Programmers' Manual - IRIT
Introduction
This manual describes the different libraries of the IRIT solid
modeling environment. Quite a few libraries can be found to manipulate
geometry in general, freeform curves and surfaces, symbolic
computation, trimmed surfaces, triangular patches, freeform trivariate
functions, Boolean operations, input output data file parsing, and
miscelleneous.
All interface to the libraries should be made via the appropriate header
files that can be found in the include subdirectory. Most libraries
have a single header file that is named the same as the library.
Functions and constants that are visible to the users of the libraries
are prefixed with a unique prefix, usually derived from the library
name itself. External definitions that start with an underscore should
not be used, even if found in header files.
The header file include/irit_sm.h must be sourced by every
source file in the solid modeller. In most cases, this file is sourced
indirectly via local header files.
The following libraries are avaliable in IRIT:
| Name of Library | Tasks
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| bool | Boolean operations on polygonal models.
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| cagd | Low level freeform curves and surfaces.
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| geom | General geometry functions.
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| misc | memory allocation, configuration files, attributes, etc.
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| prsr | input and output for file/sockets of objects of IRIT.
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| symb | Symbolic manipulation of curves and surfaces.
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| trim | Trimmed surfaces support.
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| triv | Freeform trivariate functions.
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| trng | Triangular patches support.
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| xtra | Public domain code that is not part of IRIT.
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The following chapters reference the different function of different
libraries. Chapter~ref{chap-examples} provides several examples of
writing C code using the IRIT libraries.
Boolean Library, bool_lib
General Information
On of the crucial operation in any solid modeling environment is the
ability to perform Boolean operations among different geometric
objects. The interface of the library is defined in
include/bool_lib.h. This library supports only Boolean operations of
polygonal objects. The Boolean operations of OR, AND, SUBtract,
NEGate, CUT, and MERGE are supported via the BoolOperType typedef:
| BoolOperType | Meaning
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| BOOL_OPER_OR | Union of two geometrical objects
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| BOOL_OPER_AND | Intersection of two geometrical objects
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| BOOL_OPER_SUB | The difference of two geometrical objects
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| BOOL_OPER_NEG | Unary Inside-out of one geometrical object
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| BOOL_OPER_CUT | Boundary of one object outside the other
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| BOOL_OPER_MERGE | Simple merge without any computation
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The BoolOperType typedef is used in two dimensional Boolean operations
invoked via Boolean2D . Three dimensional Boolean operations are
invoked via BooleanXXX where XXX is one of OR, AND, SUB, NEG, CUT
or MERGE, denoting the same as in the table above.
In addition several state functions are available to control the way
the Boolean operations are conducted. Functions to enable the dump of
(only) the intersection curves, to handle coplanar polygons, and to
set the axis along which the sweep is performed are provided.
All globals in this library have a profix of Bool .
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
CAGD Library, cagd_lib
General Information
This library provides a rich set of function to create, convert,
display and process freeform Bezier and NURBs curves and surfaces. The
interface of the library is defined in include/cagd_lib.h . This
library mainly supports low level freeform curve and surface
operations. Supported are curves and surfaces from scalars to five
dimensions as E1/P1 to E5/P5 using the CagdPointType . Pi is a
rational (projective) version of Ei, with an additional W coefficient.
Polynomial in the power basis have some very limited support as well.
