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diff --git a/development/Coin/README b/development/Coin/README index b3a689ee0a..26249a04bd 100644 --- a/development/Coin/README +++ b/development/Coin/README @@ -1,16 +1,14 @@ Coin is a high-level 3D graphics toolkit for developing cross-platform real-time 3D visualization and visual simulation software. -Coin is built on OpenGL and uses scene graph data structures to render -3D graphics in real-time. Basic import, rendering, and interaction with -a 3D object can be implemented in just a few lines of code, and -programmer efficiency is greatly increased compared with programming -directly with OpenGL. OpenGL code and Coin code can co-exist in the -same application, which makes gradual migration from OpenGL to Coin -possible. +Coin is built on OpenGL and uses scene graph data structures to render 3D +graphics in real-time. Basic import, rendering, and interaction with a +3D object can be implemented in just a few lines of code, and programmer +efficiency is greatly increased compared with programming directly with +OpenGL. OpenGL code and Coin code can co-exist in the same application, +which makes gradual migration from OpenGL to Coin possible. -Coin is fully compatible with SGI Open Inventor 2.1, the de facto -standard for 3D visualization and visual simulation software in the -scientific and engineering community. Additional features in Coin -include VRML97 support, 3D sound, 3D textures, and parallel rendering on -multiple processors. +Coin is fully compatible with SGI Open Inventor 2.1, the de facto standard +for 3D visualization and visual simulation software in the scientific and +engineering community. Additional features in Coin include VRML97 support, +3D sound, 3D textures, and parallel rendering on multiple processors. |