LATEST SOFTWARE UPDATE : 1999/05/25
INTRODUCTION
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Virtual Radio Control T4 Blue Impulse
Reference Manual
INTRODUCTION
This page is a official support page for following graphics SDKs.- 3D Graphics SDK Blue Impulse
- 3D Screen Saver SDK Saber
Blue Impulse 3D Graphics SDK is a toolkit to build a 3D Graphics application. This toolkit has following features. This tookits consists of C/C++ libraries and Modelling tools to construct 3D objects (Please prepare compilers by yourself. This toolkit is basically assuming Visual C++ 4.0 or higher(for Windows), Code Warrior (for Macintosh), High-C (for FM-TOWNS), gcc(for UNIX))
- Open Source! It was open source since before open source becomes trend.
- Support Multiple Platforms
- Fast!. Especially in Windows, you don't need DirectX or WinG (that sometimes make your system unstable) to use this toolkit.
- Short source code to write a program. Unlike recent toolkits, you DON'T HAVE TO struggle with hundreds of thousands of lines even when your purpose is simple.
- Easy to detect clicking of 3D objects
- Can export VRML1.0,VRML2.0,BMP,TIF,GIF,PS files
- Tied with original 3D object modeller
- If you want to move some object built by other modelling tool by C/C++ program, YSVRML20 will convert your VRML2.0 object into Blue Impulse SDK standard object.
- NO RESTRICTION to distribute your program regardless commercial or non-commercial use. (Note: I'm not responsible for any trouble with an application of my toolkit)
- Keeping Upper Compatiblities since I published this toolkit. (more than 2 years). You DON'T have to worry that your source code becomes rotten next month.
You can distribute your software developed with these toolkit, regardless if it is for commercial or freesoftware. But, author is not responsible for any trouble caused with this software.
Blue Impulse is a toolkit to construct a 3D graphics applications. The name "Blue Impulse" is originally a name of the Japanese Air Self Defence Force's Aerobatic Team. If you are living in U.S, and if you visited Nellis Airforce Base Airshow in 1997, you must remember an impressive, beautiful, and largest STAR in the sky drawn by T-4 Blue Impulse Team. While I was developing this toolkit, I wanted to fly Blue Impulse Aerobatic airplanes in the PC. So I called the toolkit Blue Impulse as a kind of codename(?). When I release this software to the world, Japan Air Self Defence Force permitted to use the name. So I'm still using this name for this toolkit.
This toolkit runs on following platforms.
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Windows 95/98/NT
Macintosh PowerPC
FM-TOWNS (TownsOS)
UNIX X-Window
SGI OpenGL + GLX
This toolkit includes core library for C/C++ language, polygon modeler, geography editor, scenary editor. You can construct simple walkthrough application without C/C++ knowledges.
An important feature of the toolkit is its drawing speed. Think about 3D games. Do you remember that many exciting game was running on Pentium 90MHz PC. Why do we need Pentium 400MHz to develop an exciting software? This toolkit garantee that you can construct an exciting game that runs on Pentium 90MHz or 100MHz.
Furthermore, Blue Impulse holds complete uppercompatibility since its official release in 1996. No API function has disappeared. It also proved the capability in educating graphics programming. We used this toolkit in the course "Information Processing Language 2A-G(Graphics Course)" in the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, in 1997 fall semester. [IPL 2A-G]
Also I released the flight simulator "Formation Aerobatic" that is developed with this toolkit, in early 1998. It's a flight simulator of an aerobatic flight of T-4 Blue Impulse.
Saber is a toolkit to construct screen savers for Windows95. You can develop screen savers with Visual C++(VC++ is not included in the package). Saver inherits the API of Blue Impulse. So you can easily construct a exciting 3D graphics screen saver.
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LATEST UPDATE 1999/05/25| samples.zip(1692KB) | Exsamples of Blue Impulse SDK Basic functions. Includes compiled binaries for Windows. Please read this code with reference manuals to get used to this toolkit. |
| samples2.zip(326KB) | Examples of Blue Impulse SDK+HOTAS(Interface Library). Including compiled binaries for Windows. |
| winlib.zip(1597KB) | Library binaries and Headers for Windows. |
| glxlib.zip(302KB) | Library binaries and Headers for IRIX+GLX. |
| sourcedos.zip(867KB) | All sources of the Blue Impulse 3DG-SDK(Windows/DOS Text) |
| sourceunix.zip(445KB) | Library source files for X-Window/IRIX-GLX |
| template.zip(14KB) |
Template of source files including Windows Resources.
Minumum Function Programs. You can modify it to build
your own program. ((*) Templates does not mean C++ template feature). |
| winutil1.zip(780KB) |
Support Program binaries for Windows (Viewers) For other platforms, please compile by yourself. Source codes are included in "sourcedos.zip".
SURFVIEW SURFVIEWO WALKVIEW |
| winutil2.zip(1558KB) |
Support Program binaries for Windows (Modelling Tools)
For other platforms, please compile by yourself. Source codes
are included in "sourcedos.zip".
ACROX GEFILLT GEPOLY GEPIC GEGEO GEFIL ROLLER2 |
Previously, I was providing binaries for FM-TOWNS and Macintosh. But, when I transfered to CMU, I couldn't bring those environments to here, because those were equipments of my old lab(^_^;) I cannot compile libraries and utilities on FM-TOWNS and Macintosh. So, if you want to use FM-TOWNS version or Macintosh version, please compile libraries and utilities by yourself. You can still download old version binaries from this link.
This time, I uploaded English version reference. (Partially translated. Because of my English skill, some part of them may look weired).
IPL2G Extension is now included to standard library set. See the samples
Download older version (includes Mac/FM-TOWNS binaries)
Reference Manual
- Read Function Reference Manual (Japanese version)
- Read Function Reference Manual (English version)
- Read How to build/How to install (Japanese version)
- Read How to build/How to install (English version)
- Explanation of coordinate system
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(referencej.html,howtobuildj.html are Japanese version.
referencee.html,howtobuilde.html are English version.)
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