Different data structures to hold UV parameter values, control points,
vectors, planes, bounding boxes, polylines and polygons are defined as
well as the data strcutures to hold the curves and surfaces
themselves,
typedef struct CagdCrvStruct {
struct CagdCrvStruct *Pnext;
struct IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
CagdGeomType GType;
CagdPointType PType;
int Length; /* Number of control points (== order in Bezier). */
int Order; /* Order of curve (only for Bspline, ignored in Bezier). */
CagdBType Periodic; /* Valid only for Bspline curves. */
CagdRType *Points[CAGD_MAX_PT_SIZE]; /* Pointer on each axis vector. */
CagdRType *KnotVector;
} CagdCrvStruct;
typedef struct CagdSrfStruct {
struct CagdSrfStruct *Pnext;
struct IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
CagdGeomType GType;
CagdPointType PType;
int ULength, VLength; /* Mesh size in the tensor product surface. */
int UOrder, VOrder; /* Order in tensor product surface (Bspline only). */
CagdBType UPeriodic, VPeriodic; /* Valid only for Bspline surfaces. */
CagdRType *Points[CAGD_MAX_PT_SIZE]; /* Pointer on each axis vector. */
CagdRType *UKnotVector, *VKnotVector;
} CagdSrfStruct;
Curves and surfaces have a geometric type GType to prescribe the
type of entity (such as CAGD_SBEZIER_TYPE for Bezier surface) and a
point type PType to prescribe the point type of the entity (such
as CAGD_PT_E3_TYPE for three dimensional Euclidean control points).
Length and Order slots are used to hold the number of
control points in the mesh and or control polygon and the order(s) of
the basis functions. Periodic flag(s) are used to denote
periodic end conditions. In addition, KnotVector slot(s) are
used if the entity exploits Bspline basis functions, or NULL
otherwise.
The control polygon and/or mesh itself is organized in the
Points slot as a vector of size CAGD_MAX_PT_SIZE of vectors
of CagdRType s. For surfaces, the mesh is ordered U first and the
macros of CAGD_NEXT_U CAGD_NEXT_V , and
CAGD_MESH_UV can be used to determine indices in the mesh.
All structures in the cagd library can be allocated using New
constrcutures (i.e. CagdUVNew or CagdCrfNew , freed using
Free destructores (i.e. CagdSrfFree or {CagdBBoxFree}, linked
list free using FreeList destructores (i.e.
CagdPolylineFreeList ), and copied using copy constructores {i.e.
CagdPtCopy or CagdCtlPtCopyList ).
This library has its own error handler, which by default prints an
error message and exit the program called CagdFatalError .
Most globals in this library have a prefix of Cagd for general
cagd routines. Prefix of Bzr is used for Bezier routines, prefix
of Bsp for Bspline specific routines, prefix of Cnvrt for
conversion routines, and Afd for adaptive forward differencing
routines.
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Geometry Library, geom_lib
General Information
This library handles general geometric queries such as a distance between
two lines, bounding boxes, convexity of polygons etc. Several header
files can be found for this library:
| Header (include/*.h) | Functionality
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| bbox.h | Bounding boxes related functions
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| convex.h | Convexity of polygons and convex polygon decomposition
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| geomat3d.h | General three dimensional geometry queries
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| geomvals.h | Area, Volume, and Size queries on polygonal objects
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| intrnrml.h | Internal normal interpolation for polygonal models
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| ln_sweep.h | A line sweep implemetation
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| poly_cln.h | Clean up degenerated polygons/polylines
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| primitiv.h | Constructors of polygonal BOXes, CYLINDERs, etc.
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Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Miscelleneous Library, misc_lib
General Information
This library holds general miscelleneous functions such as reading
configuration files, low level homogeneous matrices computation, low
level attributes and general machine specific low level routines.
Several header files can be found for this library:
| Header (include/*.h) | Functionality
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| config.h | Manipulation of configuration files (*.cfg files)
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| dist_pts.h | Enegry based distribution of points.
