[ REQ 5669]: Compilation problems with Geomview

[lee at asu.edu]

I have been using the SGI version of Geomview for about a year now and
liked it so much that I introduced it to the rest of the students in the
CAGD lab here at Arizona State.  It has helped me tremendously with my 
Ph.D. research and dissertation.  

Although most of my questions have been answered in the documentation, 
I have a couple of problems remaining.  The first problem is that I would
like to be able to run it over the local network in the lab, but FORMS
won't let you do that.  As an alternative, I tried to compile the X11
version of Geomview to run on an SGI but it failed to compile.  Would
it be possible to either fix the compilation problems or make a compiled
X11 version for SGI machines available for download?  We're running
IRIX 5.3.

The other problem is with PS Snapshot.  I know that the postscript output
ignores changes made with colors, lighting, material properties, etc.,
however, certain colors which I specify within "CNOFF" files are _not_
ignored.  Is there any documentation about what affects PS Snapshot output,
and (especially) is there any way of increasing the brightness
of shaded polygons?

One final question: Is there any interface between Geomview and a public
domain raytracing package such as POV-Ray?  I think Geomview would be
nicely suited for arranging objects as well as camera and lighting
angles for such programs.

Thank you for the help and making this package freely available!

				Sincerely,

				Lee Gross

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  Lee M. Gross, Ph.D.           Computer Aided Geometric Design Group
                                Computer Science Department
  lee at asu.edu                   Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ
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