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• User manual (PDF)
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• Tcl3D reference (HTML)
• Old user manual 0.5.0 (PDF)

• EuroTcl 2005: Doing 3D With Tcl (PDF)
• EuroTcl 2006: Tcl3D: One year after (PDF)
• EuroTcl 2009: Tcl3D - Next level, please! (PDF)
• EuroTcl 2010: Tcl3D - Catching up with OpenGL (PDF)

• Wiki page: Tcl3D
• Wiki page: Tcl3D Discussion
• Wiki page: Tcl3D Demo of the Month
• German Linux Magazin July 2006
• German Linux Magazin October 2006

The OpenGL Information Center supplies lots of information an OpenGL developer (both C/C++ and Tcl) needs.

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The GL information category shows general informations about the installed OpenGL and Tcl3D versions.

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The GL extensions category shows the following information about each OpenGL extension:

• Information about availability on underlying hardware and driver.
• Information about availability with used GLEW version.

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The GL commands category shows the following information about each OpenGL function:

• Availability on underlying hardware and driver.
• Corresponding OpenGL version or extension.
• Deprecated since OpenGL version (0.0 means not deprecated).
• Signature of function (both in C and Tcl).
• URL of official documentation page.

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The GL enums category shows the following information about each OpenGL enumeration:

• Decimal value.
• Hexadecimal value.
• Corresponding OpenGL version or extension.

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The Version infos tab shows the following information about each OpenGL version or extension:

• List of corresponding functions.
• List of corresponding enumerations.

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The Check File tab allows to load OpenGL source files (C or Tcl) into a text widget.

The following information about the file is provided:

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• List of used OpenGL enumerations.

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Modules overview

The Tcl3D package currently consists of the following modules:

The SWIG wrapper files as well as the C and Tcl utility files of all modules are copyrighted by Paul Obermeier and distributed under the BSD license. See below for exceptions regarding single files and the external libraries.

Module tcl3dOgl: Sub-module Togl

This module is an enhanced version of the Togl widget, a Tk canvas for displaying OpenGL graphics.

The following enhancements are currently implemented:

• Callback functions in Tcl.
• Better bitmap font support.
• Multisampling support.
• Swap Interval support.
• OpenGL Core and Compatibility profile support.

Requirements for this module: None, all files are contained in the Tcl3D distribution.

The original Togl widget is copyrighted by Brian Paul and Benjamin Bederson and distributed under the BSD license. See the Togl homepage for detailed license information.
The modified Tcl3D version of Togl is copyrighted by Paul Obermeier and distributed under the BSD license.

Module tcl3dOgl: Sub-module OpenGL

This module wraps OpenGL functionality up to OpenGL Version 4.6, the GLU library functions based on Version 1.2 and most of the available OpenGL extensions.

It is implemented with the help of the GLEW library.

Standard shapes (box, sphere, cylinder, teapot, ...) with a GLUT compatible syntax are supplied here, too.

Requirements for this module: An OpenGL compatible library. OpenGL header files are contained in the Tcl3D distribution.

The GLEW library is distributed under a modified BSD license. See the GLEW Copyright and Licensing page for detailed license information.

The original GLUT shape code is copyrighted by Mark Kilgard. It is not in the public domain, but freely distributable. See the GLUT homepage for detailed license information.

Module tcl3dOgl: Sub-module Util

This module implements C/C++ and Tcl utilities offering functionality needed for 3D programs. It currently contains the following modules:

• 3D vector and transformation matrix module.
• Information module.
• File utility module.
• Color names module.
• Large data module (tcl3dVector).
• Image utility module.
• Screen capture module.
• Timing module.
• Random number module.
• 3D-model and shapes module.
• Virtual track- and arcball module.
• C/C++ based utility functions for some of the demo applications.

Requirements for this module: None, all files are contained in the Tcl3D distribution.

The Tcl3D utility library files (see below for exceptions) are copyrighted by Paul Obermeier and distributed under the BSD license.

The following files of the Tcl3D utility library have differing copyrights:

• The original Wavefront parser code is copyrighted by Nate Robins.
• The original code of tcl3dSphere is copyrighted by Paul Bourke.
• The original code of tcl3dHelix is copyrighted by Dario Corno.
• The original code of tcl3dArcBall is copyrighted by Tatewake.com.
• The original code of tcl3dTrackball is copyrighted by Gavin Bell et al.

Module tcl3dGauges

This package implements the following gauges: airspeed, altimeter, compass, tiltmeter.

This is an optional module and contained in the Tcl3D-Basic distribution.

Requirements for this module: None, all files are contained in the Tcl3D distribution.

The Tcl3D gauge library is copyrighted by Victor G. Bonilla and distributed under the BSD license.

Module tcl3dGl2ps

This module wraps the GL2PS library and adds some GL2PS related utility procedures.

GL2PS is a C library providing high quality vector output (PostScript, PDF, SVG) for any OpenGL application. It does not support textures.

This is an optional module and contained in the Tcl3D-Basic distribution.

Requirements for this module: None, all files are contained in the Tcl3D distribution.

The GL2PS library is distributed under the LGPL license. See file COPYING.GL2PS in Tcl3D directory tcl3dGl2ps for detailed license information.

Module tcl3dFTGL

This module wraps the FTGL library and adds some FTGL related utility procedures.

The following font types are available:

• Bitmap font (2D)
• Pixmap font (2D)
• Outline font
• Polygon font
• Texture font
• Extruded font

This is an optional module and contained in the Tcl3D-Full distribution.

Requirements for this module: The FTGL and Freetype2 library and header files.

The FTGL library is distributed under the LGPL license. See the FTGL homepage for detailed license information.

The Freetype library is distributed under the Freetype license, a BSD style license. See the Freetype license file for detailed license information.

Module tcl3dOsg

This module wraps the OpenSceneGraph library and adds some OSG related utility procedures.

This is an optional module and contained in the Tcl3D-Full distribution.

Requirements for this module: The OSG library and header files.

The OpenSceneGraph library is distributed under the OpenSceneGraph license, a LGPL style license. See the OSG license file for detailed license information.

Module tcl3dSDL

This module wraps the SDL library and adds some SDL related utility procedures.

Currently only the functions related to joystick handling have been used and tested.

This is an optional module and contained in the Tcl3D-Full distribution.

Requirements for this module: The SDL library and header files.

The SDL library is distributed under the LGPL license. See the SDL license file for detailed license information.