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| gen_mat.h | Homogeneous matrices manipulation
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| getarg.h | Command line parsing for application tools
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| imalloc.h | Low level dynamic memory functions for IRIT
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| miscattr.h | Low level attribute related functions
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| priorque.h | An implementation of a priority queue
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| xgeneral.h | Low level, machine specific, routines
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Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Prsr Library, prsr_lib
General Information
This library provides the data file interface for IRIT. Functions are
provided to read and write data files, both compressed (on unix only,
using compress ), and uncompressed, in binary and/or ascii text
modes. This library is also used to exchange data between the IRIT
server and the display devices' clients. Several header files can be
found for this library:
| Header (include/*.h) | Functionality
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| allocate.h | High level dynamic allocation of objects
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| attribut.h | High level attributes for objects
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| ip_cnvrt.h | Freeform to polygon and polyline high level conversion
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| iritprsr.h | Main interface to reading and writing data
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| irit_soc.h | Socket communication for data exchange
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Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Symbolic Library, symb_lib
General Information
This library provides a rich set of functions to symbolically manipulate
freeform curves and surfaces. This library heavily depends on the cagd
library. Functions are provided to low level add, subtract, and multiply
freeform curves and surfaces, to compute fields such as curvature,
and to extract singular points such as extremums, zeros, and inflections.
High level tools to metamorph curves and surfaces, to compute layout (prisa)
of freeform surfaces, to compute offset approximations of curves and
surfaces, and to compose curves and surfaces are also provided.
The interface of the library is defined in include/symb_lib.h .
This library has its own error handler, which by default prints an
error message and exit the program called SymbFatalError .
Globals in this library have a prefix of Symb for general
symbolic routines. Prefix of Bzr is used for Bezier routines,
and prefix of Bsp for Bspline specific routines.
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Trimmed surfaces Library, trim_lib
General Information
This library provides a set of functions to manipulate freeform
trimmed Bezier and/or NURBs surfaces. This library heavily depends on
the cagd library. Functions are provided to create, copy, and destruct
trimmed surfaces to extract isoparametric curves, to evaluate, refine
and subdivide, to read and write trimmed surfaces, degree raise, and
approximate using polygonal representations. A trimming surface is
defined out of a tensor product surface and a set of trimming loops
that trims out portions of the parametric space of the surface,
typedef struct TrimSrfStruct {
struct TrimSrfStruct *Pnext;
IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
int Tags;
CagdSrfStruct *Srf; /* Surface trimmed by TrimCrvList. */
TrimCrvStruct *TrimCrvList; /* List of trimming curves. */
} TrimSrfStruct;
Each trimming loop consists of a set of trimming curve segments:
typedef struct TrimCrvStruct {
struct TrimCrvStruct *Pnext;
IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
TrimCrvSegStruct *TrimCrvSegList; /* List of trimming curve segments. */
} TrimCrvStruct;
Each trimming curve segment contains a representation for the curve in the
UV space of the surface as well as a representation in the Euclidean space,
typedef struct TrimCrvSegStruct {
struct TrimCrvSegStruct *Pnext;
IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
CagdCrvStruct *UVCrv; /* Trimming crv segment in srf's param. domain. */
CagdCrvStruct *EucCrv; /* Trimming curve as an E3 Euclidean curve. */
} TrimCrvSegStruct;
The interface of the library is defined in include/trim_lib.h .
This library has its own error handler, which by default prints an
error message and exit the program called TrimFatalError .
All globals in this library have a prefix of Trim .
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Trivariate Library, triv_lib
General Information
This library provides a rich set of functions to manipulate freeform
Bezier and/or NURBs trivariate. This library heavily depends on the cagd
library. Functions are provided to create, copy, and destruct trivariates,
to extract isoparametric surfaces, to evaluate, refine and subdivide, to
read and write trivariates, to differentiate, degree raise, make compatible
and approximate iso-surface at iso values using polygonal representations.
A trivariate has three orders, three Length prescriptions and,
possibly, three knot vectors (if Bspline). In addition it contains
a three dimensional volume of control points,
typedef struct TrivTVStruct {
struct TrivTVStruct *Pnext;
struct IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
TrivGeomType GType;
CagdPointType PType;
int ULength, VLength, WLength;/* Mesh size in tri-variate tensor product.*/
int UVPlane; /* Should equal ULength * VLength for fast access. */
int UOrder, VOrder, WOrder; /* Order in trivariate (Bspline only). */
CagdBType UPeriodic, VPeriodic, WPeriodic; /* Valid only for Bspline. */
CagdRType *Points[CAGD_MAX_PT_SIZE]; /* Pointer on each axis vector. */
CagdRType *UKnotVector, *VKnotVector, *WKnotVector;
} TrivTVStruct;
The interface of the library is defined in include/triv_lib.h .
