse manipulated frames,
stereo display, keyFrames and <a href="features.html">more</a>. It hence has a strong pedagogical
interest and is well suited for openGL assignements.
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libQGLViewer is <i>not</i> a 3D viewer that can be used directly to view 3D scenes in various formats
(well, there is a 3dsViewer example, but it is just a proof of concept). It
is more likely to be the starting point for the coding of such a viewer.
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libQGLViewer is based on the Qt toolkit and hence compiles on any architecture (Unix-Linux, Mac,
Windows, ...). Full <a href="refManual/hierarchy.html">reference documentation</a> and many <a
href="examples/index.html">examples</a> are provided.
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<h2>Short tour</h2>
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<li><a href="download.html">Download</a> and install the library.</li>
<li>Test the <a href="examples/index.html">examples</a>, probably starting with <a href="examples/simpleViewer.html">simpleViewer</a>, <a
href="examples/manipulatedFrame.html">manipulatedFrame</a>, <a href="examples/luxo.html">luxo</a>
and <a href="examples/animation.html">animation</a>.</li>
<li>Get familiar with the default <a href="mouse.html">mouse behavior</a> and the <a href="shortcuts.html">keyboard shortcuts</a>.</li>
<li>Before you start coding, <a href="intro.html">discover the principles</a> of the library and
<a href="commented.html">read a commented program</a>.</li>
<li>See the list of the <a href="features.html">different features</a> of the library.</li>
<li>Read the <a href="faq.html">General FAQ</a> or the <a href="techFaq.html">Technical FAQ</a> if you have questions.</li>
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<h2>Latest news</h2>
Subscribe to the <b><a href="http://listes-serv.inrialpes.fr/wws/info/qglviewer.developer">
qglviewer.developer mailing list</a></b> to get informed of new releases.
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<td><b>Feb 3rd, 2004</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.6-1</a></td>
<td>Signal connection mechanism modified, display updated only when needed<br />
Viewer previous position properly restored. New <a href="techFaq.html">technical FAQ</a></td>
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<td><b>Jan 14th, 2004</b></td>
<td>New project web site URL.</td>
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<td><b>Dec 24th, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-8</a></td>
<td>New DOM syntax, <code>startScreenCoordinatesSystem</code> orientation can be changed.</td>
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<td><b>Nov 26th, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-7</a></td>
<td>A new zoom on region feature (Shift + middle button).</td>
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<td><b>Nov 17th, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-6</a></td>
<td>Minor bug fixes with <code>MouseGrabber</code>.</td>
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<td><b>Nov 7th, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-5</a></td>
<td><a href="examples/keyboardAndMouse.html">keyboardAndMouse</a> example, minor bug fixes.</td>
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<td><b>Oct 30th, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-4</a></td>
<td>Patch for <code>QTextEdit</code> with Qt 2.3.</td>
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<td><b>Oct 24th, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-3</a></td>
<td>Patch for the nVidia bug with anti-aliassed fonts in <code>drawText()</code>.<br/>
To patch for previous libQGLViewer versions, simply unselect font antialiasing in <code>qtconfig</code>.</td>
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<td><b>Oct 22nd, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-2</a></td>
<td>Bug fixes, better help window.</td>
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<td><b>Oct 2nd, 2003</b><br/><a href="changeLog.html">Version 1.3.5-1</a></td>
<td>GLUT dependency removed. <code>drawText()</code> now uses Qt.</td>
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This project is referenced by the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/directory/libQGLViewer.html">FSF</a>,
<a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/libqglviewer/">freshmeat</a> and
<a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/libqglviewer">Savannah</a>.
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