This library has its own error handler, which by default prints an
error message and exit the program called TrivFatalError .
All globals in this library have a prefix of Triv .
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Triangular Library, trng_lib
General Information
This library provides a subset of functions to manipulate freeform
triangular Bezier and Bspline patches. This library heavily depends on
the cagd library. Functions are provided to create, copy, and destruct
triangular patches, to extract isoparametric curves, to evaluate,
refine and subdivide, to read and write triangular patches, to
differentiate, and approximate using polygonal representations.
A triangular patch has one prescription of Length and one prescription
of Order, the total Order and the length of an edge of the triangle.
The control mesh mesh has Length * (Length + 1) / 2 control points,
typedef struct TrngTriangSrfStruct {
struct TrngTriangSrfStruct *Pnext;
struct IPAttributeStruct *Attr;
TrngGeomType GType;
CagdPointType PType;
int Length; /* Mesh size (length of edge of triangular mesh. */
int Order; /* Order of triangular surface (Bspline only). */
CagdRType *Points[CAGD_MAX_PT_SIZE]; /* Pointer on each axis vector. */
CagdRType *KnotVector;
} TrngTriangSrfStruct;
The interface of the library is defined in include/trng_lib.h .
This library has its own error handler, which by default prints an
error message and exit the program called TrngFatalError .
All globals in this library have a prefix of Trng .
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Extra Library, xtra_lib
General Information
This library is not an official part of IRIT and contains public
domain code that is used by routines in IRIT.
The interface of the library is defined in include/extra_fn.h .
Library Functions
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of functions of this library.
Programming Examples
This chapter describes several simple examples of C programs that
exploits the libraries of IRIT. All external function are defined in
the include subdirectory of IRIT and one can 'grep' there for the
exact include file that contains a certain function name. All C programs
in all C files should include 'irit_sm.h' as their first include file
of IRIT, before any other include file of IRIT. Header files are set so
C++ code can compile and link to it without any special treatment.
Setting up the Compilation Environment
In order to compile programs that uses the libraries of IRIT, a makefile
has to be constructed. Assuming IRIT is installed in /usr/local/irit ,
here is a simple makefile that can be used (for a unix environment):
IRIT_DIR = /usr/local/irit
include $(IRIT_DIR)/makeflag.unx
OBJS = program.o
program: $(OBJS)
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o program $(OBJS) $(LIBS) -lm $(MORELIBS)
The simplicity of this makefile is drawn from the complexity of
makeflag.unx. The file makeflag.unx sets the CC, CFLAGS, LIBS, and
MORELIBS for the machined using among other things. Furthermore,
makeflag.unx also sets the default compilation rules from C sources to
object files. The file makeflag.unx had to be modified once, when
IRIT was installed on this system. If the used system is not a unix
environment, then the file makefile.unx will have to be replaced with
the proper makeflag file. In an OS2 environment, using the emx gcc
compiler, the makefile is even simpler since the linking rule is also
defined in makeflag.os2:
IRIT_DIR = /usr/local/irit
include $(IRIT_DIR)/makeflag.os2
OBJS = program.o
program.exe: $(OBJS)
Finally, here is a proper makefile for Windows NT/ Win 95:
IRIT_DIR = /usr/local/irit
include $(IRIT_DIR)/makeflag.wnt
OBJS = program.obj
program.exe: $(OBJS)
$(IRITCONLINK) -out:program.exe $(OBJS) $(LIBS) $(W32CONLIBS)